Countryside and nature reserves

150 primary school children have been doing their bit for the environment by planting 2,500 trees. To mark National Tree Week, the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, Wyre Forest District Council organised three tree planting events with three primary schools from Kidderminster. Last Wednesday (1 December), children from St Mary’s CE Primary School created a woodland corridor ...

National charity Butterfly Conservation has praised the work of Wyre Forest District Council’s Ranger Service for the work they have undertaken to transform a former golf course and landfill site on the edge of Stourport into a haven for butterflies and moths.  A recent survey undertaken by the West Midlands branch of Butterfly Conservation found that the site now supports a hu ...

A new visitors’ car park at the popular Burlish Top nature reserve is opening on Thursday 1 April at 1pm. The car park has 50 free car parking spaces and is located on the old Barhale compound off Kingsway, Stourport-on-Severn giving visitors easy access to the popular nature reserve, woods and Burlish Meadows. In December 2020, Wyre Forest District Council’s rangers and volunt ...

Wyre Forest District Council’s rangers will be busy planting more than 18,000 trees at the former Burlish Park golf course next month. The tree planting project is a key part of a joint plan between the council and Worcestershire Wildlife Trust to create a 600-acre nature reserve in the heart of the district between the towns of Kidderminster, Stourport and Bewdley. It is hoped ...