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	Walney Island Nature Reserves of Barrow
		The south end of Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, was established as a nature reserve in 1963.
		The Reserve is of great importance for wintering birds as it is a quiet open water area which provides food and shelter along a main migration route.
		The Reserve is open from 10.00 to 17.00 in summer and from 10.00 to 16.00 in winter.
	www.alphabase.demon.co.uk /walney.html (1130 words)

	Sefton Coast Partnership website news items - English nature
		The National Trust purchased Formby Point in 1968, the Local Nature Reserves were established in the 1980's and Cabin Hill National nature reserve was declared in 1990.
		Ainsdale Sand Dunes NNR was the 112th National Nature Reserve to be declared by the forerunner of English Nature the Nature Conservency.
		The reserve will form a national base for studies and it is intended to establish a centre to take advantage of opportunities in environmental education discussed at the conference on education held at Keele University in March, 1965.
	www.seftoncoast.org.uk /index_newsen.html (1204 words)

	National Nature Reserves in Lancashire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		National Nature Reserves in Lancashire in England are established by English Nature and managed by them or by non-governmental organisations such as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds or the National Trust.
		National Nature Reserves in other areas of England
		This page was last modified 13:59, 24 September 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Nature_Reserves_in_Lancashire (78 words)

	Where do you want to go birding in England today?
		Nature Reserves in Lincolnshire - The Principal Reserves
		Nature Reserves in Hampshire - courtesy of the Hantsweb.
		Nature reserves are actively managed to maintain and enhance the particular habitats and species they contain.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/ukengland.htm (7086 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		Along the coast to the north of the city a line of local and national nature reserves take the birdwatcher to the River Ribble estuary while to the south lie the estuaries of the Mersey and Dee which are of international importance for wintering wildfowl and waders.
		Lancashire is blessed with a wealth of estuaries from the Mersey in the south to Morecambe Bay in the north, taking in the Alt and Ribble in between.
		Nationally important for Teal and Gadwall, being in the fourth richest tetrad in the (provisional) Lancs Breeding Bird atlas.
	www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/europe/england_lancashire.html (2919 words)

	Best Walks - Walking Lancashire
		Walking in Lancashire - 36 Day Walks, Mary Welsh -This is a brand new second edition of Mary Welsh's walks covering the delightful area from the Irish Sea to the Trough of Bowland and from Kirkby Lonsdale in the north to Cliviger in the south.
		National Trail Guides are published in association with the Countryside Agency, the body responsible for setting up and maintaining these long-distance walking routes in England.
		Drive and Stroll in Lancashire, Ron Freethy - Twenty short circular routes between 2-5 miles for those who enjoy a country drive to an attractive spot for a refreshing walk.
	www.bestwalks.com /lancashirebooks.htm (1962 words)

	Manchester Bird Sanctuaries & Nature Reserves, Martin Mere, Leighton Moss, Wildlife Trust, Frodsham Marshes, the Quinta, Mersey Estuary and Ornithology around Greater Manchester
		Woolston Eyes Reserve is an area of water, marsh and reed beds situated between the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey near Warrington.
		Two hundred and twenty species have been recorded on the Reserve, including thirteen species of raptor, more than thirty species of wader, all five grebes, the three woodpeckers, and five species of owl.
		It is intended that, over the next few years, interpretation displays will be installed on the site to add to the experience of the visit.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /zoos/birds.html (860 words)

	Lancashire West Partnership -
		Lancashire West offers vibrant night-life, with a burgeoning live music scene, a wide range of pubs and bars, a large selection of restaurants, bistros and other eating establishments across the region and a pulsating nightclub scene including the award-winning Feel in Preston and Blackpool’s new “super-club”, The Syndicate.
		Lancashire has seen a 23% increase in woodland in recent years and boasts world-class RAMSAR sites on the Lancashire coast for migrating birds.
		With an average house price of £84,562 in Lancashire West, compared to £133,247 for the rest of England and Wales, the house prices in the region are extremely favourable.
	www.lancashirewest.org.uk /rooms.htm (398 words)

	National Parks
		The Upper Teesdale and Moorhouse National Nature Reserves are of international significance.
		Glasson Moss National Nature Reserve is part of the largest undamaged area of lowland raised mire in Britain.
		A national destination for coach excursions and day trips, the AONB is also a leading caving centre and a popular local riding area.
	www.fatbadgers.co.uk /Britain/natparks.htm (14288 words)

	The Lancashire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England
		A number of National Nature Reserves and some important SSSIs have been identified as Biogenetic Reserves under a Council of Europe programme for the conservation of heathlands and grasslands.
		English Nature must be notified by local authorities of any threat to an SSSI by a change in farming techniques, an application for development of land or coast protection works.
		Lancashire CPRE is a charity and provides all the content of these pages free of charge to the general public.
	www.lancashirecpre.freeserve.co.uk /leaflets/sssi.html (513 words)

