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OLLY THE OWL KEEPS FLYING AWAY - HELP US FIND HIM!

06 BIRDWATCHING IN LEEDS Spring versus survival as seasons overlap

08 VALENTINE’S DOG FINDS LOVE

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WELCOME TO SUBURBAN LEEDS Welcome to edition 25 of Suburban Magazine. We got so carried away with things last month that we forgot to celebrate the second birthday of Suburban Magazine!

advertisers, contributors and readers. We are now working on edition 26 which will deadline 31st March 2017.

From our April edition, we would like to start giving a mention to upcoming local Spring/Summer Fairs. If you are organising a community event, please feel free to forward us the details and we will try and include a mention in the magazine. Really enjoyed looking at all the photos sent in last month for our funny/cute pet photos. We chose a local rescue centre (details further on in the magazine) to donate the funds to this month (£10 per pic printed). Hopefully the photo’s will keep coming in and we will choose another charity for next month’s donation.

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SPRING VERSUS SURVIVAL AS SEASONS OVERLAP Late winter/early spring is always an interesting time to be out watching birds. There’s lots of different types of behaviour to observe and you may also be able to predict the weather systems to a certain degree. When the weather is warm and dry, birds can find enough food to maintain a good weight. They won’t lose a lot of fat during the night so, after a quick feed in the morning, our resident birds will sing to announce their new breeding territory and attract a mate. Some may have already paired up and you might have witnessed robins posturing to fend off rivals or the fluttering display flight of blue tits and wrens. It’s also possible to see birds checking out nesting sites or choosing nesting material. During warm weather our winter visitors will feed then, when their crops are full, they will sit in the sunshine and preen. Winter visitors will remain for a few weeks yet but, during warmer weather, their presence is not as well tolerated by our resident birds. Look out for scuffles in your garden as our resident blackbirds drive off the chunkier, visiting blackbirds. A visiting male will have a darker beak than a resident male which has a bright yellow beak. When a cold weather system is imminent, early breeding behaviour will stop. Survival is the priority once more and birds will begin to feed frantically to ingest enough calories. You’ll be able to observe this behaviour at your feeders and bird tables. Lots of activity before dusk indicates a cold night (and a good sign that your car windscreen will be iced over in the morning). You can really help by keeping your feeders full at this time and put out plenty of fat. The seed and berry supply is scarce in late winter and some birds may have to travel to find enough food to survive. You could get something interesting feeding in your garden so keep your eyes peeled and your binoculars close by. Think of all those waxwings I wrote about last time. Because we have a lot of waxwings and redwings in the country, our berry supply has plummeted. Those gentle waxwings have now turned into voracious swarms, stripping a whole tree of berries in a few hours the moving on to look for more food. If you know of any berries that haven’t been eaten, then watch

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Spring versus survival as seasons overlap

them like a hawk! The probability is increasing that waxwings will turn up there in the next few weeks. Our winter migrants will eventually begin to gather and travel northwards and eastwards towards our coasts. Once they can be sure that enough food will be available at their breeding grounds, they will take advantage of a southerly wind and cross the sea to places such as Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and Northern Russia. Weather conditions will determine the timing of their departure and they may delay this journey until well into April. This means that we have a few weeks when it is possible to find both winter and spring visitors in the UK. Before our winter visitors depart, a convenient southerly breeze will bring us the stuttering, metallic sound of our first warbler, the chiffchaff, singing high on exposed branches. Other early spring migrants include wheatear, ring ouzel and sand martin. Look out for sand martins arriving at the artificial sand martin bank at Rodley Nature Reserve at the beginning of March. Other spring migrants will follow in quick succession and we’ll talk about them next time. Linda Jenkinson teaches people about birds in and around Leeds. For details of classes email linda@startbirding.co.uk or call 07778 768719. Visit www.startbirding.co.uk or Start Birding on Facebook and Twitter

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LIZ AND PHIL’S FURRY-TAIL ENDING You may remember in last month’s magazine we told you of Lurchers Liz and Phil who had been found separately as strays and fell in love when they both arrived at Dogs Trust Leeds. As we went to press, Liz had found her furry-tail ending but Phil was still waiting. We are happy to say Phil has now also headed off to his forever home and is settling in well.

