In 2021 the Trust fitted the final piece of a jigsaw into place when it bought 95 acres of land at the heart of nature reserves owned by both the Trust and Wyre Forest District Council. This land at Dropping Well Farm created a block of over 600 acres of connected habitat and the biggest area of heathland, either mature or under restoration, in the county.

The restoration of heathland here is incredibly important; Worcestershire has lost around 98% of its heathland in the last 200 years. The Trust is already restoring heathland on adjacent fields at Blackstone Farm Fields. These fields, and those at Dropping Well Farm, are separated from the mature heathland of The Devil's Spittleful and Rifle Range by the Severn Valley Railway so restoration can, at times, prove challenging.

Join host Lee Robinson as he meets up with reserve manager Andy Harris to take a walk through this amazing landscape. You'll discover how heathland has evolved, why carpet is often found on the site, why rabbits are important and how the habitat will develop over time.