Rosedale Show
The annual show (every August) is run by the Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Society. This year will include Cattle, Goats, Heavy Horses, Ponies, jumping, local produce, Rabbits, Vintage Tractors & Scarecrows and much more. More details to follow soon on the Rosedale Show’s website.
Rosedale Community News
Welcome to the Rosedale blog. This is where we share news and information about events in Rosedale and the wider community throughout the year. You’ll also find news about the village timetable, our micro enterprises, school events, clubs, and lively socials.
Recent Posts
Lords and Ladies
Lords and Ladies is a very unusual plant which is on our verges right now, often found under hedgerows. It appears in three stages; first the arrow-like leaves, then this rather handsome sheath wrapped round a purple spike and finally, in late summer a spike with bright red berries, but beware, the berries are poisonous. Updale Natural History Recorder
Rosedale Sue Country Crafts – Rag Rug Course
Rag Rug Course .
If you would like to join us it’s a great way of learning a new skill and lots of fun too. Treat yourself to some “me time.”
It is £30 for the day,£15 for a bodger if you haven’t got one already. Bring a packed lunch I will supply yummy cakes and coffee!
Please contact Sue on 01751 417153 or email rosedalesue@hotmail.com
Thursday 4th July 2013
Melancholy Willow Warbler
A delightful pale yellow small bird, the willow warbler is music to your ears. It’s song starts high pitched but then works down the scale and fades away. It is a summer visitor and very common where there are a few trees and undergrowth. There are plenty currently singing around the dale. Updale Natural History Recorder
Primroses or are they?
Great showing of primroses right now but look closer and some are not what they seem. Primroses are quite short with open pale yellow flower heads. A close relative is cowslip, upright on longer stems with almost closed deep yellow flower heads which droop. And where the two grow together they hybridise and you will find false oxlip, best described as a primrose on a long stalk. Some great examples on Moor Lane verges south of Hartoft. 
History Walk – 19 May 2013
The Rosedale History Society ran the second of this year’s history walks on Sunday 19 May, starting at the White Horse Farm Inn (Yorkshire’s Favourite Pub 2012) car park at 2.00pm. Ten happy history buffs joined Linda and Paddy Chambers for the walk which went to the ironstone mines at Hollins, then up the ridge to Ana Cross and then to Bank Top to look at the historic railway and mining remains there, as well as evidence of Rosedale’s role in the Cold War in the form of the Royal Observer Corps monitoring post.
Rosedale History Walkers at Ana Cross
The next RHS walk will be on Sunday 23 June starting from Rosedale Abbey village green, going along Northdale Beck and then up into Northdale. It will last around three hours and finish back in the village. All walkers are encouraged to have appropriate wet weather clothing and sturdy hiking footwear.
All are welcome and the walk is free, but contributions to the RHS are always welcome. Further details are available at http://rosedale.ryedaleconnect.org or ‘phone on 01751 417071.
Pair of Dippers on the River Seven
A great sight to see dippers along the River Seven here in Rosedale and they are nesting already. They can endure quite harsh conditions but there is a tendency to move downstream from upland areas in winter. The male and female are identical in appearance. They bob and curtsey when perched on rocks and feed on invertebrates from the river, diving, swimming and even walking along the river bed. They tend to nest on the river bank and the nest is about the size of a football. Upland Natural History Recorder.
Small But Perfectly Formed
Wheatear near the Iron Kilns, East Mines
A Meadow Pipit foraging near the Iron Kilns at East Mines
There is plenty more wildlife to be seen on or near the walks and pathways in the dale, so make the best of the weather. And thanks to the Updale Natural Historian for acting as spotter!
Magnificent marsh harrier
This fantastic male marsh harrier was here over Rosedale this last week. It obliged for about ten minutes flying low over the moor.
Plenty of people are looking out for it. Lets hope it’s safe here in Ryedale. Updale Natural History Recorder
RSPB puts up £1000 Reward for Raptor Killers
Police are investigating the shooting of the female buzzard, which was found just north of Kirbymoorside in Farndale.
PC Stewart Ashton from North Yorkshire Police said it was likely more birds have been killed in the area.
He said: “This is the fourth buzzard reported to have been shot in Ryedale over the past four months. This figure alone is disturbing but due to the hidden nature of the crime, this figure will not be a true portrayal of the number of raptors being killed.”
In 2011 the RSPB named North Yorkshire as the UK’s worst black spot for crimes against birds of prey, saying there were more incidents recorded in the region than in Scotland, Wales and all of England’s southern counties combined in 2010.
Species including goshawks, red kites, hen harrier and peregrine falcons have all been targeted by shooting or poisoning in the past few years.
According to the charity nearly 75 per cent of those convicted of bird of prey crimes had ties to game shooting and an interest in removing potential predators from grouse moors.
They have submitted written evidence to the House of Commons Environment Audit Committee stating there is a “strong body of scientific evidence” linking raptor persecution with upland moors managed for grouse shooting.
So if you are out walking the moors this Bank Holiday and find evidence of dead raptors, please contact North Yorkshire Police on 101 or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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