Herefordshire Local Wildlife Sites
What is a Local Wildlife Site? Plus, information for landowners in Herefordshire with a Local Wildlife Site on their land.
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Recent news stories from Herefordshire Wildlife Trust and the national Wildlife Trusts movement
My haven
I was privileged to be able to be a volunteer at the start of the Skylarks project. It was my way of “pay back” for all the time I had used Skylarks Nature Reserve before Nottinghamshire Wildlife…
City meadows to become haven for people and wildlife
Bartonsham Meadows, on the edge of Hereford City, are to become a 100-acre nature reserve, managed by Herefordshire Wildlife Trust.
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Hereford City News & Blogs
News and blogs relating to nature and wildlife in and around Hereford City
Increasingly erratic weather is impacting our local wildlife
This winter’s extensive flooding follows a summer of record high temperatures and widespread drought. Our climate crisis is already severely impacting our wildlife and our natural environments.…
Local Wildlife Sites: Updating Herefordshire’s Specially Designated Sites
Herefordshire Council are set to join up with Herefordshire Wildlife Trust in reviewing and updating the county’s designated Local Wildlife Sites. This new collaborative programme will fully…
Marmalade fly
Our most common hoverfly, the marmalade fly is orange with black bands across its body. It feeds on flowers like tansy, ragwort and cow parsley in gardens, hedgerows, parks and woodlands.
Pond Wildlife
For Day Three of #PondWeek we're taking a look at wildlife that lives in and around ponds.
Alder fly
The alder fly is a blackish invertebrate, with delicately veined wings that it folds over its body like a tent. It can be found near ponds and slow-flowing rivers; the larvae living in the silt at…
Heineken fly
A common hoverfly, the heineken fly has a distinctively long snout that enables it to take nectar from deeper flowers, reaching the parts other hoverflies cannot reach! It frequents hedgerows,…