Further to our recent posts and work parties helping
to restore the Escrick Duck Decoy, the team returned last week to help finish
off the new viewing hide. The hide will allow public viewing of the pond and
the restored pipe during open days, and the ability to watch ringing
demonstrations and visiting wildlife. Many thanks as always to our great team
who spent the day hard at work erecting the roof, attaching the sides and
finishing off the decking floor, as well as digging in the last interpretation
panel on the history of the decoy. With such a productive day we’re now nearly
at the end of the project, so we’ll keep you posted on here with any updates of
planned open days.
The previous two weeks the team were hard at work constructing the catching pen, finishing off
the screens, strimming the vegetation around the pond, fine tuning the
pipes and erecting the new interpretation
panels.
It will be fantastic to see the site fully restored and operational
again for the first time in 150 years, just as the usual autumn build-up of
waterfowl picks up the pace in the valley. Up to 1300 Teal and 600 Wigeon have
now arrived from their breeding grounds in Eastern Europe – with a lot more to
come.
Welcome to the LDV NNR ringing blog, this blog is designed to share the experiences, findings and tales from a group of dedicated ringers. We specialise in conservation orientated research projects, largely focusing on wildfowl, waders, owls and birds of conservation concern, in and around the Vale of York NNR's.
NB - Whilst the purpose of this blog was initially designed to cover our nationally important wildfowl ringing activities, regular readers may have noticed the increase in posts detailing wildlife found across the valley (ranging from plants, fungi, butterflies, dragonflies & other invertebrates). Ringing posts will resume over the winter months, and will run alongside wildlife and work posts.

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