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A537 road
The A537 is a road linking Knutsford, Cheshire and Buxton, Derbyshire.
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A54 road
The A54 road is a road in England linking Chester in Cheshire with Buxton in Derbyshire.
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Acer pseudoplatanus
Acer pseudoplatanus, known as the sycamore in the United Kingdom and the sycamore maple in the United States, is a flowering plant species in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae.
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Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete mushroom, one of many in the genus Amanita.
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Arboretum
An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees.
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Armillaria
Armillaria, is a genus of parasitic fungi that includes the A. mellea species known as honey fungi that live on trees and woody shrubs.
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Badger
Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae, which also includes the otters, polecats, weasels, and wolverines.
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Beech
Beech (Fagus) is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and North America.
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Birdwatching
Birdwatching, or birding, is a form of wildlife observation in which the observation of birds is a recreational activity or citizen science.
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Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, and in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.
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Buxton
Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England.
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Centaurea
Centaurea is a genus of between 350 and 600 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
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Cheshire
Cheshire (archaically the County Palatine of Chester) is a county in North West England, bordering Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south and Flintshire, Wales and Wrexham county borough to the west.
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Cheshire Wildlife Trust
The Cheshire Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the county of Cheshire and parts of the counties of Greater Manchester and Merseyside, England.
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Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.
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Common goldeneye
The common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes.
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Common pochard
The common pochard (Aythya ferina) is a medium-sized diving duck.
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Common sandpiper
The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader.
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Conopodium majus
Conopodium majus is a small perennial herb, whose underground part resembles a chestnut and is sometimes eaten as a wild or cultivated root vegetable.
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Dieulacres Abbey
Dieulacres Abbey was a Cistercian monastery established by Ranulf, Earl of Chester at Poulton in Cheshire.
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Digitalis
Digitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials, shrubs, and biennials commonly called foxgloves.
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Earl of Chester
The Earldom of Chester (Welsh: Iarll Caer) was one of the most powerful earldoms in medieval England, extending principally over the counties of Cheshire and Flintshire.
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Eleocharis
Eleocharis is a virtually cosmopolitan genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae.
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Equestrianism
Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, horseman, horse), more often known as riding, horse riding (British English) or horseback riding (American English), refers to the skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses.
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Equisetum fluviatile
Equisetum fluviatile, the water horsetail or swamp horsetail, is a vascular plant that commonly grows in dense colonies along freshwater shorelines or in shallow water in ponds, swamps, ditches, and other sluggish or still waters with mud bottoms.
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Eurasian blackcap
The Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) usually known simply as the blackcap, is a common and widespread typical warbler.
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Eurasian coot
The Eurasian coot (Fulica atra), also known as the common coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae.
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Eurasian siskin
The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
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Eurasian teal
The Eurasian teal or common teal (Anas crecca) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Eurasia and migrates south in winter.
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Eurasian woodcock
The Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia.
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European pied flycatcher
The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family.
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Forest Chapel
Forest Chapel stands in an isolated position in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough in Cheshire, England, within the Peak District National Park from Macclesfield.
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Fungus
A fungus (plural: fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.
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Garden warbler
The garden warbler (Sylvia borin) is a common and widespread small bird that breeds in most of Europe and in western Asia.
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Goldcrest
The goldcrest (Regulus regulus) is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family.
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Grassland
Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae); however, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs.
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Great cormorant
The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, the large cormorant in India and the black shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds.
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Great crested grebe
The great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) is a member of the grebe family of water birds noted for its elaborate mating display.
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Gritstone Trail
The Gritstone Trail, or Cheshire Gritstone Trail, is a long-distance footpath in England split into three stages.
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Heronry
A heronry, sometimes called a heron rookery, is a breeding ground for herons.
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High Peak Estate
The High Peak Estate is an area of Pennine moorland in the ownership of the National Trust in the Dark Peak area of Derbyshire, England.
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Hiking
Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks.
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Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Hyacinthoides non-scripta (formerly Endymion non-scriptus or Scilla non-scripta) is a bulbous perennial plant, found in Atlantic areas from north-western Spain to the British Isles, and also frequently used as a garden plant.
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Langley, Cheshire
Langley is a semi-rural village in the county of Cheshire, England, on the River Bollin, near Macclesfield and Macclesfield Forest.
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Larix kaempferi
Larix kaempferi, the Japanese larch or karamatsu (唐松) in Japanese, is a species of larch native to Japan, in the mountains of Chūbu and Kantō regions in central Honshū.
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Leek, Staffordshire
Leek is a market town and civil parish in the county of Staffordshire, England, on the River Churnet.
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List of long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom
The following long-distance footpaths can be found in the United Kingdom.
