Thursday, 16 February 2012

Country Park

Watermead Country Park

Map Info
Nearest Town: 
Thurmaston
County: 
Leicestershire
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Wildlife Description: 

Birds

Tufted duck, Coot, Mallard, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Kingfisher, Pochard, Shoveler, Bullfinch, Common Gull, Crow, Dunlin, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Goosander, Lapwing, Shelduck, Tree Sparrow, Wigeon, Wren, Canada Goose, Moorhen

Butterflies and moths

Speckled wood, Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper, Cinnabar moth, Small Skipper, Ringlet, Peacock, Red Admiral, Comma

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Brown Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Banded demoiselle damselfly

Insects

Soldier Beetle, Green Bottle, Speckled Bush-Cricket,  

Other Vertibrates

Grass Snake, Grey Squirrel

 

Longmoor Bog

Facts
Size (Hectares): 
12
Region: 
South East
Site Owned By: 
Wokingham District Council.
Site Managed By: 
Wokingham District Council.
Contact Information: 
Wokingham District Council Countryside Service, Dinton Pastures Country Park | Davis Street, Hurst, Reading, RG10 0TH Tel. 0118 934 2016
Map Info
County: 
Berkshire
Grid Reference: 
SU 781 653
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Information
Place Description: 
Car park, caf?, toilets, playground, information area and trails.
Habitat: 
Lowland valley mire and wet woodland.
Wildlife Description: 
Species include bog bush cricket, adders, bog bean and common wintergreen.
Volunteer: 
None

Brereton Heath

Facts
Size (Hectares): 
34
Region: 
North West
Official Website: 
Website
Map Info
County: 
Cheshire
Grid Reference: 
SJ 7191648
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Black Park

Facts
Size (Hectares): 
66
Region: 
South East
Site Owned By: 
Bucks County Council
Site Managed By: 
Bucks County Council
Map Info
County: 
Buckinghamshire
Grid Reference: 
TQ 010 840
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Beam Valley

Facts
Size (Hectares): 
39
Region: 
East of England
Map Info
County: 
Greater London
Grid Reference: 
TQ 508 844
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Beam Valley (Environment Agency Land)

Facts
Size (Hectares): 
12
Region: 
East of England
Map Info
County: 
Greater London
Grid Reference: 
TQ 508 844
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East Brookend Country Park

Facts
Size (Hectares): 
67
Region: 
East of England
Map Info
County: 
Greater London
Grid Reference: 
TQ 510 860
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Croxteth

Facts
Size (Hectares): 
86
Region: 
North West
Site Owned By: 
Liverpool City Council
Site Managed By: 
Liverpool City Council & Lancashire Wildlife Trust.
Map Info
County: 
Merseyside
Grid Reference: 
SJ 413 948
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Information
Habitat: 
Woodland, rough grassland and pasture, ponds and river
Wildlife Description: 
Variety of birds, plants and insects, such as water dropwort and dragonflies
Volunteer: 
Volunteers for conservation work please contact Adam Graham, Liverpool Local Nature Reserves Officer, Lancashire Wildlife Trust, Tel. 0151 225 4882. Friends of Croxteth Hall and Country Parki please contact Tel 0151 228 6309 or email friends@croxtethhall.sfnet.co.uk

Hornhill Meadow

Facts
Size (Hectares): 
4
Region: 
West Midlands
Map Info
County: 
Worcestershire
Grid Reference: 
SO 882 544
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Hastings Country Park

Facts
Size (Hectares): 
24
Region: 
South East
Site Owned By: 
Hastings Borough Council
Site Managed By: 
Hastings Borough Council
Contact Information: 
Andy Phillips, Nature Reserve Officer, Hastings Borough Council, 01424 451043 aphillips@hastings.gov.uk Martin Jenks, Parks & Open Special Protection Areasces Manager, Hastings Borough Council, 01424 451372 mjenkins@hastings.gov.uk Hastings Borough Council, Leisure & Amenities, First Floor, Aquila House, Breeds Place, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 3UY
Official Website: 
Website
Map Info
County: 
East Sussex
Grid Reference: 
TQ 851 108
Information
Habitat: 
Sandstone cliffs, heathland, woodland, pasture and arable land
Wildlife Description: 
Fossils including dinosaurs, giant cycads, sharks, turtles and early mammals. Animals include barn owl, peregrine, black redstart, Dartford warblers, adder, dormouse and glowworm. Dinosaur footprints visible in intertidal rock at low tide. Rare liverworts and mosses
Volunteer: 
Volunteer ranger group currently under development into a Friends of Group. The site is important to the local community and nature conservation in Hastings and receives an estimated 500,000 visits a year.
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