Flower-rich grasslands, full of wildflowers such as orchids, snake's head fritillaries and bird's-foot trefoil support an abundance of insects, from bumblebees to butterflies.
This is a strange, sparse habitat of grassland growing on old mining tracks and slag heaps, on river gravels and naturally exposed metal-rich soils in the mountains. Only the toughest metal-loving…
An upland area of heathland known as Limestone Heath which is an uncommon habitat on the Mendip Hills and is great for heathland flowers. Another unusual feature for this limestone area is the…
Limited in distribution, this sweetly-scented, short-cropped, springy grassland is famed for its abundance of rare and scarce species.
An unimproved area of limestone grassland with an a wonderful array of floral species
Typical of softly rolling pastoral landscapes, the short, aromatic turf of lowland calcareous grassland is flower-rich and humming with insects in the summer. Its long use by humans lends it an…
Join Shannon Horrocks, grasslands conservation officer, for a day in the meadows.
Join Shannon Horrocks, grasslands conservation officer, for a day in the meadows.
Join Shannon Horrocks, grasslands conservation officer, for a day in the meadows.
Join Shannon Horrocks, grasslands conservation officer, for a day in the meadows.
Join Shannon Horrocks, grasslands conservation officer, for a day in the meadows.
