Controlled burning, also known as Prescribed burning, Muirburn or Heather burning, has long been used as a method of managing the heather moorlands of the British Isles. Every year, from the 1st of October to the 15th of April in upland areas and from the 1st of November to the 31st of March in otherContinue reading “The Controversial practice of Controlled Burning”
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The Rocks beneath our feet, Part 1
The Ice Age and Glacial Erratics The Ice Age As with all parts of the British isles the Northwest of England owes the current shape and form of its landscape to the geological processes of many hundreds of millions of years, some of which we‘ll look at in this series of articles. The most obviousContinue reading “The Rocks beneath our feet, Part 1”
The Emperor of the moors, Saturnia pavonia
The Emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia is one of the most spectacular insects you could hope to see in the British isles and the only member of the Saturniidae family to be found here. The large ‘eyes’ on its wings give this moth its scientific name; ‘pavon’, which is Latin for Peacock, and it is indeedContinue reading “The Emperor of the moors, Saturnia pavonia”
St Hubert’s at Dunsop
St Huberts The Gothic, and slightly Moomin-like, Roman Catholic church of St Hubert’s sits just outside the village of Dunsop Bridge in the Langdale valley in the Forest of Bowland. It was built to the design of English architect Edwin Pugin and opened on the 2nd of May 1865 by Bishop Richard Roskell of NottinghamContinue reading “St Hubert’s at Dunsop”
Northwest Nature and History 