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Wednesday 15th May saw a whopping 222 schoolchildren from 5 different schools attend a Countryside Learning education day held at Duncombe Park. NYMMO Keepers Nathan and Ben worked alongside Gareth […]

First photos received in today of the Cottongrass on show on the North York Moors this year. Cottongrass is fluffy and with cotton-like flower and seed heads it gives this […]

This is a daily scenario for the game keepers, they are constantly picking up rubbish left by visitors and with the recent spell of good weather the excess of dumped […]

These photos show a disused quarry which was originally dug for road building, it has an abundance of tadpoles, the frogs seem grateful for the moorland management in place especially […]

NYMMO attended the Northern Shooting show on the 11th and 12th May where they joined BASC North on their stand. Both days were extremely busy where our 8 gamekeepers over […]

Join the Ryedale Folk Museum for an exclusive simulated clay day on the North York Moors with Smoking Barrels and help them raise funds.       If you would […]

Lovely video footage of 2 broods of geese taking a stroll over the Moorland and if you watch carefully you’ll be able to see a Skylark in the background defending […]

This very well camouflaged nest belongs to the most common songbird found in upland areas.  A small brown streaky bird with a high piping call, there numbers have been in […]

Lovely colourful photos sent in today of some Bluebells in full flower, these were taken in some of the ancient woodland in Bransdale just below the moor.

As the General Licence debacle moves into another week, we encounter further on the ground fallout from the lack of predator controls that the Game Keepers now have to protect […]

Should anyone really have to put up with and face this as part of their job? Photo 1 : Shows a trap which has been set on the moors and […]

It’s extremely hard to get a photo of a weasel so it’s all the more impressive that we’ve been sent in this video clip. Weasels are small and agile and […]

Here we have a lovely set of photos sent in of some Golden Plover chicks. These birds reside in lowland fields during winter and have recently returned to the moors […]

This video shows one of the biggest previous nesting areas in the North York Moors for Curlew (Red Listed), Lapwing (Red Listed), Golden Plover (Green Status) and Snipe (Amber Listed), […]

Over the last 24 hours I have received through to the page so many messages of support in the work that we do. This has come about due to the […]

This local farmer has marked the Red Listed Lapwing nests so he can sow his crops around them.  The markers were then removed as the crows would soon pick up […]