Bird’s Eye Primula , Gait Barrows. A few highlights from a late Spring visit to Gait Barrows National Nature Reserve. Surprising to see the extent of the “improvements” with boardwalks replaced, trees felled and scrub cleared …. Read More …
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Ingleton
Thornton Force The highest and after heavy rainfall the most dramatic of the waterfalls up at Ingleton. It is actually possible to walk behind the waterfall but with young Meghan for company on this occasion we decided to give it a miss. River Twiss Read More …
Pearly Kings & Queens
A few highlights from a visit to Arnside Knott Pearl bordered Fritillary. The earliest of the fritillaries to emerge and typically found in woodland clearings and at Arnside Knott – rough, south facing hillsides. Highly threatened it’s unlikely to be confused with any of Read More …
The True Lover’s Knot
Herb Paris or The True Lover’s Knot. Following a morning wandering amongst the slopes of Arnside Knott a few highlights from a far too brief visit to Gait Barrows with the Herb Paris close to the entrance being the star of the show. Unfortunately Read More …
Grasslands of the Mendips
White Rock Rose on Brean Down. Restricted to the the limestone grasslands of the Devon and Somerset coast it was surprising to see how abundant this nationally rare plant is on the south facing slopes of Brean Down. Cowslips just above Cheddar Gorge. Unfortunately Read More …
Garston Wood
An amazing area of woodland historically managed as hazel coppice and now part of the RSPB’s Dorset estate. Until recently it was one of the few areas left that was reasonably reliable for Turtle Dove and the Hazel Dormouse. Whilst Dormouse can still be found Read More …