"closest town is Stamford in Lincolnshire. Fineshade is known for its population of red kites. It also has a regionally important population of adders and other reptiles as well as scarce breeding birds including nightingale, nightjar, woodcock, grasshopper warbler, tree pipit, marsh and willow tits. Dormice have recently been recorded together with great crested and palmate newts. The wood is located east of the A43 road between Stamford and Corby. The site has a caravan park which is open from Easter to October. In 2015 a planning application by Forest Holidays and the Forestry Commission to build a holiday camp"
"the ground in low shrub. 6 or 7 eggs are laid in May; there may be a second brood. Like most Old World warblers, this small passerine is insectivorous. The wood warbler is 11–12.5 cm long, and a typical leaf warbler in appearance, green above and white below with a lemon-yellow breast. It can be distinguished from similar species, like the chiffchaff ""P. collybita"" and the willow warbler, ""P. trochilus"" by its yellow supercilium, throat and upper breast, pale tertial edges, longer primary projection, and by its shorter but broader tail. It is a summer visitor to the United Kingdom,"
"capercaillie, but does not succeed, not helped by the miserable ranger: ""You don't always get what you want Bill."" ""True, but I would still have liked to see a Caper!"" The British Birdwatching Fair: the event of the year that any keen enthusiast should visit Species seen: great crested grebe, moorhen, coot, grey heron, cormorant, tree sparrow, common chaffinch, greenfinch, swallow, sand martin, and house martin. Experience migration on the east coast. Species seen: Arctic tern, guillemot, razorbill, puffin, whitethroat, little stint, curlew sandpiper and knot. Bill visits the Farne Islands, via Yorkshire, to North Norfolk, in search of migrating"
"this kind in the United Kingdom. There is a range of habitats, including bare sand, Breckland heath and grasslands, fen, damp grassland and carr. Colonising species such as the rare grey hair-grass ""Corynephorus canescens"", which is found at only three inland sites in England, and the moss ""Polytrichum piliferum"" are found in areas at Wangford Warren. At least nine different lichen species are found on the heath as well as a number of grass and heather species and plants such as gorse and hawthorn. The fen and carr areas include species such as purple moor grass ""Molinia cerulean"", willow, alder"
"white willow, crack willow and osier. In the area of rough grassland the nationally rare swamp meadow grass may be found. Woodland trees include alder and ash as well as willow. Nationally rare species supported include greater dodder which parasitises nettle. There is also tastless water-pepper, small water pepper, mudwort and needle spike rush. This is the only known site in Gloucestershire for small water pepper, mudwort and needle spike rush. Narrow-leaved water plantain, keeled barlic (""Allium carinatus""), glaucous bulrush (""Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani"") and sea club rush (""Scirpus maritimus"") are also recorded. Birds include mallard, coot, red warbler and sedge warbler."
"Lancashire in 1993. It is a hybrid between three Salix species: ""S. cinerea"" ssp. ""oleifolia"" x ""S. repens"" var. ""argentea"" X ""S. viminalis"". Salix repens Salix repens, the creeping willow, is a small, shrubby species of willow in the family Salicaceae, growing up to 1.5metres in height. Found amongst sand dunes and heathlands, it is a polymorphic species, with a wide range of variants. In the UK, at least, these range from small, prostrate, hairless plants at one end of the spectrum to taller, erect or ascending silky-leaved shrubs at the other. This wide variation in form has resulted in"
"and winter visitors: the fieldfare, redwing, occasionally the waxwing and sightings of the hen harrier and kingfisher. Wildfowl include: the goldeneye, wigeon, tufted and mallard duck with whooper swan and goose on passage. There are also woodcock, snipe, curlew and lapwing. Summer migrant species include: the swift, swallow and martin; willow, sedge and grasshopper warbler, blackcap and chiffchaff. Exotic sightings include cuckoos, white stork, black swan and a flamingo. Hedgehogs, foxes, moles, otters, pipistrelle bats, mink and roe deer are found in the park and may be seen with luck or by being patient and silent. Surveys carried out by"
"there each year, including black-necked grebe, marsh harrier, and Cetti's warbler. Marsh plants include greater spearwort, lesser water-plantain, lesser reedmace, greater tussock sedge, purple small-reed, great water dock, yellow-wort and traveller's-joy. Twenty eight species of butterfly have been recorded including white-letter hairstreak, purple hairstreak and brown argus. Seventeen of the twenty species of dragonfly recorded are known to have bred. A new visitor centre with shop and café was built in 2016. Potteric Carr Potteric Carr is a large area of land to the southeast of Doncaster, in Yorkshire, England, over in size. One of the earliest references to Potteric"
