Field Studies Council: Malham Tarn House
The grand staircase
Limestone garden
Strawberries in old wellies
High Stables
The Tarn from the house
Where on earth are we?
Map reading site
One of the map references
One of the map sites to find
Another map reference
Off to a good start!
Walking to Gordale Beck
The ecology lecture
Tufa forming at Gordale
Masterclass in netting
Horse leech
Sampling Gordale Beck
High wellie fashion
Miller's thumb
Ready for the climb to the Roman fort
The long, hot walk back from Gordale
Now for the tarn!
Sampling the rocky shore of the tarn
Fresh water sponge
Mark's sermon
Bog bean - Martyn's favourite flower
Sundew
Netting the peat pools
A good scoop!
Hay meadow
The walk to the fen
Setting the mammal traps
Globe flower
Northern marsh orchid
Sphagnum forest
Dusk falls on the tarn
The end of the day
The raised bog at dusk
The boat house
The gryke team
The birders
The tadpole crew
Counting the tadpoles
Ragged robin
Ealy morning light on the tarn
Pootering about
Back in the lab
Foam on the tarn
A windy evening
On top of Great close hill
Glacial erratics
Evening
The shadows begin to lengthen
The lane to Tarn House
Mark's moth trap
The morning catch
Robber fly on Hawthorn
Forget me not
Water avens
The fen woodland
Fen woodland
Meta minardi - cave spider
Egg cases of Meta minardi
Great crested grebe
Collecting the Longworth traps
At last - a mouse!
The only mouse all week!
That's the way to do it!
It's a male!
The water sink
Return of the cave-women
The walk to Malham
Classic dry valley
Near the top of the cove
Watching the peregrine falcons
The Buck Inn is in sight!
Limestone pavement on Malham Cove
Gryke flora
Malham Cove
Ancient wall and "sheep creep"
Resting on the Celtic lynchets
Lunch in Malham village
The walk to Janet's foss
Hay meadow, field barn and lynchets
Janet's foss and cave
The first sight of Gordale Scar
Yes, this is the way home!
Upwards and onwards!
Let me at it!
At last, the top!
The ascent of the erratic
High stables at dusk
Ancient wall on the moor above high stables
Seed heads at dusk
The end of an excellent week!
