Lightshaw Meadows
Rare birds are flourishing and vital habitats being restored at this peaceful wetland nature reserve.
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Peace in wild places
An easy amble with the Wild on the outskirts of Greater Manchester on the 13th day of my 30 Days Wild experience.
Places to visit
With over 40 nature reserves to discover across the North West, there is a Lancashire Wildlife Trust reserve for everyone.
Places to eat
Find out more about where you can grab a drink and a bite to eat whilst visiting our nature reserves across the North West.
Polytunnels are growing places
It’s been a bumper summer in the Brockholes polytunnel with Lindsay Griffiths and her fellow volunteers providing lots of wild and wonderful plants.
Summer Meadows
Whether it is a blaze of yellow from meadow buttercups, the spikes of green-winged and early orchid, or the nodding, papery petals of snake’s head fritillary – Britain’s wild meadows hum with life from the first spring bloom to the purple hues of autumn’s meadow saffron.
Discovering wildlife in other places
I was schmoozing at a conference in Nottingham yesterday, meeting up with lovely colleagues from around the country who are also 30 Days Wilding.
Lunt Meadows
No matter the time of year, Lunt Meadows is brimming with brilliant birdlife.
Places where nature can build a home
What is a nature reserve? A nature reserve is a place where wildlife can live, breed, bring up its young. Where birds can sing, hares can box and owls can hoot.
Spring at Lunt Meadows
Our trainee, Emma talks about the changes that spring brings to Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve and how the abundance of growth and new life would have been important to our Mesolithic predecessors.…
Learning archaeological skills at Lunt Meadows
Aspiring archaeologists from the Museum of Liverpool Emerging Archaeologist programme have been developing their skills at Lunt Meadows
Seven of the best places for autumn walks in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and North Merseyside
Russet leaves, fantastical fungi, exciting wildlife – autumn is a feast for the senses, and our region is full of wonderfully wild, peaceful places to experience the seasonal shift.