Nature Reserves

Birches Farm boasts a stunning array of wild flowers across a patchwork of fields. The meadows and pastures are bordered by thick hedgerows and there are two ponds. The reserve is a nationally…

Bodenham Lake is an important overwintering and breeding area for birds and other aquatic wildlife, so approximately half of the site is managed as a wildlife refuge with restricted public access…

A wooded reserve showing the results of different management histories within an area.

An ancient unimproved grassland with a rich flora

A riverside common, grading into scrub and woodland along part of the route of an old tramway.

A steep sloping wood almost split in two by a deep gully

Mostly ancient grassland, with some woodland, and a variety of wildlife and plant life.

Two fields; Hampton Meadow and Big & Little Common

A narrow, steep-sided wood valley

A magical ancient woodland in the Woolhope Dome.