EARL'S HILL HALLOWE'EN EVENT.

A special Hallowe'en event was held at Earl's Hill nature reserve as a 'thank you' to volunteers on our work parties. Potatoes were baked in the ashes of a bonfire, marshmallows toasted and pumpkins carved.
 

MERES AND MOSSES GRAND FINALE

Wood Lane Nature Reserve Saturday 1st September

More than 300 people came along to have a go at willow weaving, wood carving, make ladybird homes, turn wood on a pole lathe, listen to the steel band and the Weavils, eat Fordhall Farm food and parade with the caterpillar!

A wonderful day. Many thanks to Tudor Griffiths Group and Leader + for supporting the event.
 

SHREWBURY GREEN DAY

Shrewsbury Green Day was held at Shropshire Wildlife Trust's HQ in Abbey Foregate on Saturday 7 July. There were scores of stalls providing everything from information on green issues and environmentally products, to stilt walkers and a pole lathe demonstration.
 

HORSE LOGGING ON THE WREKIN

A beautiful Clydesdale horse is doing its bit to help restore the woods at Burnt Cottage on the Wrekin. The Orleton Estate, in partnership with Shropshire Wildlife Trust, The Greenwood Centre and Heartwoods is bringing new life to the woodland by bringing back the old traditional practice of coppicing. The Clydesdale is doing all the heavy work, dragging out felled birch trees.

Selective felling of trees will create sunny glades and encourage the spread of bluebells and other spring flowers. Some of the wood will be sold locally for firewood and some for woodchip. The tops of the trees will also be harvested, to be made into besom brooms, of the type that witches fly on.
 

VOLUNTEERS AT LLYNCLYS COMMON AND LURKENHOPE NATURE RESERVES
 

SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST SUPPORTERS AT WOOD LANE

A special event for some of the Trust's long-term supporters was held on June 27th at Wood Lane Nature Reserve. Amazingly, for this wettest of months, the sun shone, sky and pools took on a rare shade of blue and the sand martins whizzed back and forth to their burrows in the sand mountain.