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Foundation for Common Land Butterfly Festival 2022
The ‘Our Upland Commons’ project will be a holding a series of Butterfly and Moth events between March and August this year on the Long Mynd, Stiperstones, Clee Liberty Common. Please see the attached leaflet (PDF) for more information.
We need YOU to help with the 2022 Curlew Survey!
There will be a Bird Group meeting at 7.30pm on Tuesday 22 March at Minsterley Parish Hall. Come along to find out how you can get involved. Leo Smith will be presenting a report of last years survey and explaining the process. Click HERE to download a poster. If you...
SACWG Annual Public Meeting – Agenda
The Annual Public Meeting of the Strettons Area Community Wildlife Group (SACWG) will be held in All Stretton Village Hall on Tuesday 1st March 2022. All are welcome to attend. Doors will open at 19:00 and the meeting will start at 19:30. You can download the...
Rea Valley Community Wildlife Group Annual Meeting
Come to our Annual Meeting on Tuesday 15th February 2022 at 7pm at Minsterley Parish Hall. We are very fortunate to have as a guest speaker the very talented nature photographer Andrew Fusek Peters. There will be an opportunity to find out more about the local...
Stepping Stones volunteer days – tree planting & pond digging
There are two more Stepping Stones volunteering opportunities coming-up.
Thursday 10 February
Tree planting – Belmore Farm, near Ratlinghope. 10am – 3pm.
Thursday 7 April
Pond digging – Cudwell Meadow, Church Stretton. 10am – 2pm.
Stepping Stones Webinar – The Historic Landscape of the Stepping Stones area (EXPIRED)
Book now for this Stepping Stones winter webinar. For this event, at 7.30pm on 8th February, National Trust archaeologist Janine Young will take us through some of the fascinating history and archaeology of the Stepping Stones area.
January hedge planting days – help needed! (EXPIRED)
There are two upcoming hedge planting days and the Stepping Stones project needs helpers to plant thousands of trees to create future wildlife corridors for species like the Hazel Dormouse. They will be fun sessions suitable for beginners.
Annual Public Meeting and Bird Survey Update
Here is an announcement of the upcoming SACWG 2022 Annual Public Meeting and also an update of the 2022 Bird Surveys that will be published in the February 2022 issue of the Stretton Focus magazine. Click here for an early preview! (PDF).
2022 Save our Curlews Appeal
Curlews in the Strettons 2021, plans for 2022, and the “Save our Curlews” appeal
The Strettons area Lapwing and Curlew survey is jointly organised by the Strettons area Community Wildlife Group and SOS Church Stretton branch
October Projects Update (EXPIRED)
Autumn Aliens Spotted in the Strettons! This time of year we get reports of alien type creatures appearing in housesand gardens locally. Fortunately they are all harmless creatures that are only around this time of year, but are designed to scare away predators,...