Hassacarr Nature Reserve

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Hassacarr Nature Reserve Hassacarr Nature Reserve is owned by Dunnington Parish Council and managed by local volunteers, Dunnington Conservation Group.

Recent images showing a female Blackbird unknowingly boosting its vitamin intake for the winter by eating Hassacarr's ha...
28/10/2026

Recent images showing a female Blackbird unknowingly boosting its vitamin intake for the winter by eating Hassacarr's haws, and two showing some of our plentiful gold finches drinking and bathing in the dragonfly pond.

Today we spent time clearing up some of the results of Storm Boelo, which brought down part of a willow tree into Hassacarr Pond and many other small branches. The recent rains have benefited the water level in the pond

26/10/2026
25/10/2026
Images taken a couple of weeks ago, a buzzard in flight, some Tree sparrows thinking about sloes and a chiffchaff posin...
04/10/2026

Images taken a couple of weeks ago, a buzzard in flight, some Tree sparrows thinking about sloes and a chiffchaff posing among the hogweed seeds.

04/10/2026
Millennium Garden We're now working on cutting back some of the vegetation in the Millennium Garden and continuing to di...
03/10/2026

Millennium Garden

We're now working on cutting back some of the vegetation in the Millennium Garden and continuing to dig out some of the more dominant plants. Some areas will be left for insects and reptiles to overwinter. We've been spreading some seeds and planting native bulbs so hopefully there will be a display in the spring. In managing the vegetation we're coming across huge numbers of insects as well as several frogs, none of which would be present if the area had been returned to grass. Small photo gallery attached.

Three recent images, a Common darter, a Batman hoverfly and the pleasing sight of a Grey wagtail. Today we saw a pair o...
09/09/2026

Three recent images, a Common darter, a Batman hoverfly and the pleasing sight of a Grey wagtail. Today we saw a pair of them.

A Peacock butterfly enjoying the warmth of the brickwork of our hut after Wednesday's working party
28/08/2026

A Peacock butterfly enjoying the warmth of the brickwork of our hut after Wednesday's working party

Two butterflies, Small tortoiseshell and Brimstone plus one of the sunflowers which "mysteriously" appeared in Millenniu...
19/08/2026

Two butterflies, Small tortoiseshell and Brimstone plus one of the sunflowers which "mysteriously" appeared in Millennium Garden after Conservation group volunteers started looking after it again

The now, sadly, common sight of a dried up Hassacarr Pond, plus a fantastic shot of Common blue butterflies propagating...
14/08/2026

The now, sadly, common sight of a dried up Hassacarr Pond, plus a fantastic shot of Common blue butterflies propagating the species and a splendid fungus near the main pond.

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HASSACARR Lane, Dunnington
York
YO195PB

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+441904489593

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