Good to see a curlew giving a crow a bit of what for!

Newborn Wensleydale

Sunshine 🌞

An invitation strictly to farmers, in collaboration with Yorkshire YFC Future Farmers and our Yorkshire Rural Support Network.

'Supper on us' - a reminder of the power of community amid the wet weather challenges 🍽️

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New life and the call of a curlew (25 secs) for #WorldCurlewDay

A loopy lugged Wensleydale lamb, enjoying some much needed warmth.
Today is also #WorldCurlewDay , look out for them if you’re out and about in the Yorkshire Dales National Park

Escapees causing a stir in the village this evening. I had to leave the pub to retrieve them!

Which popular ground nesting bird? 🤔

🔊 Listen to Leigh (farmer Hill Top Farm in #Malham ) and our #YorkshireDales #NationalPark #Wildlife Officer, Ian discuss their thoughts on this special bird.

Friends of the Dales I #Yorkshiredales #Conservation #WorldCurlewDay

Beltie cows in for a spring clean and check up today, now heading back for the hills

Browsing amongst the blossom

Please please listen to what sensible environmentalists say about beef & dairy farming ⁦⁦George Monbiot⁩ . Chris Jones ⁦⁦Chris Jones⁩ talking to me for my food self sufficient year. ⁦Howemill⁩ bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Measuring, smiling, straightening … getting ready Dales Countryside Museum. ‘Labour of Love’ exhibition opens April 19: England’s upland commons in the spotlight.
Foundation for Common Land Yorkshire Dales National Park The National Lottery Heritage Fund Esmée Fairbairn
Huge thanks to all the commoners & others who are featured here.

Raising awareness about #curlew in #YorkshireDales ! Posters by Ruth | Kittiwake Vids 📷🐏, a vol Creative Campaigner for Friends of the Dales. Free event Malham 14 April by kind perms Hill Top Farm. Online quiz open to all! Curlew Action Mary Colwell Megan Shersby Curlew Recovery South Lakes Wader Quest

Feeding time 🥛

Join us at the opening of a new exhibition!

Labour of Love:
Life, land and nature in England’s Upland Commons
Dales Countryside Museum Hawes DL8 3NT

Friday April 19 - We'll be there 3-5.30pm so drop in & say hi, see what we have been up to the past 2 yrs

Foundation for Common Land Yorkshire Dales National Park

Feeding a young heifer and a new mum some of last year’s hay. We bring hay from a species rich meadow at New House Farm and feed it in meadows near Malham in the hope that we get a transfer of seeds to increase the number of species in these fields

Pied pals. Oystercatchers and Belties in Forest of Bowland National Landscape last week. Hill Top Farm

Northern Dairy Shorthorn heifers at New House farm

Sometimes you just have to scratch that itch

Belties bookending Malham Cove