Mishka and Darren are both hoping to find love like Lara very soon.

Dog abandoned on Valentine’s Day finds love A dog found tied to a park gate on Valentine’s Day with a note around her neck has found love again thanks to Dogs Trust Leeds. The one-year-old Crossbreed, who was found abandoned in East End Park with a note saying simply ‘I am Lara’, was taken to the Rehoming Centre as the most romantic day of the year drew to a close. Amanda Sands, Rehoming Centre Manager at the York Road Rehoming Centre, says: “Sometimes owners can no longer keep their dog for unavoidable reasons such as a change in working hours, a relationship breakup or a death in the family and of course it’s really sad for them and the dog. But we would urge anyone who can no longer look after their dog to never abandon 8 | SUBURBAN MAGAZINE

exploring on long walks. them in this way. It puts them at risk and through unnecessary stress.” Lara was picked up by the dog warden and taken to Dogs Trust Leeds where she received lots of TLC whilst she waited for her special someone to come along. A week after she was found the team were delighted when Sita and Graham Brand fell in love with her and she headed off with her new owners. Dedicated duo in need of new home A dedicated duo are looking for a new family together after finding themselves homeless due to a change in family circumstances. Five-year-old Siberian Huskies, Mishka and Darren, are the best of friends. They love to play together and go

The Siberian Husky is a working breed that was originally used for long distance sled hauling and it is recommended that they have at least two hours a day of exercise, so Dogs Trust Leeds is looking for owners who enjoy getting out and about. The two will also require lots of grooming so if you like to pamper your pooch, they could be the dogs for you! Both are happy around other dogs and could live with older children. They would benefit from further training to keep their brains busy. If you think this handsome two-some could be the canine company you are searching for, please call the centre on 0300 303 0292 or visit them at Woodlands Farm, York Road, Leeds, LS15 4NL. You can also find out more at www.dogstrust.org.uk

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OTLEY’S COMMUNITY AWARD 2016 /17 Having entertained the communities of Wharfedale for more than thirty years the Wharfedale Male Voice Choir were in much need of a new keyboard that could provide accompaniment for the choir's singing and pleasure of their audiences. In recent times it has not always been possible to rely on the pianos available at many of the venues where the choir are called upon to sing, and their own keyboard eventually proved not to be up to the task! Enter Otley Town Council whose Community Development Committee in supporting causes that are beneficial to the local community provided a grant from their Community

Wharfedale Male Voice Choir in Concert at The Queens Hall – Burley in Wharfedale

Award 2016/17 to part fund a new digital piano. During the build up to Christmas the choir performed a number of seasonal concerts and will be returning again to Otley in early 2017 with their grateful thanks to Otley Town Council for enabling them to continue to entertain local community groups.

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UNCOVERING OTLEY’S HIDDEN HISTORY By Alex Colquhoun

Today Otley might be a thriving market town, full of independent shops, great pubs and excellent tearooms, but its history goes back to the Neolithic era and the town has helped shape British society ever since. Rock star Otley Otley Chevin plays host to some of the oldest prehistoric art in the country in the form of the Knotties Stone – a rock with ancient carvings that come to life when doused in water. Rock from the Chevin also has another claim to fame, given the very foundations of our democracy have their roots. It’s said that stone quarried from the hill was used to help building the Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament that make our laws. See it today: Park up at the East Chevin Quarry car park to start a walk around this amazing natural landscape. Leaflets, maps and audio trails can be downloaded from chevinforest.co.uk. Romantic art In the late-18th century, Otley was frequently visited by J.M.W. Turner. The famed English Romanticist painter used Wharfedale and the Chevin as inspiration for and backdrop to many of his most famous works. While in the area, he would reside at Farnley Hall, just outside Otley and home to the local branch of the famed Fawkes family. See it today: Farnley Hall has a fine collection of Turner originals that can be seen on private visits. Tours are on request and by subsequent invitation. They require a minimum of 20 participants paying £10 each. See farnleyhall.co.uk Printing power One of the original modern printing 12 | SUBURBAN MAGAZINE

