Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve is a wildlife-rich haven in the heart of agricultural west Lancashire. The reserve covers 42 hectares (105 acres) and is made up of lakes, mature broadleaved and conifer woodland, sandy, wet meadows and heaths. The m...
Disused railway lines often provide excellent 'corridors' for wildlife and Haskayne Cutting is no exception.
A surprising diversity of habitats has developed since the line was closed in 1952. Seasonal open water, marsh, acid and calcareous grass...