Wildlife and Nature
Snow blankets berries on a bush in Hollow Meadows, near Sheffield. PA Photo. Picture date: Friday January 8, 2021. Forecasters predict that the cold spell affecting much of the UK is due to continue, with temperatures expected to remain slightly below ave Well it’s been proper cold hasn’t it? We have witnessed winter days like those recalled by older folk who remember day after day of frosts being annual events. Few can deny the beauty of a leafless tree covered in snow and ice crystals glistening in the winter sunshine that we have had the fortune to be blessed with recently.
Dr Chris Miller surveying at Holme House Fell
A conservation project to restore peatlands in the Bowland fells has been chosen as one of the first schemes to gain funding from the Government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund.
The £233,900 grant will enable work to be carried out on Holme House Fell.
The work is a joint project between the Bowland AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) Partnership and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
The 127 hectare site is at the centre of the Bowland Fells SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest and forms part of the largest expanse of blanket bog and heather moorland in the county.