Silver Y
The silver Y migrates to the UK in massive numbers each year - sometimes, an estimated 220 million can reach our shores in spring! Seen throughout the year, it is very common in gardens and…
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Silver birch
A spindly tree of heathland and moorlands, and dry and sandy soils, the Silver birch is well known for its paper-thin, white bark. It is a great coloniser and can quickly spread in an area.
Fingringhoe - Silver Jewellery with nature in mind
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Silver Jewellery with nature in mind.
Great silver water beetle
This enormous water beetle is as rare as it is impressive.
Stanton's Pit
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The area was formerly a sand pit and the main interest is ornithological.
Barnsley Main Nature Reserve
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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.
Silver-washed fritillary
The silver-washed fritillary gets its name from the silver streaks on its underside. It is on the wing in summer, preferring sunny glades in woodlands. Despite declines, its range has spread over…
Silver-studded blue
The dazzling silver-studded blue is a rare butterfly of heathland habitats, mainly in southern England. It has undergone severe population declines in recent years.
Sandilands Pit
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Flooded clay pit which supports a variety of birds.
Fairfield Pit
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Clay pit which is attractive to wading birds and surface-feeding wildfowl.
Hitchcopse Pit
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Hitchcopse Pit is an old sandpit with a fascinating array of plant and insect life.
Chapel Pit
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A flooded pit with marginal reed beds and aquatic plants, such as water-crowfoot and great reed mace.