Book here. The Hilbre Islands Local Nature Reserve is contained within the Dee Estuary, off the Wirral Coast near West Kirby and Hoylake. It is an internationally important site for wading birds, and a great... Read more »

Book here. A Woodland Trust site with 1,700 acres of open countryside, featuring mixed woodland with streams, rough grassland and heather moorland. The day will be focused in the Walker Fold area. Smithills has been... Read more »

Book here. Swallow’s Wood is a 60-acre nature reserve, which contains semi-natural woodlands, meadows, ponds and marsh areas, and is owned by United Utilities who are also responsible for its management. Arnfield Reservoir is between... Read more »

Book here. Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve (NNR) includes extensive areas of mud and sand flats and is one of the largest saltmarsh habitats in England. For this recording day we will be visiting the... Read more »

Book here. A 26 ha privately owned wooded gorge, 7km East of Lancaster. It is designated a SSSI as one of the best valleys in Lancashire for it’s bryophyte communities, including some approaching their extreme... Read more »

Book here Colliers Moss was created on the spoil and waste from the Bold Colliery and Power Station. The remnants of mossland around the fringes of the site have been restored and areas of sphagnum... Read more »

Book here. Both sites are part of the extensive ‘Northwich Woodlands’ complex, and are owned and managed by Cheshire West and Chester Council. Witton Lime Beds is a SSSI, having been selected to represent a... Read more »

Book here. The Birkdale Green Beach is a linear stretch of recently formed salt-marsh and sand-dune habitat on the foreshore between Weld Road roundabout, Birkdale in the north and Ainsdale Beach in the south. The... Read more »

Book here. Middleton Nature Reserve is an extensive brownfield site with a mosaic of scrub, fen and grassland habitats woven around a network of pools. It is managed by Lancashire Wildlife Trust on behalf of... Read more »

Book here. Rostherne Mere is managed by Natural England as one of only two National Nature Reserves in Cheshire, and also has SSSI and RAMSAR designations. Including the mere, the area is 152.9 hectares, which... Read more »

Book here. RHS Brdigewater comprises154 acres of gardens and wider estate with small mixed mature woodland patches, meadows at various stages of restoration, and two significant water bodies. Most of our focus will be on... Read more »

Book here. Dalton Crags is a large limestone woodland occupying a south-west facing slope on the edge of the Hutton Roof massif. The VC60 parts of the complex are mainly owned and manged by Forestry... Read more »

Book here. Rivacre Valley is a 395 acre urban Local Nature Reserve situated on the edge of the industrial town of Ellesmere Port. The site is a mixture of ancient woodland and wildflower meadows with... Read more »

Book here. ​Docker Moor is a private moorland / plantation complex in North East Lancs, managed for forestry and as a shooting estate. Mothing trapping has been conducted on the site for several years, and... Read more »

Book here. The landscape and wildlife of Tegg's Nose is varied with both meadow and moorland conditions on the rocky slopes, and woodland at the base of the summit. More detailed information can be found... Read more »

Book here. ​This is a joint event with the Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland. Woolston Eyes Nature Reserve is a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) 4 km east of Warrington Town Centre, designated... Read more »

Book here. This event will be held at Rixton Clay Pits Join like-minded people with an interest in recording wildlife observations for a day surveying freshwater leeches. Sampling leeches involves pond dipping and hand searches... Read more »

Book here. Borsdane Wood (LNR) lies to the north of Hindley, straddling the border of Wigan and Bolton. It is an area of semi natural ancient woodland and a site of biological interest. The linear... Read more »

Book here. Freshfield Dune Heath is a mixture of woodland, scrub and acidic grassland woven through a lowland dune heath: 9% of the national total of this incredibly rare habitat. It is the single largest... Read more »

*please note that the date has now changed form 2nd to 9th May* Beacon Country Park is a 300 acre site across the slopes of Ashurst Beacon between Upholland, Dalton and Skelmersdale. The site consists of wildflower meadows, ponds,... Read more »