"which are otherwise declining in the UK. These include: bullfinches, skylarks, reed buntings, grasshopper warblers and European turtle doves. Spring and autumn both produces good numbers of passage migrants, including waders in the spring and common redstarts and whinchats in the autumn. The best time for marsh harriers is late April to mid-May. There are good numbers of breeding waders and recent RSPB work has increased the number of pairs of northern lapwings and common redshanks. Bitterns were recorded as breeding in 2016. Otmoor RSPB reserve RSPB Otmoor is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB, within the wider area"
"""Thymelicus lineola"", an uncommon Parasite fly ""Ligeria angusticornis"", a pyralid moth ""Shoeribius micronellus"" and the sporadic breeding by the nationally endangered marsh warbler. The breeding bird community contains several species typically associated with marshland habitats such as reed bunting, reed, sedge and willow warblers. A variety of wintering birds visit the marshes and neighbouring reservoirs while in autumn flocks of finches are to be found feeding on the seeds of the tall herbs. ""Split Leaf"", a sculpture by Jon Mills, marks the formal entrance to the marshes. The sculpture was made in spring 2003 by Jon Mills in conjunction with"
"grass in the most exposed regions, with a succession of plants following on as the marsh becomes more established: first sea aster, then mainly sea lavender, with sea purslane in the creeks, and smaller areas of sea plantain and other common marsh plants. Six previously unknown diatom species were found in the waters around the point in 1952, along with six others not previously recorded in Britain. European glasswort is picked between May and September and sold locally as ""samphire"". It is a fleshy plant which when blanched or steamed has a taste which leads to its alternative name of"
"weather conditions are right. These may include vagrant rarities, including a western sandpiper in 2012, a displaying great snipe in 2011, a trumpeter finch in 2010 and a collared pratincole in 2009. In order to maintain a good habitat, parts of the reed bed are cut and sold for thatch each year to establish a mosaic of plants of different ages. Water voles are a highly threatened species in the UK, with a huge decline in numbers of 70–90%, mainly due to predation by the introduced American mink, but also habitat loss and water pollution. They are still common at"
"nationally scarce moth flame wainscot has bred at Titchwell since 1996; other Lepidoptera may include migrants such as the painted lady, the diamondback moth, and especially the silver Y, which can occur in huge numbers; 90,000 were recorded on the reserve in July 2010, feeding on sea lavender. The saltmarsh contains glassworts and common cord grass in the most exposed regions, with a succession of plants following on as the marsh becomes more established: first sea aster, then mainly sea lavender, with sea purslane in the creeks and smaller areas of sea plantain and other common marsh plants. The drier"
"marsh, fen, rush pasture and reedmarsh habitats, along with wooded valleys in places. Species include the common reed and the only known population in the British Isles of triangular club-rush, part of the genus ""Schoenoplectus"". The mudflats attract more than 20% of the British wintering population of the uncommon pied avocet. They additionally support black-tailed godwit, common redshank, dunlin, whimbrel, greenshank, spotted redshank and green sandpiper during the wintering period, with the first birds arriving in October and leaving again throughout March. The highly variable salinity along the transition from marine estuary to river allows for a diverse marine culture."
"has on average decreased in population by 70% within the last 25 years, with the biggest declines in the southeast. In Scotland some increases have occurred. The Forestry Commission offers grants under a scheme called England's Woodland Improvement Grant (EWIG); as does Natural Englands Environmental Stewardship Scheme. The willow warbler was first scientifically described by Linnaeus in his ""Systema Naturae"" in 1758 under the genus ""Motacilla"". and then transferred to the genus ""Phylloscopus"" (of which it is the type species) by Boie in 1826. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name ""Phylloscopus"" is from ""phullon"", ""leaf"", and"
"a stilt sandpiper in 2005, and a black-winged pratincole and a black-headed wagtail in 2009. Water voles are a highly threatened species in the UK, with a huge decline in numbers, mainly due to predation by the introduced American mink. They are still common at Titchwell, which is one of a number of East Anglian sites now of national importance for this species. Both common and grey seals can be seen off the beach. Other vertebrates include European eels, common toads and three-spined sticklebacks. In summer, the dragonfly pond can hold up to ten species of dragonflies and damselflies. The"
"of some eruptive species, like Bohemian waxwing, depend on food supplies and population numbers in their breeding areas. Some species neither regularly breed nor winter in Great Britain, but pass through on migration often in large numbers. Arctic breeding waders are a good example, with species such as little stint and curlew sandpiper usually being fairly common on passage. The numbers of some passage birds depend on weather conditions. There will be more Mediterranean visitors like hoopoes and Alpine swifts in spring if there are winds from the south encouraging an overshoot of the breeding areas. In both spring and"
