The Parks nature reserve

The Trust has now acquired its latest nature reserve at The Parks, Dulas Court, near Ewyas Harold. Covering 44 acres (18 hectares) this fantastic unimproved lowland meadow is set in the beautiful Dulas valley. The grassland is very diverse with plants such as yellow rattle, quaking grass, burnet saxifrage, common and heath spotted orchids. Already recorded on the site is the club-tailed dragonfly that is probably using the brook in its larval stages as are otter, brown trout, kingfisher and the white clawed crayfish. There will be a more detailed article about The Parks in the next Wildside, the Trust newsletter.

Whilst the Trust has been able to draw on the generosity of two legacies from Roland Wilkes and Cyril Jarrold we have also had to empty our land purchase budget and borrow a considerable amount of money in order to purchase the land prior to auction. We now need to raise the funds to pay off the loan and to secure future management.

Click here if you would like to donate towards securing the future of The Parks reserve.