Education & Events Volunteer
Do you have a passion for inspiring children about nature and the natural world? Would you like to help deliver environmental activities to school groups and at family events? This role could be…
Do you have a passion for inspiring children about nature and the natural world? Would you like to help deliver environmental activities to school groups and at family events? This role could be…
Steep chalk escarpment and grassland.
Join Barton Area Group as they head to Red Hill and Saltfleetby nature reserves.
The reserve warden, Kevin James, will show us how the reserve has been enlarged by taking in arable land and spreading seed from the small area of original species rich grassland.
Fir Hill Quarry is a small chalk pit.
The reserve consists of hillside grassland and streamside habitats in the valley of a tributary of the River Lymn.
Largely dune grassland with scrub. It is of considerable botanical interest.
A familiar 'weed' of gardens, roadsides, meadows and parks, red clover has trefoil leaves and red, rounded flower heads. It is often used as fodder for livestock.
As its name suggests, Red bartsia does have a red tinge to its stem, leaves and small flowers. Look for it on roadside verges, railway cuttings and waste ground in summer.
Just as the bluebells finish flowering in our woodlands, the rose-red blooms of red campion start to brighten up the woodland floor. Look for this pretty plant in hedges and roadsides, too.
The red grouse is an umistakeable bird - plump and round, with a gingery-red body as its name suggests. Found on upland heathlands, it is under threat from the nationwide, dramatic loss of these…