Pill woodlouse
The defensive mechanism of the pill woodlouse is very recognisable - it curls itself into a tight ball, only showing its plated armour to its attacker. It is an important recycler of nutrients,…
The defensive mechanism of the pill woodlouse is very recognisable - it curls itself into a tight ball, only showing its plated armour to its attacker. It is an important recycler of nutrients,…
Steep deciduous woodland above a stream
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
An old allotment transformed into a reserve by the local community, now an excellent spot for birds and butterflies.
An old railway line surrounded by woodland and a 20 acre lake.
Old railway line surrounded on its western side by woodland and to the east by a 20 acre lake.
This stunning wildflower meadow is a stronghold of the snakeshead fritillary.
The River Ray is one of the best areas in central England for locally scarce wading birds. The first curlew usually return to the Upper Ray Meadows in late February, and by early spring lapwing…
A marshland reserve with a number of nationally rare or local species of plants
A long narrow strip of woodland with a small stream running through the centre.