A Secret Garden: Clints Quarry
Just outside Egremont, a mile or so along a wooded lane hides a wonderful secret garden.
Just outside Egremont, a mile or so along a wooded lane hides a wonderful secret garden.
A fascinating place not only for wildlife but also for geology and industrial archaeology.
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Three fell ponies, a hardy breed native to Cumbria, have been brought to Clints Quarry, our nature reserve near Egremont
Rowan loves the fresh smell and sight of the buttercups in the wildflower meadows at Besthorpe. It's a special place because there are precious few spots like this where she can spend time…
Come and get your hands dirty and help us with a range of practical tasks at this brilliant nature reserve.
Call for members of the public to come forward with information about suspected dog attacks
Quarry Banks Allan Wilson Memorial Reserve is a peaceful nature reserve. In spring the woodland is carpeted with flowers and the air is full of bird song. The meadow flowers attract butterflies in…
Unsurprisingly, the garden bumblebee can be found in the garden, buzzing around flowers like foxgloves, cowslips and red clover. It is quite a large, scruffy-looking bee, with a white tail. It…
Holme Park Quarry is a little corner of relic limestone pavement with fabulous flora and a surprising view.
A plain-looking warbler, the garden warbler is a summer visitor to the UK. It is a shy bird and is most likely to be heard, rather than seen, in woodland and scrub habitats.
Have you ever stopped to look at the shape of a spider web? Garden spiders spin a spiral shaped web, perfect for catching lots of juicy prey!