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Listed building
A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.
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Little grebe
The little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), also known as dabchick, is a member of the grebe family of water birds.
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Lotus corniculatus
Lotus corniculatus is a common flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to grassland in temperate Eurasia and North Africa.
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Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in Cheshire, England.
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Macclesfield (borough)
Macclesfield was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England.
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Macclesfield Forest
Macclesfield Forest is an area of woodland, predominantly conifer plantation, located around south east of Macclesfield in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, in Cheshire, England.
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Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough
Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
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Mallard
The mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Falkland Islands, and South Africa.
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Mentha aquatica
Mentha aquatica (water mint; syn. Mentha hirsuta Huds.Euro+Med Plantbase Project) is a perennial flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae.
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Moss
Mosses are small flowerless plants that typically grow in dense green clumps or mats, often in damp or shady locations.
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Mountain biking
Mountain biking is the sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, using specially designed mountain bikes.
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Nature reserve
A nature reserve (also called a natural reserve, bioreserve, (natural/nature) preserve, or (national/nature) conserve) is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.
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Oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae.
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Orienteering
Orienteering is a group of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed.
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Peak District
The Peak District is an upland area in England at the southern end of the Pennines.
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Pennines
The Pennines, also known as the Pennine Chain or Pennine Hills, are a range of mountains and hills in England separating North West England from Yorkshire and North East England.
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Persicaria
Persicaria is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae.
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Phallaceae
Phallaceae is a family of fungi, commonly known as stinkhorn mushrooms, within the order Phallales.
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Picea abies
Picea abies, the Norway spruce, is a species of spruce native to Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
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Picea sitchensis
Picea sitchensis, the Sitka spruce, is a large, coniferous, evergreen tree growing to almost 100 m (330 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter at breast height that can exceed 5 m (16 ft).
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Pinus contorta
Pinus contorta, with the common names lodgepole pine and shore pine, and also known as twisted pine, and contorta pine, is a common tree in western North America.
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Pinus nigra
Pinus nigra, the Austrian pine or black pine, is a moderately variable species of pine, occurring across southern Mediterranean Europe from Spain to the eastern Mediterranean on Anatolian peninsula of Turkey and on Corsica/Cyprus, including Crimea, and in the high mountains of the Maghreb in North Africa.
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Poaching
Poaching has been defined as the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights.
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Potentilla
Potentilla is a genus containing over 300Guillén, A., et al.
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Recreational fishing
Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing, is fishing for pleasure or competition.
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Red crossbill
The red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae, also known as the common crossbill in Eurasia.
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Red deer
The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species.
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River Bollin
The River Bollin is a major tributary of the River Mersey in the north-west of England.
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River Goyt
The River Goyt is a river in North West England.
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Royal forest
A royal forest, occasionally "Kingswood", is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, and Scotland.
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Russula emetica
Russula emetica, commonly known as the sickener, emetic russula, or vomiting russula, is a basidiomycete mushroom, and the type species of the genus Russula.
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Scirpus
Scirpus is a genus of aquatic, grass-like species in the family Cyperaceae (the sedges), many with the common names club-rush or bulrush (see also bulrush for other plant genera so-named).
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Scots pine
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) is a species of pine that is native to Eurasia, ranging from Western Europe to Eastern Siberia, south to the Caucasus Mountains and Anatolia, and north to well inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia.
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Shutlingsloe
Shutlingsloe is a hill near the village of Wildboarclough, in the east of the county of Cheshire.
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Site of Biological Importance
A Site of Biological Importance (or SBI) is one of the non-statutory designations used locally by the Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Staffordshire County Councils in England to protect locally valued sites of biological diversity which are described generally as Local Wildlife Sites by the UK Government.
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Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands is a local government district in Staffordshire, England.
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Tegg's Nose
Tegg's Nose is a hill east of Macclesfield in Cheshire, England.
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Trentabank Reservoir
Trentabank Reservoir is located within Macclesfield Forest, partly in the Peak District National Park in England, and is home to rich unimproved uplands and grasslands.
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Tufted duck
The tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) is a small diving duck with a population of close to one million birds.
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Tumulus
A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
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United Utilities
United Utilities Group plc (UU), the United Kingdom's largest listed water company, was founded in 1995 as a result of the merger of North West Water and NORWEB.
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Weasel
A weasel is a mammal of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae.
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Whaley Bridge
Whaley Bridge is a small town and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England, on the River Goyt southeast of Manchester, north of Buxton, east of Macclesfield and west of Sheffield.
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Wildboarclough
Wildboarclough is a village in east Cheshire, England, in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough within the Peak District National Park.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macclesfield_Forest
