'over the horizon'


Artists David Harbott, Anna Keleher and Kate Paxman are exploring the Berry Head National Nature Reserve which lies on the urban fringes of Brixham in Devon. Berry Head is a 400 million year old limestone promontary and is a designated SSSI for its nationally rare plants, its colony of horseshoe bats, the largest colony of guillemots on the South Coast and its geology. It houses the remains of 2 Napoleonic Forts which are scheduled monuments, and a vast, abandoned quarry which dates back over 300 years.
'over the horizon' is a Smooth Space project in partnership with the Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust with support from the English Riviera Global Geopark

Thursday 31 May 2012

National Vegetation Classification

The Rabbit Lawn, Berry Head.
National Vegetation Classification: CG1 Festuca Ovina - Carline Vulgaris (Portland Spurge and Autumn Squill Variant)

Portrait of a White Rock Rose, May 2012

22 hectares/54 acres of limestone grassland at Berry Head and Wall's Hill in Torbay. A particularly rare variant of Carline Thistle Fescue Turf with Portland Spurge and Autumn Squill.

The only 22 hectares on the planet.

(with thanks to Andy Byfield, Plantlife)

Kate




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