Community Action for Nature

CAN is taking a break from twitter … but not to our sessions! You can still find us on Tuesday and Saturday mornings from 10am. We’re still on Facebook so you can keep up with everything there. 😀 facebook.com/CommunityActio…

We’re at the big event celebrating the River Foss this weekend. Willow Bank, New Earswick. Willow bank is a big stretch of green by the river. Pop over to our stand and say Hi!

A way to get involved with research about river health. It takes only 15 minutes to record all sightings of wildlife and or pollution for the national survey. 21st - 30th April @onplanetpatrol planetpatrol.co/water-watch/ Let us know your findings too! #CitizenScience

It’s #WorldWildlifeDay today. Celebrate wildlife every day by getting outside if you’re able. It’s surprising what you can find on your doorstep. Here’s some of our wildlife … #newearswick #york #community #volunteer

Plenty of blossom action now in CAN Land (@AbundanceYork)

See if you can spot signs of Spring around the corner, as shoots begin to show and #snowdrops start to bloom.🌱 Look for the nodding white flowers of snowdrops, each carried on a single stem, found in woodlands, parks & gardens and along riverbanks. 📷Jon Hawkins, Sadie McGlone

*shouts* It’s all turning Spring-like 💚🤍💚 m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

How treecreepers cuddle up to survive cold winters #Echobox=1676010431" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/environment/20…

Operation Spring is apace ! Shoots and leaves young, fresh and new. This week’s shakers and movers: Tiny tansy leaves around old & new planting sites. Bundles of juicy bluebell leaves. The very first mms of wild garlic leaves poking up. Daffodils in bud

@WoodlandTrust Swathes of snowdrops and plenty of Hazel catkins and flowers, cuckoo pint in abundance too!😀

Couch to 10 Mosses is BACK 🎉🥳 #CouchTo10Mosses (1/8) ⬇️

Just nature. Strutting into 2023 #newearswick #york #riverfoss m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

For week 2 of #CouchTo10Mosses we have Springy Turf-moss (Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus), a beautiful, lawn-dwelling bryological jack-in-the-box! Here are your three key features to look out for: (1/9)

A very useful online resource: Database of Insects and their Food Plants dbif.brc.ac.uk

Ever feel like you're being watched? 👀 The alluring silver birch 'eyes', formed from lesions left by fallen branches, has earned them the folk-name 'The Watchful Tree', with many believing they were home to spirits that silently & patiently guard their forests #FolkloreThursday

On 21/11/22 at 08:15 the river level was 1.28m.

So do join us at The Dormouse on Friday 12.30-3.30 Meet Annie & Newton Pick some apples, make some juice and feel free to bring your apples to test my ID skills!

Fantastic day yesterday @RHSHarlowCarr & Northern Fruit Group’s apple event. Big thanks to all who helped with my mountain of apples for identification, and my many questions 🤓

On Saturday we planted out Tansy from @YorkGreenfields and @YSJSustain along the #riverfoss Beautiful day, beautiful fungi and beautiful autumn colours.

We’ve been planting trees . 3 Oaks were transplanted from our tree nursery … complete with some spangle galls! Wild service tree given a new stake - looking good. #teamwork #volunteer #york @TreemendousYork