tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50994975656455049902024-03-13T22:05:42.957+00:00Blacka MoorNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.comBlogger3397125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-26802885919784894582018-03-27T10:53:00.000+01:002018-03-27T10:53:15.209+01:00Recovery.....When this happens it will be good to get back to Blacka. Spring is such a marvellous time.
Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-36800166502985666362018-03-07T08:36:00.000+00:002018-03-07T08:36:21.133+00:00ControlAn excellent blog post. Please read.
http://blog.petercairnsphotography.com/2015/06/control-and-contradictions/Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-34579297524649234812018-03-06T11:17:00.002+00:002018-03-06T11:31:40.898+00:00Visitors and Resident
ROVER
FIDO
BROCK
Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-14502335592577146142018-02-24T12:05:00.000+00:002018-02-24T12:05:02.296+00:00GuardiansThis is about Scotland but most of what it says is relevant to the rest of the UK, and given the scandals of wildlife persecution and inept National Park management also to the Peak District.
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/jim-crumley/603389/jim-crumley-scotlands-climate-chaos/
Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-68999903085216568152018-02-20T19:06:00.000+00:002018-02-20T19:06:21.097+00:00Charities Above Criticism ?That seems to be the attitude of many people. Or it was until very recently. Wildlife Trusts are charities as are the RSPB and the National Trust, all deeply involved in the local land management.
I'm not suggesting there's a culture within the management of any of these charitees similar to what's been exposed at Oxfam and others in the aid sector. But they have one very important thing in Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-4794134839873353252018-02-19T21:58:00.000+00:002018-02-19T22:52:58.547+00:00..... in for a PoundThe penny implied is Penny Anderson, she of Penny Anderson Associates. Those who hear "Tweet of the Day" on BBC Radio 4 at 5,58 am weekdays and 8.58 Sundays may not have been surprised to hear her chosen bird was the red grouse.She will have been keen to choose this because it was actually broadcast twice, making sure the message got across.
Why? Because the managing of the moors to encourage Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-76534077268846190632018-02-15T10:27:00.003+00:002018-02-17T23:20:24.837+00:00Promise and RespectNo matter how bad you feel about the damage being done to this site it's hard to resist a surge of optimism when entering the largely unspoiled woods.
This morning felt like spring with a cacophony of bird calls including a song thrush and many tits punctuated with the occasional daw call from overhead as the commuters head west. This was all the result of classic thaw conditions. Yesterday Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-1481111389631101872018-02-14T12:53:00.001+00:002018-02-16T09:46:16.033+00:00WastelandThe transformation of a good natural woodland into a scene of desolation and waste is something that is being done by a wildlife trust. When we move along this inviting path we surely have a right to expect that it should continue in much the same magical way.
And for many years that is what it did, or at least until the fence was erected on the right, the famous four strand barbed wire Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-51261725379808306762018-02-12T10:42:00.000+00:002018-02-13T16:53:55.414+00:00National Park?
Dear @peakdistrict this is not a satisfactory state for a #NationalPark in the 21st Century. Lets return it to the #TemperateRainforest it once was. #GoytValley pic.twitter.com/O5xK7QHmee
β Alex Lees (@Alexander_Lees) February 11, 2018
And Blacka Moor?
Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-7829801525511725692018-02-08T15:26:00.001+00:002018-02-08T15:27:36.320+00:00Spooky
The mornings when light snow has recently fallen and sunrise is a half hour or so away. There have been several this winter. Trees can take on a special life of their own.
The Goons used to have a song "I talk to the trees .... that's why they put me away"
Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-21178332439488418222018-02-08T15:03:00.002+00:002018-02-08T15:03:28.293+00:00SignsThis?
or that?
Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-18633360298639454562018-02-04T12:11:00.001+00:002018-02-04T12:11:10.087+00:00Barking
Sycamore is often named when people choose their least favourite trees. It could be the leaves that let them down; none of the delicacy of field maple for example, and those ugly black spots they often attract.
