Wood Lane Nature Reserve faces an ongoing challenge with New Zealand Pygmyweed, an introduced aquatic plant that forms dense mats and disrupts habitats for wading birds. After spreading…

The calls of ground nesting birds such as curlew and skylark are evocative of the countryside in Spring. But their numbers are in dramatic decline and their nesting grounds are vulnerable to…

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…