Heathland wildlife gets a boost
The team at Worcestershire’s largest nature conservation charity are celebrating after receiving the final funding needed to buy a block of land that will help them to create the county’s biggest…
The team at Worcestershire’s largest nature conservation charity are celebrating after receiving the final funding needed to buy a block of land that will help them to create the county’s biggest…
These wild, open landscapes stretch over large areas and are most often found in uplands. Although slow to awaken in spring, by late summer heathland can be an eye-catching purple haze of heather…
Volunteer and guest blogger Sue Duffield takes a look at how Dropping Well Farm and the surrounding heathland became what they are today...
Elegant, airy woodlands of silver-barked birches found across the northern uplands. Often transient in feel, with scattered trees growing over the heathy field layer of the surrounding moorland,…
Limited in distribution, this sweetly-scented, short-cropped, springy grassland is famed for its abundance of rare and scarce species.
These tiny habitats, the source of our streams and rivers, are fundamental to the well-being of whole water catchments.
These grasslands, occupying much of the UK's heavily-grazed upland landscape, are of greater cultural than wildlife interest, but remain a habitat to some scarce and declining species.
Natural Networks grants, available for projects which aim to create or restore wildlife-rich habitats, have been increased to cover 70% of the total project cost.
Work is due to get underway to restore a Wyre Forest heathland near Bewdley.
Join the local community on a walk from Bewdley to The Devil's Spittleful...
Beccy delights in meeting lots of enthusiastic people and delves into the management of heathlands...