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presses, the Wharfedale, was developed in Otley by William Dawson and David Payne in the mid-19th century. It revolutionised a printing industry that had seen little progress since Gutenberg printed his famous bible on a wooden press in Germany in 1454. Otley soon became the printing centre of Britain as the new press could print 800 times an hour. See it today: There’s a stone sculpture of a Wharfedale press by local artist Shane Green in Wharfemeadows Park, Otley. If you want to make your own, personalised prints, coffee shop Bloomfield Square has a traditional letterpress print shop offering courses in various print styles. See facebook.com/pg/ Bloomfieldsquare/about/. Bully for the pubs The Black Bull in the Market Square is said to be the oldest pub in Otley, as well as being the venue that housed Oliver Cromwell’s

troops before the Battle of Marston Moor during the English Civil War. Allegedly, Cromwell’s troops drank the inn dry before going into the July 1644 battle – a battle they went on to win, bringing Royalist rule to an end in the north. See it today: The Black Bull still stands – as well as 19 other pubs in to town. Rumours of the Cromwell victory obviously spread far and wide and, combined with relaxed laws in market towns, Otley’s pubs flourished. See otleypubclub.co.uk The first style mag The art of interior design may have been totally different if one of Otley’s most famous residents had never been born. Thomas Chippendale came into the world in 1718 and attended the Old Grammar School before moving to London in 1748. It was there that he became one of the most famous furniture designers in the world, publishing the celebrated Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director – ostensibly one of the world’s first and most successful design books. See it today: Chippendale’s statue stands in Manor Square in Otley – and the Old Grammar School still stands, now as the Stew & Oyster pub! See stewandoyster.com For more on Otley, please see www.visitotley.co.uk

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“COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE BACKED OUR BROWN BIN PLAN” As I write this, the Council has just set its budget for the coming financial year. Everyone knows the funding situation is tight, but it’s also true that councils still have choices over where they make savings or prioritise investment. This is what the annual budget meeting is all about: the ruling administration puts forward their proposals and opposition groups suggest amendments, areas where we would spend the money differently. It’s one of the most important meetings of the year because it has a direct result on the number and

quality of services we’ll all see in our communities over the next 12 months and beyond. My group submitted 12 different amendments, one of which was a proposal to extend brown bin collections to a further 45,000 properties city-wide. At the moment the system is unfair, with many areas missing out, even though they might produce a lot of garden waste. We would have paid for the extension by making more efficiencies in back-office IT, as well as reducing the amount that goes from the public purse to support trade union convenors. Other proposals included reversing the cuts to the wellbeing budget (the funding that goes to the Outer North West

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MANNING STAINTON RAISES £25,000 FOR MACMILLAN IN 2016 Manning Stainton has announced that its ‘Mannings for Macmillan 2016’ initiative for cancer charity Macmillan Cancer Support raised £25,000. Colleagues from the company’s network of 19 Sales and Lettings offices across West and North Yorkshire staged and participated in a variety of fundraising events throughout the year including the Knaresborough Bed Race and Paint Leeds Green. It is the third time the area’s leading estate agent has chosen Macmillan as the main focus of its annual fundraising, generating in total over £160,000. The money has been used to fund a specialist Breast Cancer Nurse at St James’s Hospital in Leeds.

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March is full of madness, like the weather and your activity requirements. So, if the weather is warm, it all starts now, if not hesitate on the starting blocks until it cheers up. The true colour of spring is starting to arrive, with stunning crocus, early daffodils and many other spring bulbs. Once the early flowering shrubs have finished their display, give them a good trim to maintain their shape ready for next year. Also, divide snow drops in the green after flowering, if you want to spread them more around the garden.

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