Goblin Combe
Airy grasslands above the Combe contrast dark woodlands below. A great spot for butterflies with magical views across Mendip.
Airy grasslands above the Combe contrast dark woodlands below. A great spot for butterflies with magical views across Mendip.
Flower-rich grasslands, once a part of every farm, are part of our culture. Most have developed alongside humans because of livestock grazing and cutting for hay. Many have archaeological and…
This is a strange, sparse habitat of grassland growing on old mining tracks and slag heaps, on river gravels and naturally exposed metal-rich soils in the mountains. Only the toughest metal-loving…
Limited in distribution, this sweetly-scented, short-cropped, springy grassland is famed for its abundance of rare and scarce species.
Typical of softly rolling pastoral landscapes, the short, aromatic turf of lowland calcareous grassland is flower-rich and humming with insects in the summer. Its long use by humans lends it an…
Avon Wildlife Trust (AWT) owns approximately 190 acres of Goblin Combe near Bristol and has been working with a local volunteer group and contractors over the last 2 years to improve its…
Sprinkled with diminutive, short-living flowers in spring and parched dry by July, this is a habitat of heathlands, coastal grasslands and ancient parkland.
These grasslands, occupying much of the UK's heavily-grazed upland landscape, are of greater cultural than wildlife interest, but remain a habitat to some scarce and declining species.
Enormous flocks of geese, ducks and swans swirl down from wide skies to drop onto the flat, open expanses of flooded grazing marshes in winter. In spring, lapwing tumble overhead and the soft,…
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We’ve welcomed our newest nature conservation recruits to local wildlife site Hengrove Mounds - goats! Over 75 local people came along to find out more about how Street Goats can help our city’s…