by Rea Valley | Jun 13, 2026 | Rea Valley News
On Sunday, May 17th, the Rea Valley Community Wildlife Group headed out for what was billed as the Buxton Hill stroll. The plan was to wander near Buxton Hill and Wood, where the Stiperstones quartzite ridge meets the historic Tankerville mining area. While we oohed...
by Rea Valley | Jun 13, 2026 | Rea Valley News
This event was led by Ben Holloway (RVCWG Chair), Kat Edwards-White (RVCWG Secretary) and Laura Edwards-White (RVCWG Committee Member). A huge thank you to Siobhan Reedy (RVCWG Committee Member) for enabling us to hold this event in her garden and pond area. The early...
by Rea Valley | May 22, 2026 | Rea Valley News
This RVCWG event was held in conjunction with the Rea Valley Big Green Day in Pontesbury and was led by Paul Maddox, a RVCWG member and local birder. It was also held the day before International Dawn Chorus Day which is a worldwide celebration of nature’s greatest...
by Rea Valley | May 22, 2026 | Rea Valley News
This event was led on 26th April 2026 by Kat Edwards-White, local botanist and RVCWG Secretary. A group of 15 of us gathered on a sunny morning in Brockton ready to learn all about the wildflowers in the area. Kat led the group north from Brockton along the road...
by Rea Valley | May 22, 2026 | Rea Valley News
Six of us met at the Gatten Valley Daffodil Field car park with the sun shining and a cold chill in the air. This car park has a donation box in place raising money for Marie Curie. 170,000 daffodils were planted in November 2015, and the spring of 2026 marks the...
by Rea Valley | May 12, 2026 | Rea Valley News
A Walk of Two Worlds We set off on a chilly, overcast day from the Pontesford and Earls Hill carpark heading towards the scree and woodland path. Soon we discovered some old wood with some fine black fungal fruiting bodies. These hard, fruiting bodies resemble burnt...
