Habitat types

Inner Marsh Farm

© Peter Twist

‘Improved’ grassland

© Peter Twist

‘Improved’ grassland in Cheshire and Wirral

 

Hedgerows

© Peter Twist

Hedgerow trees

© Peter Twist

Mixed habitats

© Peter Twist

Arable farmland

© Halton Borough Council

Arable farmland in Cheshire & Wirral

 

Overgrown marl pits

© Andy Harmer

Livestock shape the landscape

© Peter Twist

Stubble fields

© Peter Twist

Farm buildings

© Peter Twist

Heathland

© Andy Harmer

Heathland in Cheshire & Wirral

 

Unimproved grassland

© Andy Harmer

Unimproved grassland in Cheshire & Wirral

 

The eastern hills

© Sheila Blamire

The Peak District

© Andy Harmer

Cheshire’s canals

© Steve Holmes

Cheshire’s canals

© Peter Twist

Dredging deposit lagoons at Woolston

© Andy Harmer

Dredging deposit lagoons at Frodsham

© Andy Harmer

Industrial areas

© Halton Borough Council

Developed land in Cheshire & Wirral

 

Landfill sites

© Andy Harmer

Older village buildings

© Peter Twist

Cheshire villages

© Peter Twist

Actively worked sand quarries

© Peter Twist

Quarries that breach the water table

© Peter Twist

Worked-out sand quarries

© Peter Twist

Estuaries

© Halton Borough Council

The Dee estuary

© Richard Smith

North Wirral shore

© Richard Smith

Hilbre Island

© Richard Smith

Upland reservoirs

© Andy Harmer

Broadleaved woodland

© Andy Harmer

Broadleaved woodland in Cheshire & Wirral

 

The Wych vallery

© Andy Harmer

Newly-planted woodland

© Andy Harmer

Coniferous woodland in Cheshire & Wirral

 

Blakemere

© Peter Twist

Coniferous woodland

© Pat Waring

Bogland

© Andy Harmer

Bogland in Cheshire & Wirral

 

Gorse

© Andy Harmer

Wet fields

© Steve Holmes

Frost

© Sheila Blamire

Undisturbed areas of water

© Andy Harmer

Undisturbed areas of water

© Andy Harmer

Phragmites reed-beds

© Peter Twist

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