Close Sartfield
Excellent for the outstanding display of thousands of orchids from late May to July and good for bird watching.
Close Sartfield is a Coronation Meadow!
Excellent for the outstanding display of thousands of orchids from late May to July and good for bird watching.
Close Sartfield is a Coronation Meadow!
Close Sartfield will be closed to the public on Tuesday 13th October and Thursday 15th October.
February will see the resumption of coppicing at Close Sartfield. The cut material (willow and birch) has a variety of uses and these products will be available for purchase.
Close Sartfield butterfly transect and the story of the migrating Painted Ladies, did you know butterflies flew so high?!
Find out how it started and how it's going, Close Sartfield edition!
We are pleased to report that we have re-established the butterfly transects at our Close Sartfield reserve. These were started in 1993 by John Lamb and continued until 2014!
The yellow, star-like flowers of bog asphodel brighten up our peat bogs, damp heaths and moors in early summer, attracting a range of pollinating insects.
Bleak, treeless and often shrouded in low cloud, blanket bog can seem a desolate habitat. However, the wildness of the huge, empty landscapes and wide skies are compelling, as is the chance of…