Fascinating look at moths AstonRowantNNR with Marc Botham as part of #NNRfestival UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Martin Harvey Elaine King

Amazing day of walks & talks AstonRowantNNR celebrating 70 years of NNRs with volunteers and partners #NNRfestival

Reflecting on a busy summer AstonRowantNNR, one of my favourite events was our #NNRFestival celebration! It was fantastic to celebrate our #NNRs with our wonderful #volunteers and partners (1/4)

Marian Spain wrapping up our event at Burrow Bump, after a brilliant lunch put on by Cherished Events Catering

Marian Spain #NNRfestival #somersetwetlands

It seems that this week around the #NNR #nature has decided to put on a fine display #NNR festival #Orchids #Wellbeing

We are having a fantastic week hosting the #DNABioblitz for the #NNRFestival at our Bure Marshes & Winterton Dunes National Nature Reserves. We are collecting & identifying invertebrates as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project
#Science #NNRScience #eDNA #Norfolk

Today marks the 70th Anniversary of the declaration of England's first National Nature Reserves. Many of our NNR's are bases for scientific research, including MoorHouseNNR an outdoor laboratory for upland ecology since 1952. #NNRscience #NNRfestival

Great to have help from the #Ranger teams from NT Sizergh and NT Arnside and Silverdale today at NT Sandscale Haws NNR to help carry out our annual Coralroot #Orchid survey across the #NNR #NNR festival

As part of the #NNRFestival we'll be hosting a day of events at Wheldrake & Bank Island on 2nd July to celebrate #NationalMeadowsDay ! Alongside Yorkshire Wildlife Trust & Natural England Y&NL we'll be running lots of family friendly activities - come & discover the magic of meadows! 🌼

70 years ago today National Nature Reserves began. Today we celebrate their vital importance for nature’s recovery by declaring the huge Somerset Wetlands with six of our partners #NNR #partnership #NNR festival Natural England

2022 marks the 70th anniversary of the first National Nature Reserves in England. Our NNR in the #KentDownsAONB is #WyeNNR , a 134 hectare chalk grassland, home to
🌺 21 species of orchid
🌿 3.5km of hedgerows
🦉 50 breeding bird species
🦎 4 reptile species
#NNRFestival

We're still celebrating #NNRfestival in Lincolnshire! Our recent work with Dynamic Dunescapes Lincs Wildlife Trust Jo Blaker enabled local folk working with #children & #youngpeople to experience the #wellbeing value of Saltfleetby Theddlethorpe reserve plus take away resources & learning

Managed to fit in an early bird watch before the official launch of today’s Somerset Wetlands super NNR and the #NNRfestival

Today marks the final day of the #NNRfestival . A range of activities took place to celebrate this in West Anglia including yoga at Hatfield Forest, dragonfly safari at Wicken Fen and going inside the historic Rothschild Bungalow (pictured) at Woodwalton Fen.

📸Katy Smith

That’s a wrap for the #NNRFestival ! 👏

This summer, we held over 260 events at 80 National Nature Reserves across the country.

Thank you to everybody who participated to make it a year to remember.

Find a reserve to explore near you: gov.uk/government/col…

Sometimes it's better to slow down and take in the surrounding nature, like today at #Holmefen 🥾🥾. Lovely in all seasons but saw these today at the lake edge, so cute! Here's to another 70 years🥂Great Fen #NNRFestival NE West Anglia Team Natural England #cygnets

The only National Nature Reserve on the Isle of Wight, Newtown provides excellent opportunities for bird watching on the island.

Evidence still remains from when salt was produced here for several centuries through the evaporation of sea water. #NNRfestival

As we end a day of celebrations about the extension of #KinderScout National Nature Reserve, thanks to a declaration by Natural England, here is another look at why this place is so important for climate, nature and people.

#Kinderscout #NNRnature #NNRfestival

What does it mean to #rewild our waterways? Find out on a guided walk in the beautiful Bovey Valley Woods, #Dartmoor . Part of the #NNRFestival 70th Anniversary of National Nature Reserves. Woodland Trust🌳 Natural England- Devon, Cornwall & Isles of Scilly woodlandtrusttickets.cloudvenue.co.uk/wildwaterEDNNR

We'll be following small mammal tracks and signs at Aqualate Mere #NNR on Saturday 1st October. Drop in between 10and 2 to see what we find.
Details and Directions: [email protected]
#NNR Festival All About Newport ⭐️ Wildlife Sightings