Worlaby Carrs car park

Once in a high level stewardship scheme, giving the landowner big bucks each year. Now used as a dump for their building rubble........ and all paid for by public money. 

Worlaby Carrs

This never happened when birders went there. Both car parks covered in fly tipping.

Worlaby is now a wheat prairie, not a bird in sight.

Worlaby Carrs today

Well, that's that !

Just thought we would have a drive down there today to see what was happening....

ploughed is the word !!

The end of Worlaby Carrs

That's it folks, looks like time is finally up for Worlaby Carrs. We went down tonight and there was plenty of machinery in action. All the grass has been cut short and parts have been rotovated, no doubt ready for ploughing soon. When we think of all the birds we have seen there: rough-legged buzzard, short-eared owl, little owl, long-eared owl, barn owl, sparrowhawk, kestrel, marsh harrier, hen harrier, stonechats to name but a few.  What a shame that our wildlife is now pushed aside and then pushed again. Not surprising that everything is in decline. These farmers claim to be custodians of our countryside, well they are not looking after this bit very well at all. Shame on you Truelove Property.

Little Owl roosted in these hay bales. We saw them many times coming out and sitting on the bales, we even have photographs. Not only were we met with the destruction on one side, but these bales had been set on fire and infact were still smouldering. Hope the owls got out safely. That's another site lost.

A Little Owl in the hay bales, sadly no more.

Not a carr at Worlaby !!

Worlaby Carrs, just us, no-one else..........the circus will arrive just after the owls.

Worlaby sunset

Stunning sunset at Worlaby