Fumaria purpurea (Dr Phil Smith)

Jim Pearson: The Purple Fumitory

Purple Ramping-fumitory is a nationally scarce and endemic to the UK, the only place it grows naturally in the world. It is an annual plant which used to be widespread in the mixed farming and arable areas of Britain. However, during the last 50 years it has undergone a drastic decline throughout its former range...

Distribution of NERC species in North Merseyside by 1km square.

NERC Species Distribution

Significantly for us the data is used to advise local forward planning, development control, conservation targeting and decision taking by the local authorities in line with their legal duties to biodiversity. Directly impacting on wildlife in the Liverpool City Region.

LCR Nature Improvement Areas

The LCR Ecological Network

The LCR Ecological Network Way back at the tail end of 2016 the Liverpool City Region and West Lancashire approved the creation of an Ecological Network. The information behind this Network was in part backed up by the wildlife recording effort of the many individuals regularly sending in their wildlife sightings to us or otherwise...

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