Daily Archives: October 2, 2017

Award for founder of New Ferry Butterfly Park

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Barbara

The Prime Minister has recognised Dr Hilary Ash, from Cheshire, for founding the ‘New Ferry Butterfly Park’ on an abandoned railway depot, creating one of the North’s most biodiverse urban areas.  See this post on the Cheshire Wildlife Trust website

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Pickerings Pasture, 1st October 2017

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Barbara

Pickerings Pasture, on the Mersey estuary near the Widnes-Runcorn bridge, is the site of the old Widnes tip which was reclaimed in the 1980s and declared a Local Nature Reserve in 1992. The Mersey Estuary is a Site of Special … Continue reading →

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