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…
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,…
Skylarks are singing on Cowbar
I recall studying Shelley’s ‘To a Skylark’ as a teenager, i.e., at a time when football results mattered more to me than birdsong. I was surprised to discover recently that…
The Cowbar Barn Owl
All through December, we have seen the barn owl out hunting over the Cowbar grassland in daylight. Although barn owls' eyes are specially adapted to function in low light conditions…
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…
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.
Hedgehogs are thriving on Cowbar!
The only spiny mammal living in Britain is the hedgehog but their numbers have plummeted in the UK since 2000. Click below to read more about the population of Cowbar hedgehogs being fed and tracked on Cowbar.
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.