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Celebrating the 2020 Urban Tree Festival

Post Author:Fran Halsall
Post published:May 25, 2020
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Last week I teamed up with Green City Heritage, in my role as project leader of Sheffield Woodland Connections, to make a short film for this year's Urban Tree Festival.…

Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) grows alongside The Moss, the brook which flows through the wooded landscape of the Moss Valley Nature Reserve in Northeast Derbyshire. Wild garlic is just one of the many ancient woodland indicator species that grow here, however they prefer the permanently damp soils at the water's edge.

Among the Moss Valley wildflowers

Post Author:Fran Halsall
Post published:May 18, 2020
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Recently I was lucky enough to spend two early mornings in a row at the Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust’s Moss Valley Nature Reserve., which is just over the border into…

Sheffield Woodland Connections – bluebells in Ecclesall Woods 8th May 2020

Post Author:Fran Halsall
Post published:May 9, 2020
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A short walk among the English bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) along the winding paths of Ecclesall Woods, Sheffield. Experience the sights and sounds of South Yorkshire’s largest ancient woodland in the full swing…