Click here to read the latest update from Friends of the River Wye – Kingfishers, Pollution and Political Change
Click here for details of the next talk being offered by HWT City Branch on Herefordshire’s Local Wildlife sites. Tuesday 18th March 7.00 – 9.00pm
29/08/2024
On 7th September, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust are asking the people of Herefordshire to join in with a Day of Action for Herefordshire’s rivers, streams and wetlands and be a part of the restoration of the rivers and streams from the mighty River Wye to the streams and brooks running though the county’s towns and villages. Join HWT in the heart of the county, Hereford where they are pledging to create a new urban wetland for the city. Or, head north to Wellington in the Lugg Valley to learn how landowners and communities are collaborating on wetland creation and natural flood management.
29/08/2024
Yazor Brook Wildlife Safari with Tim Kaye of CLaN CIC on the 8th September 2pm – 5.00pm. Click here for more details.
22/08/2024
On 7th September, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust are asking the people of Herefordshire to join in with a Day of Action for Herefordshire’s rivers, streams and wetlands and be a part of the restoration of the rivers and streams from the mighty River Wye to the streams and brooks running though the county’s towns and villages. Join HWT in the heart of the county, Hereford where they are pledging to create a new urban wetland for the city. Or, head north to Wellington in the Lugg Valley to learn how landowners and communities are collaborating on wetland creation and natural flood management.
Fun By The Brook at The Rose Gardens off Ledbury Road, Hereford, this Saturday 24th August 2pm – 4.30pm. Click here for more details. Yazor Brook Wildlife Safari with Tim Kaye of CLaN CIC on the 8th September 2pm – 5.00pm. Click here for more details.
Welcome to St James and Bartonsham Community Association – JABA for short – who have just renewed their membership of HGN . The association is a is a group of local residents dedicated to enhancing the well-being of the community. Next BALSAM BASH – Bishop’s Meadow Sat. July 15th 10.30 – 12.30 Meeting at the Victoria Bridge at 10.30am and ‘bashing’ till 12.30pm. Himalayan balsam is an invasive species that crowds out native plants and erodes the riverbank. Each plant has about 800 seeds spreading up to 7 metres away! Help us save our riverbanks by pulling it up! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To join, or re-join Herefordshire Green Network, follow
A new film documenting the evolution of The Knepp Estate in West Sussex from intensively worked and sprayed farmland which supported very little in the way of wildlife to a rewilded area full of birds, butterflies, insects, native mammals, plants and all the complexity of a fully functioning ecosystem is currently in cinemas: it is on at The Courtyard in Hereford on Tuesday 16th July. Although a somewhat uncritical look at the project, it is worth seeing for a reminder of just how much wildlife we have lost, and also the stunning photography – the Hobby catching the
Although HGN is a non-political organisation, we extend our congratulations to Dr Ellie Chowns, long-term supporter of the network, on her success at becoming MP for the Green Party in North Herefordshire in the general election and to Jesse Norman for retaining his seat of Hereford and South Herefordshire.
Join Jenni Stuart Anderson at Rose Tinted Rags on Thursday 20th June for a rag-rug making workshop. Full details can be found on their Facebook page.
