You otter believe it, they’re out there somewhere…

CWT’s Living Landscapes Manager, Richard Gardener, takes an intrepid team in search of Cheshire’s elusive otters… Last Saturday morning (7th) and the weather looked decidedly dodgy but 15 plucky participants came to Grange Farm at Mickle Trafford to improve their ‘Natural Know How’ and learn all about Britain’s largest carnivore: the otter. To begin with I showed [...]

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Raptor Identification Day

Do you have a fascination with birds of prey but sometimes struggle to identify the different British species? This full day Raptor Identification Day is designed for just for you!

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Woodland Flower Identification

Learn to identify the spring flowers of Warburton’s Wood.

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Training Day: Introduction to Phase 1 Habitat Surveys

This is a one day course designed to provide ecological surveyors with an introduction to the methodology involved in carrying out a Phase One Habitat Survey. The course will consist of an indoor theory session followed by an outdoor practical habitat mapping exercise.

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Natural Know-how courses

Courses this spring/summer include Woodland Wildflower ID, a Raptor Identification Day, Butterfly Identification and Survey, and much more.

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Introduction to Conservation Grazing – Saturday 13 February 2010 at 10.00am

We hope to be able to introduce you to some of our grazing animals (the cattle may decide to wander to the wrong end of the site!) but we will certainly be able to discuss the effect our cattle have had on the habitat and how this compares to other management techniques.

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Walk With Waders – Sunday 31 January 2010 at 9.00am

Have you ever gazed across a muddy estuary and watched the myriad shapes scurrying across the surface, probing and picking their way through the ooze and wondered is that a Redshank, or a Knot? If so then this wader identification session is just what you have been waiting for.

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