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, it now also features wildlife and work posts, explaining how we manage the NNR for both wildlife and people.

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Tuesday, 30 June 2026

25/06/26 - Corncrake/Aviva update

🤩 HUGE THANK YOU! 🤩

Over the last few weeks the response to the Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley’s new Corncrake Aviva fund has been incredible and quite simply has blown us away – the money donated is going to make a massive difference to the reintroduction project, making sure the sound of crex’ing Corncrakes from the Ings meadows is once again a common sound of summer. The money raised will also allow greater local community engagement and work with schools in producing a new children’s Corncrake book (following on from the success of our Whimbrel and Nightjar books) – so watch this space for more details 👀

 

It’s an exciting time to be part of the LDV team and the Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley, with the charity going from strength to strength each year thanks to your generosity. With another 15 days left of the project is there a chance we may reach £15,000 we wonder… here’s hoping! Raising this amount of money would be incredible – the more we raise the more we can deliver to make this reintroduction project a real success, and not just for Corncrakes, but for a whole host of species that thrive in the Ings meadows – if we get the management right for Corncrakes we will also be helping species such Curlew, Corn Buntings and Reed Buntings, not forgetting our population of harvest mice 😁


Please remember every donation made will be matched, with Aviva generously doubling each donation – if you haven't donated yet but would still like to, please use the link below – thank you 💰

Lower Derwent Valley Corncrake Reintroduction - a Community crowdfunding project in York by FoLDV

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