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: 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...
Hugh Harris: Muker Meadows
Driving through Swaledale’s iconic hay meadows alongside the B6270 between Reeth and Keld you get a sense of the meadows great agricultural importance, providing farmers with food for their livestock during the winter months as well as their ecological importance. Upland hay meadows are characterised by a suite of species including Sweet Vernal-grass, Wood Crane’s-bill,...