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Winter Wildlife Explorer Pack

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

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Crafting with Rush

This link will open on the Surrey Wildlife Trust website.

Learn how to create a variety of useful items using soft rush.

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.

Habitat

Purple moor-grass and rush pasture

This distinctive type of damp pasture is generally found on commons, as a component of lowland fen, or in undeveloped corners of otherwise intensively farmed landscapes.

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Where to see year round wildlife

Whatever the season, it's always the right time to explore somewhere wild. Find the best of British wildlife to see all year round.
Species

Common club-rush

The dark green, straight and spiky stems of common club-rush or 'bulrush' are a familiar wetland sight. They are ideal for weaving and were traditionally used to make baskets, seats and…