Baston Fen
Baston fen is a long tract of permanent pasture, which is flooded in winter and attracts large numbers of wildfowl.
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Baston fen is a long tract of permanent pasture, which is flooded in winter and attracts large numbers of wildfowl.
The melodious song of the nightingale is the most likely sign of this bird being about. Shy and secretive, it sings from dense scrub and woodland, day and night.
Melissa Harrison spent three years trying to hear the elusive nightingale. Finally with Essex Wildlife Trust's help, she struck gold.
A controversial planning application to build 5,000 houses on one of the UK’s last strongholds for nightingales has been dropped just months before a Public Inquiry was due to take a closer look…
Two woods of mixed ancient woodland
Barnsley Main is a rolling green, grassland surrounded by a fringe of woodland that was once the black spoil heap of the Oaks Colliery pit head that still stands on Oaks Lane.
This month, Barton Area Group will be having a photographic evening with a chance for you to share up to 30 photos you have taken of any subject.
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A short, accessible boardwalk takes you through wet, carr woodland to a fantastic view across the second largest of the Norfolk Broads. Barton is rich in wildlife and history – and recent…