Farlington Marshes Nature Reserve has an uncertain future. This blog highlights the amazing wildlife that calls this nature reserve home, the history of Farlington, why the site is at risk and why…
Farlington Marshes, one of the Trust’s oldest nature reserves, is a coastal wildlife expanse with internationally important populations of wading birds and wildfowl.
Creative thinking and innovative conservation solutions have seen lapwing, redshank and avocet numbers reach the highest they have been in 20 years at Farlington Marshes nature reserve.
Over the winter the volunteer team down at Farlington Marshes have been helping me do some survey work to look in a little bit more detail what the birds have been doing
A coastal reserve offering fantastic views.
Look for the deep magenta, star-shaped flowers of Marsh cinquefoil in marshes, bogs, fens and wetlands in the north, west and east of the UK.
As its name suggests, the Marsh violet likes damp spots, such as marshes, bogs and wet woods. It is a low-growing plant with kidney-shaped leaves and pale lilac flowers.
The Marsh helleborine is a beautiful orchid of fens, wet grassland and dune slacks. Growing in profusion in places, look for reddish stems and white-and-pink flowers.
The bright blue, trumpet-shaped flowers of the marsh gentian contrast deeply with the pinks and purples of the wet heaths it inhabits. The New Forest holds a large population of this late-…
Despite its name, the marsh tit actually lives in woodland and parks in England and Wales. It is very similar to the willow tit, but has a glossier black cap and a 'pitchoo' call that…
The courtship of the marsh harrier is certainly a sight to behold - wheeling and tumbling through the sky, male and female partners lock talons in mid-air. Look out for this rare bird over…
