Bolton-on-Swale Lake Nature Reserve
Of the many former sand and gravel quarries along the river Swale, Bolton-on-Swale Lake, is one of the few that has been looked after for wildlife. It attracts a wide range and large number of…
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Of the many former sand and gravel quarries along the river Swale, Bolton-on-Swale Lake, is one of the few that has been looked after for wildlife. It attracts a wide range and large number of…
This nature reserve has been created to compensate for habitat being lost nearby on the eroding Holderness coastline.
From quarries and lorries to avocets and bitterns, the ongoing transformation of this working sand and gravel quarry into a shining example of a 21st-century wetland is truly extraordinary.
Big skies and ever changing wildlife make the evocative landscape of Spurn one of the Trust’s most iconic nature reserves.
The Lines Way, developed along a disused railway line, stretches for four miles, providing access to several wildlife sites. Hedgerows, scrub, woodland, ponds and wet woodland border the track and…
Big skies, often full of whirling flocks of birds in winter, stretch out above you. The Derwent flows quietly by, reeds rustle in the breeze and a mysterious 'plop' in the ditches might…
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