2022 is Herefordshire Wildlife Trust’s 60th birthday year – and also the year that will see us owning 60 nature reserves! Managing our reserves to offer the best habitats for wildlife is a key part of our work and something our team of reserves staff and volunteers do very well. 
However, while our reserves offer a warm welcome to birds, bees and badgers, not all are as accessible to people. We have identified sites where we want to make access and information improvements over the next three to five years (improvements we feel will be in keeping with the sensitive nature of the sites as nature reserves) - but we need to help to make it happen!

Oak Tree Farm is one of our newest sites, purchased so that we can carry out wetland creation work to create a stepping-stone for wildlife between Bodenham Lake and Wellington Gravel Pits. We are creating a series of wetland features on the low-lying areas of the reserve and wish to install a new bird hide overlooking these. 

Visitors will have access to a path running along the top of the reserve which will link to two bird hides (one already in place!) and this will give visitors the best view of the reserve and its wildlife. The rest of the reserve will be restricted and this will be a 'no dogs' nature reserve.