July 2021 The Planets This month the long summer days stretch into the evening making it quite difficult observe deep, dark sky objects. But this month, if you want to see Venus, […]
The Night Sky
Help Our Frogs!
A local resident has observed what appears to be an alarming decline in the number of amphibians located in the vicinity of Embsay Reservoir. “…when we first moved here seven years ago […]
Nature Notes
Three buzzards, presumably two adult and a juvenile, have been seen regularly soaring on the thermals above Rock Woods and drifting east towards Kempley or north-west towards the reservoir. One buzzard was […]
The Night Sky
June 2021 Summer Solstice (June 21st) is the longest day of the year where the tilt of the Earth (for us) is inclined towards the sun, resulting in over sixteen and a […]
Embsay Primary School help to keep our Hedgehogs safe
Primary School Hedgehog Safety Project The year 2 children at Embsay Primary School have been learning how to keep hedgehogs safe. You may have seen some of our posters dotted around the […]
The Night Sky
May 2021 Over the past year or so, if you looked up into the night sky on a dark Embsay evening you may have been able to shake off for a moment […]
Nature Notes
Spring observations A much loved feature of the Embsay-with-Eastby News were the Nature Notes updates, where Andrew Wilson would publish his and other readers’ observations of the fascinating wildlife around us. Here […]
Yorkshire hedgehogs need our help!
Often referred to as the nation’s favourite mammal, our British European Hedgehog population is sadly in steep decline. Recently reclassified as ‘Vulnerable to Extinction’ (2020), research* confirms that in the last 10 […]
