September seed time – Goldfinches on Cowbar
The Cowbar grassland is now covered in many species of seed heads - a feast for birds, insects and the creatures that live here. The Goldfinches especially love the thistle…
Burnet Moths love Cowbar Knapweed!
One of our most eye-catching moths is back. In the summer, there are plenty of six-spotted Burnet Moths on Cowbar, settling on common knapweed or thistles, their regular choice…
July 4th 2026 – National Meadows Day!
This is a day for celebrating the treasure of meadows all over the UK! Cowbar grassland was once agricultural land decades ago. Now it is a species-rich stretch of ‘semi-improved’…
Bee Orchids are back on Cowbar!
This June a fascinating and beautiful orchid has reappeared.
Cowbar Yarrow – medicine and myth
Holding him by the heel, the Greek goddess, Thetis, bathed her little boy, Achilles, in water fortified by a local plant that would make him invincible. Shame about the heel,…
#NOMOWMAY and Why we need Dandelions
NO MOW MAY has begun! One of the most beautiful flowers to benefit from this Plantlife initiative, now adopted by people and organisations across the UK, is the Dandelion. Its name…
Biodiversity policies and Cowbar
Did you know that thanks to the 2021 Environment Act there is now a legal requirement for all parish and town councils to not only conserve the biodiversity within their…
Thank you from Cowbar
Many thanks to the Staithes Arts and Heritage Festival committee for another generous donation to the Cowbar Nature funds, via our Buy Me A Coffee page. This is the second…
Raking Day on Cowbar!
Thursday October 17th was a great day: over a mile of verge arisings raked along Cowbar Lane and 27 little gorse plants safely in the ground in just one day.…