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Winter Wildlife Explorer Pack

This link will open on the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust website.

Turn your winter walk into a wild adventure- hire a Winter Wildlife Explorer Pack!

Species

Field wood-rush

Field wood-rush is a short rush that forms tufts in grassy places, such as lawns, parks and downlands. A defining characteristic is its leaf-like leaves that are fringed with long, white hairs.…

Species

Soft rush

As its name suggests, the smooth stems of soft rush are thinner and more flexible than those of hard rush. It forms tufts in wetland habitats like wet woodlands, marshes, ditches and grasslands.…

Nature Reserve

Rush Furlong

This link will open on the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust website.

Rush Furlong is a fragment of the once extensive system of strip farming in the Isle of Axholme.

Species

Flowering rush

Flowering rush is a pretty rush-like plant of shallow wetland habitats, such as ponds, canals and ditches. Its cup-shaped, pink flowers appear in summer, brightening up the water's edge.

Species

Hard rush

The stiff, spiky and upright leaves and brown flowers of hard rush are a familiar sight of wetlands, riversides, dune slacks and marshes across England and Wales.