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...
Hugh Harris: Why Record Butterflies?
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...
Hugh Harris: Childwall Hall and Woods, SJ4188 – a timeline
1718: Liverpool entrepreneur and attorney, Isaac Greene purchases manor of Childwall and the Manor House of Childwall Hall. 1749: Isaac Greene dies and daughter Mary inherits the estate and marries Bamber Gascoigne. 1780: New Childwall Hall built, replacing original manor house. 1824: Bamber Gascoigne dies and daughter Frances Mary inherits property. She marries James...
Hugh Harris: Merseyside Nature an Index
MERSEYSIDE NATURE 2015 Dec 2014 – Jan 2015: Issue No. 22 1 Editorial 2/3 WILDLIFE NOTES December 2014 Dr Phil Smith 4 FEATURES OF HIGHFIELD MOSS SJ613956 Hugh Harries 5 5 5 DUMBLEDORE THE SEAL COMMON LIZARDS IN ST HELENS A TALE OF TWO TURTLES Bob Jude Bob Jude Steve White via Phil...