Pine Marten appeal

Pine Marten appeal

Pine martens – England’s rarest mammals – were thought to be extinct in Shropshire since 1893, but then showed up on remote camera traps in 2015. In order to make sure they aren’t lost again, Shropshire Pine Marten Project in collaboration with...
Bracken rolling on Norbury Hill

Bracken rolling on Norbury Hill

On 2nd and 3rd August 2022, Barbara Hadrill and her horse Molly travelled from mid Wales and spent 2 days on Norbury hill rolling several acres of bracken. Bracken is a problem on the hill with about half our land (or 20 acres) dominated by it (some 2m tall). We never...
Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative Agriculture

Countryside changes: Regenerative Agriculture: Part 1 (c) Bel Myers  Soil:  Our Hidden Resource There’s a growing realisation that healthy soil is as vital to life as clean air, water and thriving ecosystems.  It provides us with food and helps to safeguard these...
Marches Meadow Group making meadows

Marches Meadow Group making meadows

St George’s Meadow Takes Root Marches Meadow Group (MMG) was fortunate to obtain funding to create a new meadow through the Green Recovery Challenge Fund award to the Stepping Stones project. MMG considered various sites but when the PCC of St. George’s Church,...
CPRE Hedgerow Heroes

CPRE Hedgerow Heroes

CPRE Shropshire’s Hedgerow Heroes project CPRE Shropshire has been running its first ever hedgerow project this season (Autumn/Winter 2021-22) in the South of the county and we’ve produced a sub 3 minute slideshow summarising what we have been up to for...