Freshfield Dune Heath
Coast, heath and woodland meet at this unique nature reserve on the Sefton Coast.
Coast, heath and woodland meet at this unique nature reserve on the Sefton Coast.
New fencing introduced at Freshfield Dune Heath will allow cattle, sheep and goats to safely and effectively help to manage this rare and precious habitat for wildlife.
We've welcomed some new additions to our conservation team with the birth of several Golden Guernsey goat kids at Freshfield Dune Heath Nature Reserve in Merseyside.
The rare heath fritillary was on the brink of extinction in the 1970s, but conservation action turned its fortunes around. It is still confined to a small number of sites in the south of England,…
The Small heath is the smallest of our brown butterflies and has a fluttering flight. It favours heathlands, as its name suggests, as well as other sunny habitats.
The Heath bumblebee is not only found on heathland, but also in gardens and parks. It nests in small colonies of less than 100 workers in all kinds of spots, such as old birds' nests, mossy…
Cross-leaved heath is a type of heather that likes bogs, heathland and moorland. It has distinctive pink, bell-shaped flowers that attract all kinds of nectar-loving insects.
This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.
Heathlands form some of the wildest landscapes in the lowlands, where agriculture and development jostle for space, containing and limiting natural processes. Once considered as waste land of…
Ellie Harrison and the BBC Countryfile team were filming at Wigan today looking at some of the wonderful wildlife at Wigan Flashes and Three Sisters Country Park.