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Whisby Nature Park
Nature Reserve Information
	Site Description and Facilities
	Environmental Education
	Events
	Reserve Maps
	Whisby Natural World
Latest news
	Dave’s Island, Thorpe Lake
	Artificial Sand Martin Cliff
	Sycamore Removal Completed
	Path Improvements
	Crassula - An Alien Waterweed
	Hidden Pond Fen, Magpie Walk
	Whisby Nature Park Bird Report 2009
	Wildlife in January 2010
	Wildlife in February 2010
	Wildlife in March 2010
	Wildlife in April 2010
	Wildlife in May 2010
	Wildlife in June 2010
Management for Biodiversity
	Introduction
	Wetlands - the crucial questions
	The Wetlands of Whisby Nature Park
	Grasslands - the crucial questions
	The Grasslands of Whisby Nature Park
	Woodlands - the crucial questions
	The Woodlands of Whisby Nature Park
The Butterflies of Whisby Nature Park
	Introduction
	General flying times and likely places to find each species
	Occasional butterfly sightings at Whisby Nature Park
	Checklist for you to mark each species as it is observed
Wildlife Highlights at Whisby Nature Park 2007
	Whisby Wildlife Highlights 2007
Wildlife Highlights at Whisby Nature Park 2008
	Whisby Wildlife Highlights 2008
Wildlife Highlights at Whisby Nature Park 2009
	Whisby Wildlife Highlights 2009

 

 

Shetland Cattle settle in at Whisby Nature Park

The Shetland Cow has suffered because of the almost universal switch to intensively reared animals and has now become an endangered breed, but it is very successful for conservation grazing which is vital to maintain grassland habitats at Whisby. The breed in Shetland is thought to date back to roughly 1000 A.D. when it may have been introduced by invading Vikings. Our animals are currently to be seen in the Grazing Marsh, as shown in the photograph on the left, and at Teal Lake.