Upper Wharfedale Field Society – Bulletin 2015
Editorial
President’s Report
General Secretary’s Report
Treasurer’s report
Dr Heather Beaumont 1937-2015
Cover competition
President’s evening
- A year in Toulouse
Winter Programme
- Invertebrates of the River Aire
- Woodland Trust & Nidd Gorge
- History of Ox Close
- Yorkshire Peat Partnership
- Photos of old Burnsall
- Tanzanian safari
- Early Medieval Craven: Excavations at Arnciffe
- People of Leeds Liverpool canal
Harland Lecture
- Ships Timbers: How and why we study old buildings
Archaeology
Botany
| Pg | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | 15 Apr 14 | Nosterfield |
| – | 06 May 14 | Grass wood survey |
| – | 20 May 14 | Hutton Roof Crags |
| – | 03 Jun 14 | Kilnsey & shingle area on Wharfe |
| – | 19 Jun 14 | Threshfield & Yockenthwaite |
| – | 01 Jul 14 | Cornfield Flowers project, North Yorks Moor |
| – | 15 Jul 14 | Waitby Greenriggs |
| – | 29 Jul 14 | River Wharfe upstream from Linton Falls |
| – | 12 Aug 14 | Malham board walk |
Geology
Local History and Vernacular Buildings
The group paid visits to the following places and the reports are below
- Starbotton village
- Nappa Hall, Wensleydale
- Raydale
- Slaidburn
- Pateley Bridge
- Goldsborough Hall
- Ribchester
Starbotton, Nappa Hall, Rydale, Slaidburn
Pateley Bridge, Goldsborough Hall
Ribchester, Stydd
Ornithology
| Pg | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 46 | 19 Jun 14 | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Staveley |
| – | 21 Aug 14 | RSPB Blacktoft Sands Nature Reserve |
| – | 18 Sep 14 | Nosterfield Reserve and Tarmac quarry |
| – | 16 Oct 14 | RSPB Leighton Moss |
| – | 20 Nov 14 | Brockholes |
| – | 18 Dec 14 | Strid Wood |
| – | 17 Jan 15 | Eccup Reservoir |
| – | 19 Mar 15 | Mere Sands Wood and Martin Mere |
| – | 16 Apr 15 | Nosterfield Reserve and Tarmac quarry |
| – | 07 May 15 | North Cave Wetlands |
| – | 10 Nov 14 | Habitats: Joint presentation |
Members Articles
Walks
The following walks took place and the reports are below:
| Pg | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | 21 Jun 14 | Circular Walk: Blazefield, Fellbeck, Summerbridge and Glasshouses |
| 61 | 19 Jul 14 | Crummock Dale |
| 62 | 16 Aug 14 | Mallerstang |
| 63 | 20 Sep 14 | Addleborough |
| 64 | 19 Oct 14 | Nidderdale |
| 65 | 15 Nov 14 | Barden Moor |
| 66 | 20 Dec 14 | Gargrave |
| 67 | 17 Jan 15 | Linton |
| 67 | 21 Feb 15 | Circular walk from Halton West |
Summerbridge, Crummock Dale
Mallerstang, Addleborough
Nidderdale, Barden Moor
Gargrave, Linton, Halton West
