Cabin Hill National Nature Reserve
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Overview
Cabin Hill NNR near Formby forms part of Lancashire’s Sefton Coast, the finest dune system on the northwest coast of England. This small (69 acre) but special site exhibits classic coastal succession, with intertidal sand flats and embryo dunes grading into mobile yellow dunes. Despite its comparatively small size, Cabin Hill NNR provides a variety of habitats. The beach provides vital feeding and roosting grounds for thousands of migrating and overwintering birds, including knot, grey plover and bar-tailed godwit. Tiger beetle, common lizard and the rare sand lizard are found on the dunes, and at night in late April the rare and endangered natterjack toad calls from around the fringes of the flooded slacks. On the dune pastures wildflowers include eyebright, yellow rattle, bee orchid, dune helleborine, cowslip, and fairy flax. The pastures also provide a nesting site for birds such as skylark, grey partridge, lapwing and snipe.
About the area
A metropolitan county on the River Mersey, with Liverpool as its administrative centre, Merseyside incorporates the towns of Bootle, Birkenhead, St Helena, Wallasey, and Southport. In the 19th century, Liverpool was England’s second greatest port, and the area has been affected by urban deprivation and unemployment.
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