The Friday Staveley Nature Reserve Walk

Start your weekend with good company and a lovely eight mile walk from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust naturereserve at Staveley and into the surrounding countryside..

Staveley is a great place for seeing otters, sometimes in the middle of the day. You might also see roe deer,foxes and, if you sit very still in a quiet spot, you might glimpse two much smaller mammals – the water shrew and harvest mouse – particularly around dusk and dawn.

Common breeding birds include several warbler species, with common terns on the rafts created for them and barn owls in nest boxes. Little ringed plovers, avocets and oystercatchers sometimes breed, while in winter the lagoons are home to pintails, wigeons, goldeneyes, snipe and shovelers. Rarer visitors include bitterns.

There will be ample opportunity on this walk to stop and view birdlife etc from the various hides on the site. The walk will not be wholly on the reserve but include field paths and tracks in the countryside surrounding the reserve, where you can enjoy the redkites as they glide majestically across the skies.

After the walk there's an option to enjoy tea and cake at the Yolk Farm cafe before your journey home.

Well behaved dogs are welcome on this event. Please keep your dog on a lead at all times in the reserve, andunder control at all times.

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