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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




Thursday 12 July 2012

New freshwater invetebrates tank

Malham Tarn Field Centre has the pleasure of unveiling a brand new freshwater invertebrates tank. The new Irene Cossins Malham Tarn and Beck freshwater tank has been designed and stocked by PBA Ecology in association with the Environment Agency and Natural England. This is part of ongoing freshwater biodiversity iniatives in the area.

The FSC at Malham Tarn hosts and maintains the tank as part of Freshwater Ecology courses, and our commitment to teaching about the environment and conservation.





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