Biodiverse Society Site Visit 19th May 2016: Carr Lane Lake is a modestly sized Local Wildlife Site near Prescot, Knowsley of 1.02 hectares. It is a wetland with a large area of open water which is unusual in Knowsley and it is fished. The site was cited as an LWS in 1995 for a diversity...
Record rainfalls were recorded in the north and west of the UK following the passage of several storms in November and December, but what of the Liverpool area? Met office caveats informed in some areas of the UK rainfall was just average, or below. Rainfall recording, by the author, with a simple garden centre funnel...
The reserve is a broad area of peaceful pasture alongside the banks of the River Mersey with wild flowers, wildlife and scenic views of industrialisation on the opposite shoreline, including the chemical plant at Weston Point, the oil refinery at Stanlow and the Manchester Ship Canal. The Silver Jubilee and Stephenson railway bridges are also...
Tutor: Julia Simons Merseyside Biobank Open to members of Biodiverse Society Thurs 19 May 2016 This popular 2 hour course concentrated on the identification and raison d’etre of recording Lepidoptera as valuable indicators of the state of our environment on a local and national scale. We learned that butterflies can inform us about the...