	National Parks
		It unites national parks, regional parks, nature parks and biosphere reserves in 35 countries, with the common aim of protecting Europe's unique variety of wildlife, habitats and landscapes.
		National Trust - acts as a guardian for the nation in the acquisition and protection of threatened coastline, countryside and buildings.
		This list is established as part of the international implementation of the
	geography.ucsm.ac.uk /rj/links/Nat_pks.html (1954 words)

	West Lancashire Environmental Network
		We aim to be the key voice for nature conservation within our region and use our knowledge and expertise to help the people and organisations in our area to enjoy, understand and take action to conserve their wildlife and its habitats.
		The Lancashire Wildlife Trust is the only voluntary organisation in Lancashire and the northern Boroughs of Merseyside and Greater Manchester concerned exclusively with protecting the region's wildlife and wild places.
		Articles in Greenpost (Lancashire Evening Post) and in Campaigner (Mersey Basin Campaign)
	www.wlen.org /gdatom.htm (4161 words)

	Stories for 13 November 2003 - This Is Lancashire
		HLEIGH-born national newspaper columnist Linda Lee Potter was confined to the annils of Room 101 by eccentric editor and Tory MP Boris Johnson on the BBC 2 programme of the same name on Monday.
		AN East Lancashire MP is leading a Commons condemnation of the British Red Cross for banning Jesus and the Nativity from its 392 stores.
		I FEEL it is imperative that a response is given to the allegations made against Lancashire Constabulary by your columnist Eric Leaver on October 29.
	archive.thisislancashire.co.uk /2003/11/13 (4473 words)

	H a b i t a t - Daily wildlife and environment news from the British Isles
		The Countryside Council for Wales and English Nature are to host a pair of free illustrated talks in towns around Fenn’s, Whixall & Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve, which lies near Whitchurch and Wrexham.
		The new National Centre for Statistical Ecology (NCSE), a pioneering project linking research in the universities of Kent, Cambridge and St Andrews, has received a foundation grant of £1,101,447 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
		Visitors to an east Devon nature reserve will be able to access the site more easily because of new boardwalks.
	www.habitat.org.uk /news1.htm (1608 words)

	HomeSight Links: National
		This is the site for a "national organization that provides substantial support for people to help sustain or promote racially integrated neighborhoods." The site includes information about the Philadelphia region, OPEN publications, supporters, guidelines, qualifications, and related topics.
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		This searchable site is the online home of this network aimed at improving "the energy efficiency of the nation's housing stock and to qualify more American families for home ownership by expanding the availability of home energy ratings and energy mortgages." Their site includes mortgage, energy efficiency, and membership directories and information.
	www.homesight.org /cat-national.html (8299 words)

	The Corner on National Review Online
		The recent violence among Thailand’s Muslims was, given the traditionally tolerant nature of South-east Asian Islam, something of a surprise.
		It is meant to bring perspective to events in Iraq, to refocus the nation's eyes on the larger picture of the war against radical Islam, and its stakes.
		Now the Thais are pointing fingers, and, yes, it turns out that the Saudis have been vomiting their bile across yet another previously pleasant part of the planet.
	www.nationalreview.com /thecorner/04_05_09_corner-archive.asp (12221 words)

	Stories for 22 October 2004 - This Is Lancashire
		A NATIONAL survey has revealed that Fylde pensioners are beating the grandkids in being in touch with the latest technology.
		A RAMSBOTTOM man who is boss of a world-leading Lancashire brewery is urging north west civic leaders to swap le Cote-du-Rhone for le Premier Cask Ale at their official events.
		A JURY has retired to consider whether an East Lancashire firefighter drowned trying to rescue a teenager due to a "catalogue of failures." more...
	archive.thisislancashire.co.uk /2004/10/22 (4714 words)

	Nature and the Environment
		European Nature Heritage Fund (Euronatur) is an independent German Conservation Foundation with an international brief.
		The National Trust, a registered charity, was founded in 1895 to act as a guardian for the UK in acquiring and protecting threatened coastline, countryside and buildings.
		Lakes, almost an accident of nature, where water is made to stand still against its nature, often provide a spectacular beauty and support a unique variety of life.
	www.envocare.co.uk /natural_environment.htm (3116 words)

	nepho national public health language
		The purpose of the mapping process was to generate an initial picture of the nature and extent of West Midlands physical activity projects, initiatives and policies.
		The main purpose of the local basket of inequalities indicators is to help support local action to achieve the Government?s national inequalities targets for life expectancy and infant mortality, by highlighting information relevant to addressing the targets and assisting local areas with monitoring progress towards reducing health inequalities.
		Working with National Clinical Directors and their colleagues, 'Better Metrics' is a pragmatic project aimed at providing more clinically relevant measures of performance.
	www.dur.ac.uk /ne.pho/index.php?nphl=area (5666 words)

