|
Plantlife
Plantlife is the international conservation membership charity working to secure a world rich in wild plants and fungi. It is the only UK membership charity dedicated to conserving wild plants and fungi in their natural habitats and helping people to enjoy and learn about them. HM King Charles III is patron of the charity. Plantlife works across all key plant ecosystems and habitats focussing on specific habitats and species depending on need. They promote the importance of all plants and fungi for a sustainable and healthy planet and at present have a particular focus in the UK on grasslands temperate forests due to their acute vulnerability and on at-risk species recovery. Founded in 1989, Plantlife now has 15,000 members and many more supporters. Plantlife enhances, restores, protects and celebrates natural heritage through working with landowners, other conservation organisations, public sector bodies, the private sector and the wider public. Through their work they connec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranscombe Farm
Ranscombe Farm, in Cuxton in North Kent, is a Plantlife Nature Reserve and working farm. Part of the site is included in the Cobham Woods Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the whole farm is within the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Ranscombe Farm Reserve works in partnership with five other sites in the local area. They are Shorne Wood Country Park, Jeskyns, Cobham Park, Ashenbank Wood and the Cobham Leisure Plots. It has been a source for flower collectors for centuries. Nationally rare species, Hairy Mallow and Meadow Clary, were both collected from Ranscombe Farm, in 1699 and 1792 respectively. Other rarities include Ground Pine and Broad-leaved Cudweed and at least six species of orchid including Fly, Lady ('Fair Maidens of Kent') and Man Orchid. Plantlife Website May 2007The Independent, 7 Sept 2006, The Wild bunch by Peter Marren, reprinte/ref> The chalk grassland hosts a rich suite of plants including Astragalus glycyphyllos, Wild Liqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Mould
Philip Jonathan Clifford Mould (born March 1960) is an English art dealer, London gallery owner, art historian, writer and broadcaster. He has made a number of major art discoveries, including works of Thomas Gainsborough, Anthony Van Dyck and Thomas Lawrence. Mould is the author of two books on art discovery and is widely consulted by the media on the subject. He co-presents the BBC television programme ''Fake or Fortune?'', an arts programme, with journalist and broadcaster Fiona Bruce. Early life and education Mould was born in Wirral, Cheshire and educated at Kingsmead School, Hoylake, Worth School and the University of East Anglia, from which he graduated with a BA in History of Art in 1981. Mould's father owned a factory in Liverpool and his family was based in the Wirral Peninsula. Mould made friends with the owner of a local antiques shop, who taught him to read hallmarks on silver when he was just 11 or 12 years old, and by the age of 14 he was dealing in antique s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronation Meadows
The Coronation Meadows project is a British nature conservation scheme supported by Charles, Prince of Wales. It aimed to create 60 wildflower meadows to celebrate 60 years since the coronation of Elizabeth II. It is led by Plantlife, along with The Wildlife Trusts and the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Prince Charles has said that he was inspired to set up the scheme after he read Plantlife's 2012 report ''Our Vanishing Flora'' ''With link to full publication as .pdf'' and "fully appreciated just how many wildflower meadows had been lost over the past 60 years". The scheme was supported in 2014-2016 by a Biffa Award grant of £1m. A Coronation Meadow was established at Wakehurst Place in 2016, using seed from Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve in West Sussex. The 90th meadow was established in 2016 as The Queen's Meadow within London's Green Park Green Park, officially The Green Park, is one of the Royal Parks of London. It is in the southern part – the core part – of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queendown Warren
Queendown Warren is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Rainham in Kent. It is a Local Nature Reserve, a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, and a Special Area of Conservation. It is in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust, and part of it is owned by Plantlife. History The reserve covers almost and comprises several distinct sections. The original reserve, which was a rabbit warren in the Middle Ages, forms the current reserve's core. It has probably been open downland for many hundreds of years and has an internationally important community of grassland orchids. A major extension to the reserve was made in 1999 with the addition of pasture on the opposite side of the valley facing the Main Bank. This is being managed to encourage colonisation of species from the original reserve. In 2003 hectares of arable land opposite the Main Bank were added, doubling the size of the reserve. Over tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waxcap Grassland
Waxcap grassland is short-sward, nutrient-poor grassland that supports a rich assemblage of larger fungi, particularly waxcaps (species of ''Hygrocybe'' and related genera), characteristic of such habitats. Waxcap grasslands occur principally in Europe, where they are declining as a result of agricultural practices. The fungal species are consequently of conservation concern and efforts have been made in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to protect both the grasslands and their characteristic fungi. Over 20 species of European waxcap grassland fungi are assessed as globally "vulnerable" or "endangered" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Background The association of waxcaps with unimproved (nutrient-poor) grasslands was first noted in 1949 in the Netherlands, but current interest was stimulated by a series of papers published by Dutch mycologist Eef Arnolds in the 1980s. Arnolds not only confirmed the association of waxcaps with unimproved grasslands, but also noted the ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seaton Meadows
