Walk: Messingham Sand Quarry Nature Reserve
Join Scunthorpe Area Group for a guided walk around the Messingham Sand Quarry Nature Reserve.
Join Scunthorpe Area Group for a guided walk around the Messingham Sand Quarry Nature Reserve.
A series of lagoons created by the extraction of sand.
Weekly volunteer groups take place at Messingham Sand Quarry or Scotton Common nature reserves, usually every Monday.
Discover the flora and fauna of this wonderful wetland reserve.
Discover the flora and fauna of this wonderful wetland reserve.
Fir Hill Quarry is a small chalk pit.
Disused chalk quarry and a spinney with a colourful variety of flowers.
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.
Woodland, scrub and open chalk grassland, which is still being colonised.
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.