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Woodland Wanders with Sheffield Woodland Connections for Sheffield Tree Week

Post author:Fran Halsall
Post published:July 13, 2020
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Sheffield Tree Week launches today, for which I have recorded a short film made in Ecclesall Woods last weekend. This is one of my favourite places on the planet and…

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…