	West Lancashire Environmental Network
		Course prospectus produced wholly by the University Admissions Office for national distribution and by the Centre for Continuing Education in September and December - distributed throughout the North West.
		To further the study of Natural History and allied subjects; to promote an interest in all aspects of the countryside and assist the conservation of wildlife particularly in the Wigan area.
		South-West Lancashire west of the M6 Facilities and Services:
	www.wlen.org /gdntoz.htm (2737 words)

	BBC - Lancashire Going Out - The Wildlife Trust's Lancashire Nature Reserves - Howick Hall Wood
		The whole site is managed intensively for nature conservation combined with environmental education.
		Owned by National Grid plc and managed by the Trust under a Forestry Commission Woodland Grant Scheme.
		The grounds of the centre itself contain two ponds, with common frogs, common toads, smooth newts, visiting herons and occasional water voles.
	www.bbc.co.uk /lancashire/nature/nature_reserves/howick_hall.shtml (185 words)

	BBC - Lancashire Going Out - Nature events in July 2005
		Join a guided walk on this nature reserve on the edge of the Ribble Estuary.
		Join a guided walk at this reserve which is the largest remaining reedbed in north-west England.
		Among its special birds are breeding bitterns, bearded tits and marsh harriers and its mammals include roe and red deer.
	www.bbc.co.uk /lancashire/nature/july.shtml (747 words)

	Abstracts of Nature
		I am an active member of -North West Nature Group - a group of nature photographers in the North West of England providing images to wildlife trusts and nature reserves for use in promotional and educational material.
		Second Nature Images - collaborating with three other wildife and nature photographers from the North West of England, we exhibit at local venues.
		Nothing to do with nature or wildlife but I recently photographed artists signed to Blue Cat Records both on location and performing live at the Blue Cat Cafe in Stockport.
	www.abstractsofnature.com /links.htm (472 words)

	Nature on the Map :: Help :: Map Data
		The first two are the same sites as appear on the Nature Reserves Map and the Sites of Special Scientific Interest Map.
		Data originated from a variety of recent national and local sources and the project is extremely grateful to all the local, regional and national organisers who provided data to the project at such short notice.
		This database was collated from a large variety of sources by The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) (http://www.rspb.org.uk) on behalf of a dedicated project partnership consisting of English Nature, RSPB, British Trust for Ornithology (http://www.bto.org), and Defra (http://www.defra.gov.uk).
	www.natureonthemap.org.uk /help_data_advanced-birds.html (979 words)

	The Wildlife Trusts
		Bird lovers should flock to Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Westhay Moor nature reserve during the next few months as millions of starlings have started arriving on the Peat Moors — some are local but many fly thousands o...
		In aid of the Dart Catchment Project, Devon Wildlife Trust are now auctioning a range of dragonfly doodles donated by famous names such as Nick Park (see left) Kate Winslet, Ronnie Barker, Katie Melua, Ellen MacArthur, Frank Skinner, Bill Wyman and many more....
		Ahead of a nervous weekend for thousands of hedgehogs as Bonfire Night celebrations get under way, the spiky mammal can take comfort in being named the nation’s favourite garden creature in a survey by the Royal...
	www.wildlifetrusts.org (354 words)

	Some environmental/ecological data phone numbers
		Nature reserves web ring List of some UK nature reserves
		International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
		The Wildlife Trusts National Office [corporate name of Royal Society for Nature Conservation.]
	www.open.ac.uk /Nature_Trail/Phon_xls.htm (896 words)

	links national
		Charity that manages over 2 300 nature reserves across the country.
	www.angliangardener.co.uk /contacts/links.htm (459 words)

	Nature Photography found Swiftly
		Read about nature photography in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
		Find nature photography and more at Lycos Search.
		WWF works to protect endangered species and their habitats, and addresses global threats to nature.
	www.greengate-gallery.org.uk /art/nature_photography.html (311 words)

	English Nature
		Wherever possible measures that contribute to habitat and species action plan objectives are being fostered at local, regional and national levels through our position as a statutory advisor and our role as a licencing authority in respect of some protected species.
		Taking forward the delivery of Biodiversity Action Plan targets in partnership with others lies at the core of English Nature’s work in Cheshire and will continue as we join up with the Rural Development Service and the Countryside Agency working towards the creation of Natural England in October 2006.
		Supported Cheshire Wildlife Trust in the management of their SSSI reserves via EN’s Reserves Enhancement Scheme.
	www.cheshire-biodiversity.org.uk /partners-en.htm (590 words)

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