Clunton Coppice

This is an all season wood, wonderful at any time with ferns, mosses, woodpeckers and fungi. Especially lovely in spring when it is ringing with birdsong including wood warblers and pied flycatcher....

Eardington Nature Reserve

Eardington Nature Reserve is a 12 hectare former sand and gravel quarry most recently quarried by Lafarge Tarmac. Quarrying ceased in the mid-1990s. Following the quarry, the site was used as a ready-mixed concrete plant until 2010 when the site was finally closed....

Earl's Hill

The distinctive, humped hill roared forth from a volcano some 650 million years ago. An Iron Age hill fort was built on its lofty summit around 600 BC and in 1964 it became the Shropshire Wildlife Trust’s very first nature reserve...

Fenn's, Whixall & Bettisfield Mosses

The reserve has 18 species of bog moss, as well as many other characteristic bog plants, such as the insect-eating round-leaved sundew, and more uncommon plants. Hobby, nightjar and wintering raptors..

Venus Pool Nature Reserve

Originally a large pool in a field, probably formed when the railway embankment on the north side was built and impeded natural drainage. The land to the east was eventually quarried for the sand and gravel deposits ..

Wood Lane Nature Reserve

Wood Lane is the Tudor Griffiths Group sand and gravel extraction site near Ellesmere, Shropshire. The worked out parts of the quarry provide an exciting opportunity to enhance the whole area in terms of nature conservation and provision of various wildlife habitats...

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The Birds of Shropshire

The Birds of Shropshire provides the most comprehensive record of the County's avifauna ever published. Produced by Shropshire Ornithological Society, the book is based on the results of six years fieldwork by over 650 different observers who submitted over 333,400 records. These records have been used to produce maps showing the current distribution of almost 200 different species. Stunning images of 220 species have been contributed by 21 local photographers. The book includes an account for each species, describing its distribution and relative abundance, and the breeding status where relevant. The current breeding and winter maps will be compared with those shown in An Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Shropshire (1992) and with the Shropshire part of the national An Atlas of the Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland (1986). Historical data, and results of specific local studies, are also incorporated. For many species it will show that massive changes have occurred in their population and distribution. The book will shape conservation priorities in the County for the next 20 years.

Wild Mynd: Birds and Wildlife of the Long Mynd

The Long Mynd is the centrepiece of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). With its rich and varied flora and fauna, the Long Mynd's national importance as a nature reserve is recognised through its designation as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is one of the most important ornithological sites in the Midlands. Wild Mynd is superbly illustrated throughout with almost 200 colour photographs and especially commissioned line-drawings. It also includes annotated wildlife walks, nature through the seasons and the best places to observe the special flora and fauna. Wild Mynd is based on several years of intensive fieldwork and research by the Long Mynd Breeding Bird Project, ecologists and volunteers from the National Trust and many professional and amateur naturalists.

Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Shropshire

  • Publisher : Shropshire Ornithological Society (1 Mar. 1992)
  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 095186890X
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0951868904

Beckwith's Birds of Nineteenth Century Shropshire

  • Publisher : Holbrook Design/Shropshire Ornithological Society; First Edition (1 Jan. 2017)
  • ISBN-10 : 0954012232
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0954012236

Where to Watch Birds in the West Midlands

Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the former West Midlands County are collectively known as the West Midlands. This is a region of contrasts: from the bleak moors of Peak District to the mellow hills of the Cotswolds; or from the wooded hillsides and streams of the Welsh border country to the lush valleys of the Avon. Within its rich mosaic of habitats can be found a combination of northern species such as Twite and Black Grouse and southern ones such as Nightingale; western ones like the Pied Flycatcher and the eastern Red-legged Partridge. 

The Wildlife in Shropshire

Publisher : Shropshire Books; 1st ed edition (1 Jun. 1997)

  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0903802724
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0903802727

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