by Rea Valley | Feb 13, 2026 | Rea Valley News
Saturday 7th February – 10am to 1pm led by a local bryologist, Dan Wrench. A group of 15 gathered on a damp morning in the Pontesford Hill Car Park armed with hand lenses and ready to learn more from Dan about the bryophytes growing locally around the hill. We started...
by Rea Valley | Feb 13, 2026 | Rea Valley News
Hosted at Habberley Village Hall, the Rea Valley Community Wildlife Group shared a round-up of 2025 activities, potential volunteering opportunities and information on walks and events taking place in 2026. Kat Edwards-White provided a welcome to 32 attendees and Ben...
by Rea Valley | Jan 31, 2026 | Rea Valley News
On a grey, foggy, damp January Sunday morning seven brave members (and one dog!) met at Mitchell’s Fold car park for a walk along Stapley and down into Black Marsh. Everyone waterproofed head to toe we proceeded through the drizzle up through the stone circle...
by Rea Valley | Jan 31, 2026 | Rea Valley News
A group of 19 of us gathered in the Stiperstones Inn car park for our last walk of 2025. As the mist covered the hills, we all decided to stick to lower ground and headed off in the direction of Buxton Wood. As we left the Inn and crossed the road, we were treated to...
by Rea Valley | Jan 31, 2026 | Rea Valley News
A walk of four bridges The site is managed by Shropshire Wildlife Trust (their first reserve in Shropshire acquired by them in 1964) and The Friends of Pontesford and Earls Hill. The twin outlines of the hills are often seen as a sleeping dragon and are made up of...
by Rea Valley | Jan 31, 2026 | Rea Valley News, Uncategorized
This month’s walk started from Snailbeach Car Park with the intention of heading straight up the hill towards Blakemoorgate Cottages, but with lots of new faces (including a well behaved inquisitive sheepdog) the first few minutes were spent on a round of...