"the observatory was Kenneth Williamson. It is unusual amongst bird observatories in providing catered, rather than hostel-style, accommodation. Many rare species of bird have been found on the island, and it is probably the best place in western Europe to see skulking Siberian passerines such as Pechora pipit, lanceolated warbler and Pallas's grasshopper warbler. In spring 2008 a calandra lark was identified in April, and in May a Caspian plover was observed, only the fourth such record for the UK. On 6 June a citril finch was found and identified by islander Tommy Hyndman, a first record for Britain. September"
"a type characterised by the widespread occurrence of Sweet Vernal Grass (""Anthoxanthum odoratum""), Crested Dog's-tail (""Cynosurus cristatus""), Cowslip (""Primula veris"") and Green-winged Orchid (""Orchis morio""). A total of 74 different species have so far been recorded. This site is one of only 3 localities in Britain in which the grass ""Gaudinia fragilis"" is a prominent feature of the sward. Barrington Hill Meadows Barrington Hill Meadows () is a 16.1 hectare (39.5 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, England, notified in 1987. Barrington Hill Meadows, 2 km west of the A358, midway between the villages of Windmill Hill"
"other willows having two or five stamens. The scientific name derives from the male flowers having three stamens. The English common name refers to the similarity in leaf shape to almond leaves. The variety ""Salix triandra"" var. ""hoffmanniana"" Bab., found in Great Britain, is distinguished by being smaller (rarely over tall) and densely branched, with smaller leaves 2–7 cm long and 1-2.5 cm wide not glaucous below. It is not considered distinct by all authorities, particularly on continental Europe, so its range outside Britain, if any, is not reported. ""Salix triandra"" readily forms natural hybrids with ""Salix viminalis"", the hybrid"
"of reed bed, salt marsh, wet grassland and open water, and is separated from Weymouth Bay by Greenhill beach and the B3155 road. The site includes a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds nature reserve. Some nationally rare bird species breed there, and it is also visited by some uncommon migratory waders. Birds breeding at Lodmoor include bearded tit, Cetti's warbler, marsh warbler and Savi's warbler. A wide variety of migratory waders visit, including northern lapwing, common snipe, wood sandpiper, green sandpiper, spotted redshank and whimbrel. Visitors belonging to uncommon species of wader include jack snipe, greenshank and ruff."
"Summer residents include: red-eyed vireo, least flycatcher and northern oriole. Birds which prefer the wetland habitat include kingfishers and bank swallows. Finally there is an abundance of bird life around the wetland marshes. Many species of ducks make their summer homes in these waters and Canada geese nest in the more remote marshes. Blackbirds, marsh wrens and black terns nest in the reeds. Franklin gulls nest in the marsh vegetation, but range over agricultural fields for grasshoppers, crickets, and mice. Shore birds include: avocet, piping plover, spotted sandpiper, willet, common snipe and killdeer. The invertebrate population in the woodland is"
"well known and common migrants. Common summer moths are the antler (""Cerapteryx graminis""), dark arches (""Apamea monoglypha"") and the migrant silver Y (""Autographa gamma""). One unusual moth recorded is the least carpet (""Idaea rusticata""), an occasional migrant, and in the UK, usually recorded in the south-east of England. On 4 September 2014 a rare vagrant oleander hawk-moth (""Daphnis nerii"") was recorded. Oleander is not found in the UK every year, and the larva have never been recorded in the Britain. Plant life is heavily influenced by the salt spray, strong winds and acidic peaty soils. No trees grow on the"
"rare species: reed grass (""Glyceria maxima""); ""Carex aquatilis""; viper's bugloss (""Echium vulgare""); marestail (""Hippuris vulgaris""); field scabious (""Knautia arvensis""); spiked water-milfoil (""Myriophyllum spicatum""); shoreweed (""Littorella uniflora""); butterfly orchid (""Platanthera chlorantha""); ivy-leaved crowfoot (""Ranunculus hederaceus""); weld (""Reseda luteola""); marsh yellow-cress (""Rorippa islandica""); bay willow (""Salix pentandra""); creeping yellow-cress (""Rorippa sylvestris""); and the relatively rare plant, bogbean (""Menyanthes trifoliata""), that grows in sheltered areas on the west bank of the loch. A number of groups use the loch and its surrounds, such as the Kilbirnie Angling Club, Garnock Canoe and Boating Club, Kyle Water Ski Club, the Model Boat Club, Garnock Rugby"
"by mixed woodland. Martnaham has had some notable rarities recorded over the years, such as smew, ring-necked duck, black tern, lesser scaup and hobby. Autumn and winter feature visits from flocks of goldeneye, wigeon, pochard and teal. Shoveller, scaup, long-tailed duck and gadwall are commonly seen and glaucous, Iceland and Mediterranean gulls are occasional visitors. Greylag geese and whooper swans gather in the surrounding fields. Great crested and little grebe breed here. Oystercatcher, curlew, redshank, common sandpiper, whimbrel, ruff, green sandpiper, black-tailed godwit, wheatear and whinchat are regular visitors. The loch is botanically-rich loch and Martnaham Wood is one of"
