Wildflowers at Sweeney Fen
Sweeney Fen hosts a very rare habitat for Shropshire – calcareous fen. Here base-rich water seeps from the limestone bedrock into the peat. Though small, the site is extremely diverse and, with…
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Sweeney Fen
This tiny fen is one of the most exquisite flower meadows in Shropshire
Chimney sweeper
This sooty-black, day-flying moth is active on sunny days, rarely settling in one place for long.
Filming for Countryfile – a day on set
You’d be surprised at how many requests we receive from Countryfile for story ideas. Well, given that it has to fill an hour of air time every week, perhaps not. This time it was for the Offa’s…
Upland calcareous grassland
Limited in distribution, this sweetly-scented, short-cropped, springy grassland is famed for its abundance of rare and scarce species.