An important part of our journey is monitoring and surveying, allowing us to better understand the health of our habitats, and record positive changes over time.
Wherever possible, data and reports from any survey work undertaken on the cluster will be made available here.
Lichen Survey: May 2021
Drs Sue and Les Knight kindly offered to do a lichen survey for us. The results of which are here.
Heggs-Castle BioBlitz Survey Results: June 2021
The following events were run in partnership with YDNP, Tees-Swale: Naturally Connected and Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust.
- River Arkle Fish Survey
- Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust Survey Data
- BeeWalk Survey Report
- YDNP Bat Monitoring Results
Three most common species:
Common Pipistrelles – 651 Results; Soprano Pipistrelles – 161 Results; Daubenton’s – 25 Results
Other species:
Brown Long eared – 4 Results; Brants/Whiskered – 8 Results (it’s really hard to tell these two apart in everything other than DNA); Noctule – 9 Results; Natterer’s – Results
Heggs-Castle Renaturing Project 