Cleaver Heath Nature Reserve
Encyclopedia
Cleaver Heath Nature Reserve is a nature reserve
in Heswall
, on the Wirral Peninsula
]], managed by the Cheshire
Wildlife Trust
.
Overlooking the Dee estuary
, the heathland features heather and bright yellow gorse in summer. A footpath runs lengthways through the reserve, to the east of which the ground is dominated by mature heather, with sphagnum mosses also present. The surrounding woodland is dominated by birch and oak, along with rowan
and holly. Common lizards bask on the sandy paths; butterflies and a range of birds inhabit the woodlands.
Nature reserve
A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...
in Heswall
Heswall
Heswall is a town in Wirral, in the county of Merseyside, England. Administratively, it is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. At the time of the 2001 Census, the total population of the ward was 16,012 , which included the nearby villages of Barnston and Gayton...
, on the Wirral Peninsula
Wirral Peninsula
Wirral or the Wirral is a peninsula in North West England. It is bounded by three bodies of water: to the west by the River Dee, forming a boundary with Wales, to the east by the River Mersey and to the north by the Irish Sea. Both terms "Wirral" and "the Wirral" are used locally , although the...
]], managed by the Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
Wildlife Trust
Cheshire Wildlife Trust
The Cheshire Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the county of Cheshire and parts of the counties of Greater Manchester and Merseyside, England...
.
Overlooking the Dee estuary
Dee Estuary
The Dee Estuary is a large estuary by means of which the River Dee flows into Liverpool Bay. The estuary starts near Shotton after a five miles 'canalised' section and the river soon swells to be several miles wide forming the boundary between the Wirral Peninsula in north-west England and...
, the heathland features heather and bright yellow gorse in summer. A footpath runs lengthways through the reserve, to the east of which the ground is dominated by mature heather, with sphagnum mosses also present. The surrounding woodland is dominated by birch and oak, along with rowan
Rowan
The rowans or mountain-ashes are shrubs or small trees in genus Sorbus of family Rosaceae. They are native throughout the cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in the mountains of western China and the Himalaya, where numerous apomictic microspecies...
and holly. Common lizards bask on the sandy paths; butterflies and a range of birds inhabit the woodlands.