Seaton Meadows is an biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Seaton in Rutland. It is owned and managed by Plantlife. This site is traditionally managed as hay pasture, and it is an example of unimproved alluvial flood meadows, a rare habitat due to agricultural developments. The grasses are diverse, including meadow foxtail, red fescue, sweet vernal grass ''Anthoxanthum odoratum'', known as sweet vernal grass, is a short-lived perennial grass that is native to acidic grassland in Eurasia and northern Africa. It is grown as a lawn grass and a house plant, due to its sweet scent, and can also be f ... and Yorkshire fog. There is access from the B672 road. References {{SSSIs Rutland Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Rutland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenamoor
Week St Mary ( kw, Gwig Sen Maria) is a village and civil parish in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south of Bude close to the River Tamar and the border between Cornwall and Devon in the Hundred of Stratton. The parish population at the 2011 census is 657. Week St Mary has a 14th–15th century parish church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and the tower contains a ring of six bells. The parish is in the diocese of Truro. History The manor of Week was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as having one hide of land and land for eight ploughs. It was one of twenty-eight manors held by Richard from Robert, Count of Mortain. There were three ploughs, four serfs, six villeins and ten smallholders. There were 2 acres of woodland and one square league of pasture. There were forty sheep and twenty-five other beasts. The value of the manor was £1-10 s. Parts of the college founded here by Thomasine Bonaventure in 1506 have been converted into a farmhouse. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature Reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. They may be designated by government institutions in some countries, or by private landowners, such as charities and research institutions. Nature reserves fall into different IUCN categories depending on the level of protection afforded by local laws. Normally it is more strictly protected than a nature park. Various jurisdictions may use other terminology, such as ecological protection area or private protected area in legislation and in official titles of the reserves. History Cultural practices that roughly equate to the establishment and maintenance of reserved areas for animals date bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caeau Tan Y Bwlch
Caeau means ''fields'' in Welsh and may refer to the following Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wales: * Caeau Ardwyn * Caeau Blaen-bydernyn * Caeau Blaen-yr-Orfa * Caeau Blaenau-mawr * Caeau Capel Hendre * Caeau Cnwch a Ty'n-y-graig * Caeau Fferm * Caeau Ffos Fach * Caeau Bronydd-mawr * Caeau Cefn Cribwr * Caeau Crug Bychan, Ty Gwyn a Llwyn Ysgaw * Caeau Cwmcoynant (Caeau Cwncaenant) *Caeau Llety-cybi Caeau Llety-cybi is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ceredigion, west Wales. The lowland meadow site is managed by the Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales. The reserve consists of four small herb-rich fields of neutral grassland showin ... * Caeau Llwyn Gwrgan * Caeau Lotwen * Caeau Nant Garenig * Caeau Nant y Llechau * Caeau Nantsais * Caeau Pant-y-Bryn * Caeau Pen-y-coed * Caeau Rhyd-y-gwiail * Caeau Tir-mawr * Caeau Ty-mawr * Caeau Ty'n-llwyni * Caeau Ton-y-fildre {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson Meadow
Thompson may refer to: People * Thompson (surname) * Thompson M. Scoon (1888–1953), New York politician Places Australia *Thompson Beach, South Australia, a locality Bulgaria * Thompson, Bulgaria, a village in Sofia Province Canada * Thompson, Manitoba * Thompson (electoral district), an electoral district in the above location * Rural Municipality of Thompson, Manitoba * Thompson River, a river in British Columbia ** Thompson Country, a region within the basin of the Thompson River ** Thompson Plateau, a landform in the Interior of British Columbia named for the Thompson River ** Thompson-Nicola Regional District, a regional district in British Columbia * Thompson Sound (British Columbia), a sound in the area of the Broughton Archipelago * Thompson Sound, British Columbia, an unincorporated locality at Thompson Sound * Thompson Station, Nova Scotia England * Thompson, Norfolk New Zealand * Thompson Sound (New Zealand), one of the indentations in the coast of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Charles III
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to accede to the British throne following the death of his mother, Elizabeth II, on 8 September 2022. Charles was born in Buckingham Palace during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and was three when his mother ascended the throne in 1952, making him the heir apparent. He was made Prince of Wales in 1958 and his investiture was held in 1969. He was educated at Cheam and Gordonstoun schools, as was his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Charles later spent six months at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge, Charles served in the Air Force and Navy from 1971 to 1976. In 1981, he married Lady Diana Spencer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Ranscombe Farm")
_-004.jpg "Click for more on -> Philip Mould")
