Steeple Woods
Watch your feet
The biodiversity around the Reserve isn't limited to the bigger inhabitants. If you look closely when you are walking around you'll see a...
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Steeple Woods
Dec 1, 2021
Bat Box Project update
The volunteers are working on a number of projects around the Reserve, one of which is to put up a number of bat boxes around the site to...
Steeple Woods
Nov 26, 2021
Lots of know-how
The volunteers are a clever bunch - whether it's medicinal herbs, forest schooling, tree care, horticulture, bee keeping, local history,...
Steeple Woods
Nov 26, 2021
Ponds Project update
One of the bigger special conservation projects that the volunteers, lead by Chris, have been working on is to improve the ponds and...
Steeple Woods
Nov 25, 2021
Designated paths
Looking for somewhere new to walk in the reserve? Here's all you need to know about designated paths... Public access The site is a...
Steeple Woods
Nov 25, 2021
Work Plan
The volunteers follow a seasonal workplan, with each of the different habitats within the Reserve having its own tasks. The workplan is a...
Steeple Woods
Nov 25, 2021
Cornish Black Bees
Everyone thought the British Black Bee had died out completely. Beekeepers replaced them with paler bees, the result of an extensive...
Steeple Woods
Nov 25, 2021
Mine workings at Trelyon Consols
Main features of the mine ​Trelyon Consols includes a series of mine shafts: New Shaft (to 80 fathoms below adit), Parry’s Shaft (to 30...
Steeple Woods
Nov 25, 2021
Granite marker stones
Boundary stones in Steeple Wood One of the more unusual aspects of this area is the very large number of boundary stones. The...
Steeple Woods
Nov 25, 2021
Solitary Mining Bees
Female solitary bees make their nests in a variety of places, such as hollow plant stems or tunnels in the ground. About two-thirds of...
Steeple Woods
Nov 25, 2021
History of Trelyon Consols
Victorian tin and copper miners The early history of the mine is not known, but in 1849 ‘Trelyon Consolidated Mines’ was formed, an...
Steeple Woods
Nov 25, 2021
Glossary of mining terms
Don't know your Killas from your Stope? Here's all you need to know about historic mining terms but were too afraid to ask! LODE: The...
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