Local Wildlife Site Annual Monitoring Report 2020-2021
This Annual Monitoring Report gives an overview of monitoring of Local Wildlife Sites (LWSs) in North Merseyside for the survey period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. The report includes methods used to survey each site, results and discussion on any trends observed. Local Wildlife Sites (LWSs) are non-statutory designated sites which aim to...
Changing flora of Devil’s Hole, Ravenmeols – 2022 update
Summary The ‘Devil’s Hole’ is a large active blowout that originated in the early 1940s at Ravenmeols Local Nature Reserve on the Sefton Coast dunes. Wind erosion produced two calcareous, seasonally-flooded, dune-slacks that are still growing. Their floristic development was studied between 2004 and 2022, annual changes being monitored from 2012. By 2022, a total...