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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




Monday, 1 August 2011

Yorkshire Naturalist Union 150th Anniversary

On the 29th July to 1st August Yorkshire Naturalists Union met at Malham Tarn to celebrate 150 years of recording and conservation in Yorkshire. Around 40 people came to stay for either the day or for the whole weekend, so they could look around the Malham Tarn area. If it swam, flew, grew or died, it was counted and identified. The group set off during the day in many smaller groups to investigate things in their own field of interest.  The weekend was a great success and many of the group have promised to come back soon. Congratulations to the YNU on their Anniversary and wish them many more years of success.






If you would like to use Malham Tarn Field Centre as a venue please contact the office on 01729 830 331 or enquiries.mt@field-studies-council.org
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