Recent activity

Below are just a few examples of local wildlife found by local members.

 

 

Buff-tip moth, found during a field trip to Staxton Nature reserve.

 

Myathropa floera (hoverfly).

 

Kingfisher in flight.

 

Close up shot of bindweed flowers.

 

Marasmius rotula, a common and widespread mushroom.

 

Sea Trout at the mouth of Scalby Beck.

 

Yellow Earth tongue (Spathularia flavida), scarlet wax cap (Hygrocybe coccinea) and common Puffball (Lycoperdon pelatum), releasing spores when pressed, some of the fungi found during a field trip to Reasty Bank.

 

 

Native common rock barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides), Australian modest barnacle (Austrominius modestus), periwinkle (Littorina neglecta) in the upper right and lichen Collemopsidium foveolatum, found at Scalby Mills during a talk on the Concrete Coast Programme, designed to improve habitats along the coast.

 

Electra pilosa, found after storm damage on Scarborough’s North Bay.