Granville is a large and wildlife-diverse nature reserve. Nature is reclaiming it after centuries of industrial activity, which finally ceased when Granville, the last deep mine in the county, closed down in 1979, bringing to an end more than 700 years of coal mining in the area. The trees looked magical in the shifting light yesterday.
A Blackcap enjoyed the last light of the day and, while a female Moorhen protected her offspring, the male delivered various morsels to her. They are nesting in Bog bean (Menyanthese trifoliata) a good native plant that forms floating mats providing nesting sites for birds and egg laying sites for dragonflies.
