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Bracken Control on Ilkley Moor

Bracken Control on Ilkley Moor

The issue of bracken control was raised at our most recent Committee Meeting. Those of us who have been members of FoIM for a long time will remember that it was the issue of bracken on the Moor that first led to the creation of FoIM. We realise that many more recent...

Ilkley Moor and Climate Change

Ilkley Moor and Climate Change

Ilkley Moor and Climate Change/Climate Emergency There is general agreement that unless we all take immediate radical steps to reduce our carbon emissions, we are likely to experience potentially catastrophic climate changes that will have a profound effect on our...

Ilkley Moor Breeding Birds Survey

Ilkley Moor Breeding Birds Survey

We approached Bradford Ornithological Group (BOG) to request if a survey of the “upper slopes” of Ilkley Moor could be made to establish the bird species that breed there. And we are pleased that BOG was able to oblige. We would like to share their findings. The...

New 2018 Events Programme

New 2018 Events Programme

The Friends of Ilkley Moor have just published their tenth anniversary Events and Learning Programme. This year’s programme contains thirty five events and conservation days starting in April and ending in October, ranging from wild plant food foraging to bat...

Chairman’s Report – 10 years on

Chairman’s Report – 10 years on

The Friends of Ilkley Moor have now been in existence for 10 years, and I have had the honour of being Chair for most of that time. During those ten years we have achieved an incredible amount and it is right that, from time to time, we should blow our own trumpet....

Nature for All Project Update

Nature for All Project Update

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that helped to deliver The Nature for All Project in 2017. Progress so far……. In 2017 we delivered 43 events and training sessions for the local community to learn skills in wildlife identification and wildlife...

Christmas Message

Christmas Message

Whereas New Year is undoubtedly a time for looking forward, Christmas is perhaps a time to look back and reflect on what we have achieved in the last year…. Meetings with our MP It is a pleasure to be able to tell you that our current MP, John Grogan, unlike his...

OUR 2017 EVENTS AND LEARNING PROGRAMME ENDS IN OCTOBER

OUR 2017 EVENTS AND LEARNING PROGRAMME ENDS IN OCTOBER

It’s been another busy year of activities on Ilkley Moor. This year we put on 29 events, including nine heritage walks, one Nordic Walking walk, twelve wildlife surveys, five school holiday events, a ‘social history’ walk and an archaeological tour.   Twelve of...