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   Herefordshire
Wildlife Trust
Creating a wilder Herefordshire
Herefordshire Wildlife Trust’s vision is for a Herefordshire richer and more diverse in wildlife, bringing its people closer to nature. Herefordshire has some wonderfully wild places to explore: ancient woodlands and river valleys, old orchards and wildflower meadows but its vital that we protect and celebrate these special
places – and create many more!
The Trust manages 55 nature reserves across Herefordshire and touring our nature reserves is a fantastic way to discover the wild side of Herefordshire.
Not to be missed are the Lugg Valley wetland sites: Lugg Meadow and Bodenham Lake, the Golden Valley meadows such as Christopher Cadbury Meadow and Crow Wood Meadow and the reserves within the patchwork landscape of the Woolhope Dome such as Lea and Paget’s Wood and Wessington Pasture. Our largest reserve, Queenswood Country Park & Arboretum, offers a complete day out with a Gruffalo Trail and woodland playground for younger visitors, miles of woodland walks for longer legs and a glorious Arboretum.
Outside of our reserves, we are restoring wildlife habitats across the county. In recent years we have recovered a network of ponds across Bromyard Downs and Bringsty Common as part of the Pooling Together project and this year are exploring and reinstating or restoring many Ice Age kettle hole ponds which have been slowly disappearing from the north east of the county.
Herefordshire Wildlife Trust is supported by over 5,000 members and 300 volunteers, without whom, our work for wildlife would not be possible.
Please join us today to help make Herefordshire wild!
You can find out more about the Trust and our work, plus guided walks, craft workshops and family activities at: www.herefordshirewt.org
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