Amwell
Once a designated gravel pit, today a haven bustling with wildlife all year round.
Once a designated gravel pit, today a haven bustling with wildlife all year round.
A team of pigs will be helping us keep Amwell Nature Reserve in shape this winter.
This position has now been filled. Have a look at our other volunteer opportunities.
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is pleased to announce a new flagship project, made possible with funding awarded by Natural England’s Species Recovery Programme.
A disused quarry which supports varied chalk grassland species including orchids.
Breeding pairs of little ringed plovers, rare wading birds, have been sighted at Amwell Nature Reserve and Panshanger Park.
The pungent, rotten smell of Black Horehound makes this medium-sized plant of waste ground and roadside verges stand out from the crowd.
The unpleasant, astringent smell of Hedge woundwort makes this medium-sized plant of woodlands, hedgerows and roadside verges stand out from the crowd.
Wild carrot does, indeed, smell of carrots, but the roots are not like our cultivated, dinnertime favourite. Look for this umbellifer on chalk grasslands and coasts.
The rose chafer can be spotted on garden flowers, as well as in grassland, woodland edges and scrub.
A well known inhabitant of UK seas, common lobsters can reach up to 60cm in length.