6 nature reserves you haven't heard of
With spring in full swing, we’d like to shout about some fantastic nature reserves that we think you’ll love, ranging from deep in the Forest of Dean to the Frome Valley.
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People's Nature Reserve
Pledge your patch for nature and become part of the People’s Nature Reserve!
7 Top tips for visiting GWT nature reserves
We want everyone to enjoy their visit to GWT nature reserves. so we've put together seven top tips in order for you to do that.
Dead Wood Society
Dead Wood Society aims to restore deadwood habitats across Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. This is part of the broader Severn Treescapes project creating a 60-mile woodland corridor between the Lower Wye and the Wyre, for wildlife to thrive.
Withdrawal from Strawberry Banks and Pasqueflower nature reserves
In December 2018, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust took the decision to withdraw from the Strawberry Banks and Pasqueflower nature reserves.
Reserve Guardianship
If your business is based in Gloucestershire you are most likely very close to one of our 46 nature reserves. Much of this land protects vulnerable species, increases biodiversity and captures carbon emissions from our atmosphere combatting climate change.
Guided Reserve Walk - Lower Woods
A guided walk around one of our largest reserves with one of our rangers.
Wood warbler
Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive, bright yellow throat and eyestripe.
Anger over reports of hunt incursions on county nature reserves
Conservationists have reacted angrily to reports of hunts being observed on a Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust nature reserve.
The Golden Valley: helping large blue butterflies disperse through our nature reserves and beyond
In the previous two blogs we’ve learnt about the large blue’s lifecycle and how me manage our nature reserve, Daneway Banks, to make sure they have a suitable home.
Here we focus on what we…
Volunteer nature reserve wardens
Find out more about what GWT nature reserve wardens do, where they're posted and information about if we're recruiting.
Frith Wood
Frith Wood Nature Reserve is a wonderful ancient beech wood that straddles the ridge overlooking Painswick Valley and Slad Valley near Stroud.