On the verges
Taking a look at wildflower rich roadside verges in Northamptonshire - all part of the bigger picture of Local Wildlife Sites
Taking a look at wildflower rich roadside verges in Northamptonshire - all part of the bigger picture of Local Wildlife Sites
Congratulations to all the entrants for this years competition. There was a very high standard and it was difficult to judge.
Our intrepid promoter Harry Hog is now officially out and about visiting Wildlife Trust nature reserves in our three counties. Read the first of his ‘Hog Blog’s about how our local wildlife is…
Our intrepid Trust promoter on the joys of autumn berries and murmurations at some of our reserves
Trust Promoter Harry Hog has been exploring our reserves this winter - and helping wildlife on his own doorstep, too.
Harry Hog has been out and about across our three counties, exploring and appreciating our wild spaces.
Trust promoter Harry Hog has been out and about at Waresley Woods and Trumpington Meadows, making the most of the last flush of summer insects...
Autumn approaches, and our intrepid Trust promoter makes his way around some of our best seasonal reserves.
This football-sized fungus can be seen in autumn, sometimes growing on grass verges.
A scrambling plant, Bush vetch has lilac-blue flowers. It is a member of the pea family and can be seen along woodland edges and roadside verges, and on scrubland and grassland.
Perennial rye-grass is a tufted, vigorous grass of roadside verges, rough pastures and waste ground. It is commonly used in agriculture and for reseeding grasslands.