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Reserve Focus - Thorne Moors National Nature Reserve

By - Peter Roworth

Thorne Moors National Nature Reserve is an area of almost 73ha (180 acres) owned and managed by the Nature Conservancy Council. It contains the best surviving example of a cut-over raised mire within the Thorne, Goole and Crowle Moors, which were once part of a huge wetland site of bog, fen and marsh known as the Humberhead Levels, situated around the head of the Humber.

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More from 'BW 2.3 - February 1991 '
Pages Title Format
131-140 Population Trends in British Barn Owls - a review of some possible causes
141-151 The Native Crayfish and Threats to its Existence Article
152-163 Land, Wildlife and Conservation in the Cairngorms
164-166 Reserve Focus - Thorne Moors National Nature Reserve Reserve Focus
167-171 Identification - Tracks and Signs of the Weasel Family Article
172-184 Wildlife reports Wildlife reports
185-191 Conservation news Conservation news
192 Twitcher in the Swamp Column
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"British Wildlife is the pulsating heart of the UK nature conservation movement."

Matthew Oates, National Trust

"The most important and informative publication on wildlife of our times"

Michael McCarthy, The Independent

"Packed with readable, thoughtful, up to date articles; written by ecologists and naturalists for ecologists and naturalists"

Nick Baker, Presenter and Naturalist

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