Objectives: Fifteen months after the closure of Landlife and National Wildflower centre in Knowsley, to raise awareness of the opportunity to build upon this charitable legacy, the wildflower fields and harvests and the projects, and a new future with Eden Project. To launch new partnerships which have the potential to build on the grass-roots nature...
Hugh Harris: Lunt Meadows and Wetlands Nature Reserve, SD3402
Lunt Meadows is an entirely new 77 ha wetland nature reserve, located along the River Alt floodplain, owned by the Environment Agency, in North Merseyside. It is sited adjacent to an area of raised bank suspected to be the first point of overtopping in a flood event. In July 2010 the River Alt bank did...
Hugh Harris: Introduction to Grasses
The aims of the workshop were to develop skills in identifying British native grass species, recognise the most widely occurring grasses and to familiarise ourselves with reference book keys and herbarium specimens. Peter Gateley, local Ecologist recommended at least 2 guides for starters in grass identification: FSC “Guide to Common Grasses” C.E. Hubbard, “Grasses”, Third...
What is a drought?
Droughts are not very easy to define. A drought is not just a lack of water for a significant period. It is difficult to come up with a single definition as drought varies from place to place. A severe drought in the Indian monsoon, such as that during the 2002 season, can be caused by...