Natural History

Natural History is not a group but has arisen from a short course in 2011 entailing walks on the Sefton coastal Nature reserves and from some of the trips with the Geology Group.

• Pictures from the Natural History walks
• Pictures from the Geology Trips

A series of natural history walks were organised by Annie Hazlehurst on the Ainsdale and Birkdale nature reserves in spring and summer 2011

Annie explaining the process of the dune formation to an interested group at Ainsdale in May 2011	Angelica sylvestris (wild angelica) at Green Beach, Birkdale
The Natural History group examining the water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata) at Green Beach in June 2011	One of the many orchids seen on Green beach, Birkdale
The following plants were found on the Geology trips in the summer of 2011
A fern growing in a limestone gryke on the Geology trip to the Great Orme in July 2011	A carline thistle (Carlina vulgaris), which flowers from July-Sept on limestone grassland, at the Great Orme in July 2011
An autumn gentian (Gentianella amarella) found on the Great Orme in July 2011. It flowers late July-early October on limestone grassland and dunes. Uncommon but not rare.	Marsh ragwort (Senecio aquaticus) at Wrens Nest Nature Reserve in Dudley in August 2011
A small scabious (Dipsacus pilosos.) at Wrens Nest Nature Reserve in Dudley in August 2011	An arial view of the Wrens Nest Quarry

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