A whole ecosystem of unique plant species and small animals can be found between the cracks of large limestone pavements, also known as grikes. One recent United Kingdom limestone pavement survey, ...

Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed mixed fortunes for one of the most distinctive landscapes in the UK. The findings, which reveal large changes since the 1970s, are from ...

Limestone pavements, and the unique plants and wildlife they provide a habitat for, are under threat in north-west England, a new study has found. Lancaster University has repeated a study, which was ...

Anyone out winter walking in the Yorkshire dales will probably be familiar with the dramatic scenery of limestone pavements. Distinctive and beautiful, they can also be found elsewhere in Britain, as ...

For a geologist, waterworn limestone pavement is the surface skin of karst, the fissured landscape of places such as the Burren. For an ecologist, it is a rare and precious habitat, cradling special ...

A farmer has been ordered to pay over €9,300 in penalties for the destruction of 10 acres of “an extremely rare and unique" limestone pavement habitat in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) on the ...

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The Yorkshire Dales has some of the most spectacular scenery in England. In this weeks' Living World, Michael Scott explores the plants of the limestone pavement with Tim Thom. Show more Nestling ...

Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed mixed fortunes for one of the most distinctive landscapes in the UK Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed ...