Grassland
Flower-rich grasslands, once a part of every farm, are part of our culture. Most have developed alongside humans because of livestock grazing and cutting for hay. Many have archaeological andā¦
Flower-rich grasslands, once a part of every farm, are part of our culture. Most have developed alongside humans because of livestock grazing and cutting for hay. Many have archaeological andā¦
This is a strange, sparse habitat of grassland growing on old mining tracks and slag heaps, on river gravels and naturally exposed metal-rich soils in the mountains. Only the toughest metal-lovingā¦
Limited in distribution, this sweetly-scented, short-cropped, springy grassland is famed for its abundance of rare and scarce species.
Typical of softly rolling pastoral landscapes, the short, aromatic turf of lowland calcareous grassland is flower-rich and humming with insects in the summer. Its long use by humans lends it anā¦
A Ā£4.1 million scheme which will create havens for wildlife to flourish, alleviate flooding and give residents in a Staffordshire town better access to their rivers and green spaces has beenā¦
Sprinkled with diminutive, short-living flowers in spring and parched dry by July, this is a habitat of heathlands, coastal grasslands and ancient parkland.
These grasslands, occupying much of the UK's heavily-grazed upland landscape, are of greater cultural than wildlife interest, but remain a habitat to some scarce and declining species.
Rocky habitats are some of the most natural and untouched places in the UK. Often high up in the hills and hard to reach, they are havens for some of our rarest wildlife.
Work is now well underway across several sites in North Staffordshire as part of the SUNRISE (Stoke and Urban Newcastle Rediscovering Its Secret Environment) Project to improve habitats,ā¦
Fish populations and wildlife habitats can thrive after planning permission was granted to create a new river channel by the site of the old Victoria Ground, the former home of Stoke City Footballā¦