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Brown trout
A fierce predator of small fish and flying insects, the brown trout is widespread in our freshwater rivers. It is has a golden body, flanked with pale-ringed, dark spots.
Rainbow trout
With a silvery body, and purple, pink and bluish streaks down its flanks, the rainbow trout lives up to its name. Popular with anglers, it is actually an introduced species in the UK.
Frith Wood
Frith Wood Nature Reserve is a wonderful ancient beech wood that straddles the ridge overlooking Painswick Valley and Slad Valley near Stroud.
A new guardian for Frome Banks nature reserve
Management of Frome Banks nature reserve has been handed over to Stroud Valleys Project, a charity originally founded in 1988 to help protect the industrial heritage of Stroud and its five valleys…
The Accidental Conservationist
Amanda Lawrence lives, works and gets distracted by wildlife in the Slad Valley, near Stroud. She is a full-time glass artist and part-time wildlife surveyor and scrub basher, helping to run…
Snows Farm
Snows Farm is a beautiful traditional grassland that comes alive with flowers and butterflies in spring and summer.
It's situated at the head of the Dillay Valley and is about three…
The unseen threats to Meadow Clary
Gloucestershire is home to some marvellous meadows and Stuart Fawkes nature reserve is no exception. Alan Sumnall, Stroud Valleys Reserve Manager talks about a threatened species of flower at the…
South Cotswold nature reserve group
Support the management of our nature reserves in and around the Stroud area.
Laurie Lee Wildlife Way
Many people head for the Lake District, Snowdonia and the Yorkshire Dales to walk within awe-inspiring landscapes, but equally breath-taking views are ours to enjoy much closer to home. The Laurie…
Swallowtail
The exotic and beautiful Swallowtail is the UK's largest butterfly. A strong flier, residents can be spotted over wetlands in Norfolk during summer. Migrants occasionally appear in southern…
St George's mushroom
A lovely pale cream colour to begin with these stout mushrooms begin to turn a buff colour and the cap surface will crack as they age.