The wildlife site occupies 50 acres of farmland in the beautiful valley pastures of the UK Derbyshire Peak District, in the Parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith. The site is not far from Combs Reservoir and contributes to the habitat for threatened species in the area.
The area was surveyed and officially designated as a Derbyshire Local Wildlife Site by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, mainly for its hay meadows with a variety of common native flowers, and for rush pasture where lapwing and curlew gather and feed in spring and where a few lapwings nest and raise young. The survival of these once common wading birds is now on a knife edge in our area.
Joshua Soden 2023-02-23
Peter Soden 2022-08-06
Peter Soden 2020-08-08
A large number of species are found on the wildlife site including birds, mammals, butterflies, wildflowers and trees. Information about some of those species and photographs of them taken on the wildlife site, can be found below:
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The glorious sunshine is perfect for adult butterflies to get on with their lives, finding mates, visiting flowers, dispersing to new areas and, most importantly, laying eggs. Their offspring, the caterpillars that will hatch in the next few weeks.
The glorious sunshine is perfect for adult butterflies to get on with their lives, finding mates, visiting flowers, dispersing to new areas and, most importantly, laying eggs. Their offspring, the caterpillars that will hatch in the next few weeks.
The glorious sunshine is perfect for adult butterflies to get on with their lives, finding mates, visiting flowers, dispersing to new areas and, most importantly, laying eggs. Their offspring, the caterpillars that will hatch in the next few weeks.
The glorious sunshine is perfect for adult butterflies to get on with their lives, finding mates, visiting flowers, dispersing to new areas and, most importantly, laying eggs. Their offspring, the caterpillars that will hatch in the next few weeks.
The glorious sunshine is perfect for adult butterflies to get on with their lives, finding mates, visiting flowers, dispersing to new areas and, most importantly, laying eggs. Their offspring, the caterpillars that will hatch in the next few weeks.
The glorious sunshine is perfect for adult butterflies to get on with their lives, finding mates, visiting flowers, dispersing to new areas and, most importantly, laying eggs. Their offspring, the caterpillars that will hatch in the next few weeks.
If you have seen anything unusual on the wildlife site or interesting species in the surrounding area, that you care to share, please email us.