"in England and Wales. Other lichens rarities include ""Bombyliospora pachycarpa"", ""Graphina ruiziana"", ""Lecidea carollii"", ""Melaspilea ochrothalmia"" and ""Pannaria rubiginosa"". The ground flora consists of a base rich plant community with ramsons (""Allium ursinum""), lords and ladies (""Arum maculatum"") and meadowsweet (""Filipendula ulmaria"") in the wetter areas. Otherwise the ground flora is heath-like with ling (""Calluna vulgaris"") and bilberry (""Vaccinium myrtillus"") as the dominate species, and cow wheat (""Melampyrum pratense"") and hay-scented buckler-fern (""Dryopteris aemula"") also occurring. Management by the National Trust includes the removal of invasive sycamore (""Acer pseudoplatanus"") and maintenance of the coastal footpath from where the wood can"
"waders, avocet, stone-curlew, little ringed plover and Kentish plover are absent, but most of the 100 or so pairs of dotterel in the UK spend their summers in Scotland as do all of the breeding whimbrel, greenshank and red-necked phalarope, (although the latter two species also breed in Ireland). In summer the shallow lochs of the machair lands in the Uists and Benbecula provide for a remarkable variety of waders and ducks including shoveler and eider. The rare Slavonian grebe and common scoter breed on a small number of lochs in Highland region. Goldeneye have colonised an area centred around"
"and 'Yellow Dutch'. Woven withies have been used in the creation of the large outdoor sculpture ""Willow Man"", located near Bridgwater in England. Salix triandra Salix triandra, with the common names almond willow or almond-leaved willow, is a species of willow native to Europe and Western and Central Asia. It is found from south-eastern England east to Lake Baikal, and south to Spain and the Mediterranean east to the Caucasus, and the Alborz Mountains. It usually grows in riparian habitats, on river and stream banks, and in wetlands. ""Salix triandra"" is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to tall,"
"Steeper banks and knolls in the grassland have a flora which includes orchids, Somerset Hair Grass (""Koeleria vallesiana""), and Honewort (""Trinia glauca""), and the Goldilocks Aster (""Galatella linosyris"") along with several species of butterfly and Weevil (""Curculionoidea""). The hill and Walborough common, which are adjacent to each other, are local nature reserves making a total area of . There are a range of flowers including cowslip, primrose and green-winged orchid. The Salt marsh has sea barley, slender hare's-ear and sea clover and limestone grassland with Somerset hair-grass, honewort, green-winged and early purple orchids. These attract redshank, dunlin, shelduck, black-tailed godwit,"
"hay meadow is an ecological relict with a high plant diversity due to the continuing centuries old practice of receiving only a cut in late season for a hay crop. In June it is coloured by yellow flag, marsh cinquefoil, bog bean, and ragged robin (a source of nectar for the adult swallowtails). In early July, there are common sorrel, the purple glass Yorkshire fog, southern marsh orchids, yellow rattle and valerian. These are followed by purple loosestrife and meadowsweet. The reserve contains several types of habitats including reed beds, grazing marshes, wet woodland, fen orchid-rich meadows, and the River"
"of Oolitic limestone grassland. Hairy violet, cowslip, kidney vetch, common rock-rose and autumn gentian provides colour in the spring and the summer. Uncommon chalk milkwort and purple milk-vetch are also present. One of the reserve's rarest plants, the semi-parasitic bastard toadflax can be seen normally in July. Fuller information may be found in the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust nature reserves handbook and the Brassey Nature reserve descriptive handbook. The yellow meadow ant creates numerous anthills, which is an indicator of the ancient nature of the grassland. Glow-worms are amongst a diverse invertebrate fauna, which also includes the purse-web spider. Lizards can"
"and water have improved, and birds have returned in large numbers. The scirpus growth has significantly reduced, and the many other species of plant occurring in the marsh have recovered. One of these, ""Puccinellia fasiculata"", commonly ""Borrer's saltmarsh grass,"" is protected, along with its habitat. Other flora include salt-tolerant species such as sea milkwort, false fox sedge, and sea spurrey. The marsh area attracts moorhen, common teal, reed bunting, coot, mallard duck, sedge warbler, common snipe, little egret, northern lapwing, Eurasian oystercatcher, bar-tailed godwit, common redshank, dunlin, knot, and brent goose. Additional species breeding in the marsh or visiting from"
"grassland which is mostly flat and bisected by several maintained grass paths and the north resembling an undulating chalk grassland. Some 225 plant species are present on the site, including pyramidal orchid and a colony of over 5000 bee orchid believed to be the largest group of this type in South East England. Birds such as reed bunting, skylark, meadow pipit, linnet have been recorded and the marsh is also an important site for spring visitors. Grassland provides a good habitat for the grass snake. Mammals seen on the marsh include pipistrelle bats. The Small River Lea provides an important"