Dry Sandford Pit
A fascinating mosaic of fossil-rich cliffs, fenland with ponds and streams, grassland, scrub and woodland set in an old quarry.
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
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Parsonage Moor
A fenland wilderness rich in botanical gems, moths and dragonflies.
Dry Sandford Pit Work Party Volunteer
The work party carries out a wide range of practical tasks to maintain and enhance the reserve. This might include scrub clearance, path clearance and weed control.
No experience necessary…
Parsonage Moor Work Party
The work party carry out a wide range of practical tasks to maintain and enhance the habitats of Parsonage, including coppicing, scrub clearance, path clearance, and access works.
Everyone…
Early purple orchid
The Early purple orchid is one of the first orchids to pop up in spring. Look for its pinkish-purple flowers from April, when bluebells still carpet our woodland floors. Its leaves are dark green…
Bee orchid
The bee orchid is a sneaky mimic - the flower’s velvety lip looks like a female bee. Males fly in to try to mate with it and end up pollinating the flower. Sadly, the right bee species doesn’t…
Frog orchid
This unassuming orchid is easily overlooked. It is found patchily across the UK, but has been declining for decades.
Lizard orchid
The petals of the rare Lizard orchid's flowers form the head, legs and long tail of a lizard. They are greenish, with light pink spots and stripes, and smell strongly of goats! Spot this tall…
Pyramidal orchid
The pyramidal orchid lives up to its name - look for a bright pinky-purple, densely packed pyramid of flowers atop a green stem. It likes chalk grassland, sand dunes, roadside verges and quarries…
Green-winged orchid
A short, but pretty plant of unimproved grasslands, the Green-winged orchid gets its name from the green veins in the 'hood' of its flowers. Look for it in May and June.
Southern marsh orchid
This is probably the most widespread and commonest of the marsh orchids.
Bird's-nest orchid
The Bird's-nest orchid gets its name from its nest-like tangle of roots. Unlike other green plants, it doesn’t get its energy from sunlight. Instead, it grows as a parasite on tree roots, so…