Cowbar Verges
Use this link to our page about verges if you would like to find out more. Link: Plantlife Link: …
What to look for on Cowbar in July and August
These four plants are looking particularly splendid on Cowbar in July. As August moves on, they will be joined by stands of Knapweed, Fleabane and Common Sow Thistle. The slow…
Have you seen these Orchids?
The wet weather this spring has delayed many of the flowers we expect on Cowbar. Click here to see a spectacular plant which has just begun to bloom!
Seed fund donation to Cowbar Nature
Many thanks to Staithes Arts Festival committee which has made a donation, via our website 'Buy me a coffee' page, to buy extra Yellow Rattle and Coastal Wildflower seeds for…
Cowbar Seed store
For the past couple of months, we have been collecting seeds from the Cowbar bund and cliff top plants to sow along the south verge. Click below to read more about verge management on Cowbar.
Cowbar Wildflower Walk
Cowbar joined in the local Community Earth Festival this June with a wildlflower walk led by Martin Allen and joined by Sue Antrobus from Tees Valley Wildlife Trust (www.teeswildlife.org) Click below to read more about this event.
Cowbar Bund May Roll Call
At the start of May there were red campions coming through all along the bund. Click below to see what else has flowered during May this year.
Earth Day on Cowbar
Today is Earth Day. It is a day to especially celebrate the extraordinary planet we live on and focus on what we must do to protect it. Click below to find out more about what's happening.
The secret life of Cowbar Bund
The bund is a rich green all over in mid-March. Click below to read more about what can be seen on the bund in early spring.
Cowbar Lane bund is looking green!
This time last year the bund was still bare earth but today it is covered in green shoots from a variety of plants which will flower later in the year. Click below to read more about what is already growing.