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.
First flowers of the new year on Cowbar Lane Bund
The first flowers of 2023 have come through on the bund along Cowbar Lane. Click below to find out what they are.
Cowbar Nature and Teesmouth Bird Club
Mark Askew from Teesmouth Bird Club kindly arranged for us to make an appeal for more photos of birds on Cowbar in TBC's December newsletter. Click below to read more about this newsletter.
An end of year summary of Cowbar raking and sowing.
In November 2022 we finally finished raking the Cowbar Lane bund free of the arisings from the council’s second September annual mow. Click below to read a summary of what we have done to the grassland and verges this year and to see what to look out for as growing begins in 2023.
Last Cowbar blossoms of the year
The swallows have gone from Cowbar and it’s time for the fungi to make an appearance. Click below to read more about what's still growing here.
Cowbar Gull News
The herring gulls have now finished the business of rearing for another year and have largely moved off their nesting sites. Click below for more information about the gulls on Cowbar.
Cowbar area harvest mouse survey
The Mammal Society’s National Harvest Mouse Survey begins next month and runs until March 2023. Click below to find out more and see how you could get involved.
Autumn mowing on Cowbar Lane
This week the bund and verges had their annual mowing, by arrangement with the council. Click below to read more about how this fits into long term plans to increase biodiversity on Cowbar.
Bats
Bats can occasionally be spotted on Cowbar at twilight, around the cottages and over the cliff top. Click here to read more about them and where they may be living.
Book review: Islands of Abandonment
One of the Cowbar residents has a book to recommend. Click below to find out more.