But winter is a good time to look again at sycamore. And the bark is good place to start. It's striking that there is so much variety. That can be a problem for those trying to Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-90954826457532417312018-02-01T22:18:00.001+00:002018-02-01T22:32:40.433+00:00Obsession
The endless fascination with trees transformed after a fresh fall of snow
A kind of malady?
A sign that some bits of childhood will never go away? Much of it is due to knowing that it's very short lived. And those few precious minutes when the light becomes golden.
Is there a cure?
Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-84815791547396633712018-02-01T16:58:00.001+00:002018-02-01T22:05:18.987+00:00Feet
It's good to be out before the mountain bikers and dog walkers when there's been fresh snow.
Plenty of prints including badger, fox and roe deer.
Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-38821449568896157452018-02-01T10:27:00.003+00:002018-02-01T10:40:55.641+00:00Arise
Worth getting up in the morning. 7.51 amNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-57140649016948813012018-01-30T08:57:00.001+00:002018-02-04T12:00:37.389+00:00Notes
A few notes from the song thrush. Not enough to call a song. A lot of fussing from the blackbird; also no song. The robin obliges. As he always does, bless him.Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-53949230567597689492018-01-29T16:52:00.000+00:002018-01-30T09:14:06.300+00:00Stop ThemAny ideas are welcome. We need a strategy for keeping away people with chain saws.
Meanwhile these astonishing people are tweeting about their " Audience Development & Gateways to the Landscape consultants" Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-16986633304859808452018-01-28T16:48:00.000+00:002018-01-29T19:15:53.934+00:00In Relief
&Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-53439323561915718492018-01-25T11:37:00.001+00:002018-01-25T11:37:36.885+00:00"Good Morning" to You TooI was "good morninged"on Blacka by a couple of bikers the other day. They were riding towards me at speed dazzling me with powerful headlamps mounted head high; not needed as daylight was good enough even for speeding.
As I took evasive action one of them said something as he passed, then saw fit to reprove me for not responding. He had apparently said "good morning". I was barely able to Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-47669890796415506402018-01-20T16:49:00.000+00:002018-01-28T16:51:04.113+00:00Shade and SnowSnow in woods without sun.
Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-1601077854885580032018-01-19T13:00:00.001+00:002018-01-20T12:16:21.113+00:00The Place to Be
When the sun comes out after a fresh fall of snow the woods are irresistible.
Blacka is fortunate in having woodland and beautiful trees at a high level.
Access remains a problem. Squeezing through the gap at the side of the barrier threatened an injury or leaving me wedged permanently to the amusement of motorists on the A625.
Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-83592407898599913272018-01-17T10:40:00.000+00:002018-01-20T05:33:37.810+00:00RescuedWild animal traps are evil. Good Samaritans needed.
πβΌπΊπ A wolf caught in a trap. Respect for the Savior! Another good deed. Thank you! pic.twitter.com/tUd0OBW3zo
β Onlinemagazin (@OnlineMagazin) January 16, 2018
Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-71802348393341473592018-01-16T15:17:00.003+00:002018-01-16T15:17:19.242+00:00Worth Readinghttps://www.banc.org.uk/ecos-38-6-rewilding/
Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-2349893991512060092018-01-16T10:38:00.002+00:002018-01-28T18:52:37.407+00:00Jokers, But No JokeThe mindless slaughter of trees continues while those responsible still try to get brownie points from criticising the city council and its PFI contractors for destroying street trees. Hypocrisy never goes away does it?
I sometimes wonder if any of SWT's employees ever listens to or reads the comments and criticisms of member of the public. I was once told for instance that an instruction hadNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099497565645504990.post-25461864301197359392018-01-14T12:28:00.001+00:002018-01-14T12:30:28.357+00:00LiableThere are often temporary signs like this on this stretch of Hathersage Road, one of the most important routes into Sheffield.
Sometimes they warn of ice, sometimes of floods. This one tells us the road is 'Liable to Flooding'. It's pretty obvious why this section is regularly flooded. The land on the far side slopes down onto the road and as mentioned before drains water across the road and Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15802050196614527577noreply@blogger.com0