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Malham Tarn Field Centre, situated near Malham Tarn in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England. Follow this blog to keep up to date with current goings on at the Tarn.
The centre is run by the Field Studies Council and is popular with both geography and biology students, as well as the wider public. Opened in 1947, the Centre celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2007.Within walking distance of the Centre are famous limestone features including Malham Cove, Gordale Scar and spectacular karst landscapes. The route of the Pennine Way footpath runs very close to the buildings. Nearby habitats include limestone pavement, grazed and ungrazed grassland, woodland and species-rich fen, acid peat pools and stony hill streams. Malham Tarn itself is one of only eight upland alkaline lakes in Europe.

For more information please go to
http://www.field-studies-council.org/malhamtarn/index.aspx




Saturday 18 June 2011

June so far...

With many A level and GCSE students studying for their exams we have been busy with younger groups and University groups. Staff from the centre have taught two Open University groups as part of their Environmental Science in the Field course. Leeds and Aberdeen have also run self taught residential visits to the centre. The students undertook many different interesting projects when they were here involving catching and releasing small mammals, catching and tagging birds and bat surveys.

Heatherton House, Westholme Middle School, Priestly College, Lomond School, Queen Anne's School, Cheadle and Marple College and Cardinal Langley High School have all visited centre.

May and June have been fairly wet months, probably to make up for the near drought conditions of April. Fishing is still going well with many fishermen being sucessful.


The centre is constantly updating fixtures and fittings and we have recently made the staff common room a bit more comfortable. If you are visiting soon, we hope you enjoy it!

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