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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, 24 October 2011

Bets on for the first snowfall!

As the time approaches when the UK gets darker and colder into the winter months, Malham Tarn staff eagerly (or some not so eagerly) await the first winter snowfall.

Bets are on for when the first snowfall will be.........

Make your guesses now and post a comment to this blog or on the Facebook group page
Malham Tarn Field Centre FSC.
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