Lower Test Nature Reserve
Just a stone's throw from Southampton Water and the docks, Lower Test is a patchwork of floodplain meadows, marshes and reedbeds that host a huge variety of wildlife.
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Just a stone's throw from Southampton Water and the docks, Lower Test is a patchwork of floodplain meadows, marshes and reedbeds that host a huge variety of wildlife.
Join us for a guided walk around this ancient semi-natural woodland near Shamley Green.
Learn, make and have fun outdoors
Local lawn care expert and former head greenkeeper, Ian Stephens, loves grass and his work creating healthy, vibrant lawns at homes across Notts and Lincs. But Ian has long seen ‘beyond the green…
This is probably the most widespread and commonest of the marsh orchids.
Join our Guided Walk Leaders for a fascinating insight into the spring flowers you can see at Brockholes at this time of year.
Summer Orchids and gurgling waters, Ulverscroft puts on a show.
Join us at NWT Sweet Briar Marshes for a spring birdsong walk during the nature reserve’s vibrant peak chorus.
Join Chris Morris and Roma Bubb for a gentle stroll at Hawksbatch Wood.
Wandering through a grassland, there are two particularly beautiful groups of plants, one flamboyant, the other more subtle - orchids and grasses. Join Leif Bersweden to discover both.