Thorswood
An unusual reserve with a wide variety of things to see
Tom Hibbert
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An unusual reserve with a wide variety of things to see
Three Groves Wood is part of a large block of ancient woodland dominated by beech on the north side of the Frome Valley.
A chalk woodland wonder on London’s southern extremity.
Listen out for the drumming of woodpeckers, the singing trills of the nightingale and warblers and even the sounds of wood ant colonies scuttling along.
Grazing cattle on these beautiful water meadows maintain a diverse wildlife habitat.
Thurlbear Wood is an ancient woodland just a few miles to the south-east of Taunton with many open glades and rides allowing the woodland flora to flourish. The reserve has good all year round…
Old flooded borrow-pits, reed beds, scrub, grassland and meadows.
A rich array of wildlife thrives in this ancient woodland. Thursford Wood is home to some of the oldest oak trees in Norfolk, and a wonderful display of bluebells in spring.
Woodland and grassland rich in limestone flowers, with views across Nailsea Moor to the coast.
A semi-natural ancient woodland with an impressive showing of spring flowers.
One of the earliest ancient woods recorded in south-east Essex, this woodland is an important wildlife corridor in the Daws Heath woodland landscape
Tilton Railway Cutting is a little slice of ancient history! A real-life Jurassic world (except with no dinosaurs), this reserve is managed as much for its geology as for it’s wildlife, 200…
A wet meadow reserve with various plant life
The only place in Essex where you will find all three Heather species growing together and the largest area of lowland heathland in the county
An enchanting wetland site with a good variety of birds, butterflies and a heronry
One of a number of naturally formed lakes in an area of low rounded hills formed from Ice Age debris
Largely dune grassland with scrub. It is of considerable botanical interest.
An ancient woodland with pretty spring flowers and a carpet of bluebells
Old railway line with scrub and grassland habitats.
With the backdrop of the infamous red lightship, walk along the famous Essex marshes and experience wild Essex at its best
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