Whitchurch Branch

Volunteering opportunities

Greenfields Local Nature Reserve working parties on the third Tuesday of the month: 9.30 am - 3.30 pm. New volunteers always welcome.
Butterfly surveys at Greenfields on 3rd Friday from March to October: 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Visit the Greenfields LNR Facebook page.

Upcoming events

All talks start at 7.30 pm at Whitchurch Infant & Nursery Academy off Station Road, SY13 1RJ [Grid ref SJ 547 413] Wildlife Trust members £3, Non-members £4, u18s £1, incl tea/coffee from 7.15pm

Tuesday 17th December - Work party at Greenfields Local Nature Reserve - details above

Wednesday 8th January 2020 - Bring Back the Beavers - Stuart Edmunds of Shropshire Mammal Group & Shropshire Wildlife Trust. Read more

Wednesday 12th February - Pipistrelles to Horseshoes - Mike Worsfold of Shropshire Bat Group

Local wildlife

Whitchurch is well known for being at the centre of a significant local water vole population. One place you might see these iconic creatures is in the brook under the footbridge between White Lion Meadow car park and the swimming pool.
Greenfields Local Nature Reserve This SWT reserve on the western edge of town near the Llangollen Canal is managed by the Whitchurch Branch.
Melverley Meadows [SWT Reserve] is about 3 miles south east just outside the village of Ash.
Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve, home of the current BogLIFE project to restore the Marches Mosses, is only a few miles to the south west of town.
Prees Heath Common, Butterfly Conservation's reserve for the silver-studded blue butterfly is just 2 miles to the south.
Brown Moss [Shropshire Council countryside site] lies a mile to the south east.