The Natural History of Bilton

This section of the Bilton Historical Society virtual museum details the flora and fauna found in our area. it has been split into species order and gives details of creatures found over many many years. The pages are constantly being updated so do return later. We believe that you cannot have a true historical record of an area without recording the wildlife found over the years. After all the wellbeing of the environment is determined by the wildlife found there.

If you have any wildlife records you wish to contribute, flora or fauna, past or present, single or multiple, then we would be most grateful for your help. We would also be interested in any records especially records of now extinct or rare species within the Nidderdale area.

Photographs


We wish to be able to show photographs of each animal, flower or species of wildlife we have records for. Sadly we have so far being unable to obtain many of these items.
We are however extremeley grateful to DAPTF, the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force for their delightful amphibian photographs. A link has been created to DAPTF and this is available from our amphibians page where the excellent photographs are displayed.


We would be enternally grateful if anyone was able to help provide a photograph,.even a single photograph would be helpful. We would gladly credit any contributions but cannot , at present, afford to pay for these. Thanks in anticipation, remeber we are a none profit making organisation.

We would like to thank Harry Speight for the records which he collected in his fabulous book dated 1894. A man after our own hearts! He referred to many other tomes far too many to give credit to here. Nevertheless we are equally grateful to these fine folk.

In latter years we need to thank those fine folk from the Harrogate Naturalists' Society who over the years have contributed many records about Bilton and to whom we are very grateful.

May people long continue to record wildlife records. If we do not preserve the past what chance is there for the future?

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