Fir Hill Quarry
Fir Hill Quarry is a small chalk pit.
Geoff Trinder
Fir Hill Quarry is a small chalk pit.
Disused chalk quarry and a spinney with a colourful variety of flowers.
Woodland, scrub and open chalk grassland, which is still being colonised.
Join Barton Area Group for their walk at Elsham Quarry.
Join Scunthorpe and Brigg Area Group for a combined visit with the local North Lincolnshire Museum Society group to Messingham Sand Quarry.
Discover the flora and fauna of this wonderful wetland reserve at our Messingham Sand Quarry Open Day.
Fir clubmoss is a primitive plant found in rocky, moorland and mountain habitats. The stems of this tufted, upright fern look like tiny conifers.
With the rising use of drones on reserves, we speak to Head of Nature Reserves Dave Bromwich about the detrimental effect they can have on wildlife.
During my placement I have been lucky to have visited some of the Trust’s reserves and find out what goes in to managing them as special sites for nature.
A series of lagoons created by the extraction of sand.