Big changes at Hilton Gravel Pits
Biffa Award have awarded Derbyshire Wildlife Trust over £15,000 to undertake work at Hilton Gravel Pits.
Biffa Award have awarded Derbyshire Wildlife Trust over £15,000 to undertake work at Hilton Gravel Pits.
The combination of lakes and ponds, woodland and sheltered sunny areas make the former gravel pits at Hilton a haven for wildlife, in fact it's one of the best places to see bats and…
Work has been completed at Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s Hilton Gravel Pits Nature Reserve, just outside of Derby.
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s Hilton gravel pits is one of the Trust’s most important reserves for birds, fish, insects and amphibians and is being revived thanks to a generous £15,000 Biffa Award…
The tiny, brown-and-white sand martin is a common summer visitor to the UK, nesting in colonies on rivers, lakes and flooded gravel pits. It returns to Africa in winter.
Ruff - Willington Gravel Pits
Water rail. (Only my second sighting of one and it sat just in front of the platform, washing and preening).
As its name suggests, the house martin can be spotted nesting in the eaves of houses in our towns and villages. Its intricate mud nests take days to build and are often returned to and used in…
Sand and gravel can be found from the shoreline down to the deep sea, attracting a host of burrowing creatures.
Not one but two Bitterns seen.
Great White Egret