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 Abbey is part of the “This Exploited Land of Iron” Project. Click for more info.
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.
Lovely to see a grey partridge in one of gills on edge of moor at Rosedale East. The grey partridge, also known as the English partridge is our native partridge but by no means common these days. Updale Natural History Recorder
Grey partridge
These beautiful wheatears are back in their numbers up on the edge of the moor. The male has a grey back and crown and a striking black eye-stripe with a white stripe above called a supercilium. The female has altogether browner colouring with a cream supercilium. Both have buff underparts and a white rump and both have a characteristic bob and flick action. You should see them from the old railway line on the east side of Rosedale and at the top of Chimney Bank. Worth getting your walking boots on. Updale Natural History Recorder
Male wheatear
Female wheatear
Comma butterfly is now on the wing here in Rosedale. A favoured place for them is a sheltered sunny position on the edge of a wood where they will bask in the sun. Delightful white comma on the underwing if you are lucky enough to see it. Updale Natural History Recorder
Comma butterfly
Underwing showing comma
Some spectacular fungus out there just now. Yellow Brain fungus Tremella mesenterica, is hard to miss, its golden yellow looking so unnatural. Jelly Ear fungus Auricularia auricula-judae is perhaps less obvious but is just beautifully formed in a rich brown. Both are jelly-like and found on dead or decaying trees. Updale Natural History Recorder
Yellow Brain fungus on decaying Ash tree
Jelly Ear fungus on decaying Elder tree
Found this beautiful Jelly ear fungus here in the dale this week. Also known as Judas’s ear fungus, Auricularia auricula-judae and commonly found on the elder tree. The story goes that Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus hanged himself on an elder tree. It resembles the human ear and is rubbery in texture. It ranges from purple to brown through to almost black as it ages. Updale Natural History Recorder
Jelly ear fungus, Auricularia auricula-judae
This adder was basking in the welcome sunshine on Sunday up on the moor here in Rosedale. Can’t have been long out of hibernation. Beautifully marked reptiles to be admired from a safe distance as their venom is poisonous. Updale Natural History Recorder
A stunningly handsome dragonfly when studied closely, this is a male black darter. It’s four wings remain in the open position when at rest and each wing has a small black wing-spot near the tip. It is Britain’s smallest dragonfly. The black darter is restricted to acid water and therefore quite common around moorland bog pools. Now getting towards the end of its flight season but there were plenty basking in the sun today up on the moor here in Rosedale. Updale Natural History Recorder
Stunning black darter dragonfly
A sure sign of winter is a flock of fieldfares in a berry-laden tree or feeding on earthworms and seeds in the fields. The fieldfare is part of the thrush family and is very distinct with a grey crown and neck, a brown back and a reddish wash down its breast. It is a winter migrant to the UK and returns north for summer breeding from March onwards. And they are now on the verge of leaving as spring is knocking on the door with the arrival of curlews in the Dale this last week, lapwings increasing in numbers and the greater spotted woodpecker drumming. Updale Natural History Recorder
Right royal fieldfare
Robins are very vocal now and a great splash of colour in almost every corner of the dale. It’s not just a red breast he’s got but see how the colour comes up over the face and above the eyes like a mask. Stunningly beautiful in body and song. Updale natural history recorder
In the Yorkshire Post there is a lovely piece about the Walkers are Welcome Scheme .
We are proud to be part of this. Thank you to the numerous folks from our Rosedale community who freely give their time to make it happen every year.
“Gary Verity, chief executive of the region’s tourism body Welcome to Yorkshire, hailed another reason to be proud of the county.
“Yorkshire is famous for its warm welcome and generous hospitality, and for yet another Yorkshire town to receive Walkers Are Welcome status goes to show that the county’s famous hello remains very much part of its charm.
“And now with 25 towns and villages across the county recognised by the Walkers Are Welcome scheme, Yorkshire is reigning supreme as one of the nation’s top destinations for ramblers, amblers and hikers.”
Rosedale is fully Walkers are Welcome accredited.
The Rosedale Walking Festival is in 13th & 14th June. Two days of walks led by volunteers from our community and who love the place!
Walks to be announced soon, though there is a sign on the village green advertising this wonderful community led event, and the festival is over two days, you can walk anytime you like on the numerous beautiful paths that cover our dale, anytime of the year.
If you want local knowledge, a local guide, enjoy Rosedale from a new perspective come along to one of the guided walks this June.
See the full article here:-
Like our dedicated Festival Face Book page for details https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rosedale-Walking-Festival/
