{"id":11104,"date":"2021-11-23T18:38:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T18:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erdragonflies.co.uk\/?page_id=11104"},"modified":"2025-12-23T21:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:51:23","slug":"11104-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Yorkshire Wildlife Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cLife is a series of tiny little miracles, notice them\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yorkshire has an amazing diversity of fauna to be found within the county. Spectacular locations like the seabird colony at Bempton Cliffs, to the remote migrant hot spot of Spurn Point, or a local nature reserve such as North Cave Wetlands offer some great wildlife spectacles. Further resources will lead to identification websites, along with many great organisations helping conserve species and habitat for the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4>Species Galleries<\/h4>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11104 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=9961'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48840550043_c84f0e5957_w-e1643925099867.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Bees, Wasps, Sawflies and Ants\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48840550043_c84f0e5957_w-e1643925099867.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48840550043_c84f0e5957_w-e1643925099867-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9961'>\n\t\t\t\tBees, Wasps, Sawflies and Ants\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=9968'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48081976167_44a006eff8_w.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Beetles\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48081976167_44a006eff8_w.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48081976167_44a006eff8_w-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9968'>\n\t\t\t\tBeetles\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=9966'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48330281422_b1966326fd_w-e1643925115291.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"True Bugs\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48330281422_b1966326fd_w-e1643925115291.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48330281422_b1966326fd_w-e1643925115291-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9966'>\n\t\t\t\tBugs\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=9969'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9410274200_be3e77b99f_w-e1643925154438.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Butterflies\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9410274200_be3e77b99f_w-e1643925154438.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9410274200_be3e77b99f_w-e1643925154438-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9969'>\n\t\t\t\tButterflies\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=11730'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/21377033344_fc1a286263_w-1-e1644952975428.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Caddisflies\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/21377033344_fc1a286263_w-1-e1644952975428.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/21377033344_fc1a286263_w-1-e1644952975428-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11730'>\n\t\t\t\tCaddisflies\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=9967'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/49944618452_ea0b5ddaef_w-e1643925138280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Dragonflies\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/49944618452_ea0b5ddaef_w-e1643925138280.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/49944618452_ea0b5ddaef_w-e1643925138280-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9967'>\n\t\t\t\tDragonflies\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=9963'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/51267936541_239abf032d_w-e1643925170606.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Flies\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/51267936541_239abf032d_w-e1643925170606.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/51267936541_239abf032d_w-e1643925170606-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9963'>\n\t\t\t\tFlies\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=9962'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48198828211_7bc2c7835a_w-e1643925192770.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Grasshoppers and Crickets\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48198828211_7bc2c7835a_w-e1643925192770.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48198828211_7bc2c7835a_w-e1643925192770-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9962'>\n\t\t\t\tGrasshoppers and Related Insects\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=9964'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/51265031244_cba6679baf_w1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Macro Moths\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/51265031244_cba6679baf_w1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/51265031244_cba6679baf_w1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9964'>\n\t\t\t\tMacro Moths\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=9965'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/51270332844_3dee60d5b9_w-e1643925211838.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Micro Moths\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/51270332844_3dee60d5b9_w-e1643925211838.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/51270332844_3dee60d5b9_w-e1643925211838-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9965'>\n\t\t\t\tMicro Moths\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=11877'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/37115951032_8ac3a9e904_w-1-e1645095932934.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Snails\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/37115951032_8ac3a9e904_w-1-e1645095932934.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/37115951032_8ac3a9e904_w-1-e1645095932934-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11877'>\n\t\t\t\tSnails\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=11854'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/48723845217_9d2407829f_w-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Spiders and Harvestmen\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/48723845217_9d2407829f_w-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/48723845217_9d2407829f_w-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11854'>\n\t\t\t\tSpiders and Harvestmen\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=11771'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8697296654_ae0b03ca7f_w-1-e1645009627116.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Reptiles and Amphibians\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8697296654_ae0b03ca7f_w-1-e1645009627116.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8697296654_ae0b03ca7f_w-1-e1645009627116-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11771'>\n\t\t\t\tReptiles and Amphibians\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=9960'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48501865576_007e21d712_w-e1643925228859.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Mammals\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48501865576_007e21d712_w-e1643925228859.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/48501865576_007e21d712_w-e1643925228859-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9960'>\n\t\t\t\tMammals\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/?attachment_id=9970'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/38613551720_12eb87355b_w-e1643925246987.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Birds\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/38613551720_12eb87355b_w-e1643925246987.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/38613551720_12eb87355b_w-e1643925246987-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9970'>\n\t\t\t\tBirds\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLife is a series of tiny little miracles, notice them\u201d Yorkshire has an amazing diversity of fauna to be found within the county. Spectacular locations like the seabird colony at Bempton Cliffs, to the remote migrant hot spot of Spurn Point, or a local nature reserve such as North Cave Wetlands offer some great wildlife &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Welcome to the Yorkshire Wildlife Guide&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11104"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18082,"href":"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11104\/revisions\/18082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorkshirewildlife.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}