Barlow Common Nature Reserve
Barlow Common nature reserve is home to a mosaic of nature rich habitats. Once a former rubbish tip, now a flourishing wildlife haven ready to be explored.
Barlow Common nature reserve is home to a mosaic of nature rich habitats. Once a former rubbish tip, now a flourishing wildlife haven ready to be explored.
Visit Brae Pasture on a still, warm summer’s day and you’ll be enchanted by the colours of its wildflowers and butterflies. The views across the Ribble Valley to Pen-y-Ghent aren’t bad either!
The largest of our cluster of reserves at the north-eastern tip of Ingleborough, this diverse grassland is home to nationally rare flower species, including ten species of orchid. A rare example…
Tree pipits and linnets sing from the trees in the young woodland at Stocksmoor Common Nature Reserve. Wavy hair-grass may be found in the acid grassland - a habitat produced by rough grazing…
Blaxhall Common is a piece of heathland full of birds, butterflies, reptiles and flowers particular to the area
It’s hard not to be taken aback by the sheer scale and prettiness of Mellis Common. Framed by cottages and farm houses it is a place that has changed relatively little over hundreds of years.
Situated on the edge of the New Forest, Copythorne Common shares many of the same habitats and much of the wildlife as the nearby National Park.
One of just three remaining pockets of lowland heath in the Vale of York, Allerthorpe Common is rich in wildlife, and is one of the best places in the area to see adders.
A fabulous large heathland close to York where the pink heads and grey green leaves of cross-leaved heath intermingle with the purple spikes and green foliage of ling heather. Common lizards bask…
With three types of grassland close together, sporting a profusion of plants, early summer at Maltby Low Common is paradise for insects and botanists
A stronghold for some of the UK’s rarer species and a stunning woodland walk
This small pasture is being restored after years of sheep grazing. It is an important wild
link between neighbouring Ashes Pasture and Ingleborough National Nature Reserve