SWT Cannock Group Workparty: Shoal Hill Common
SWT Cannock Group: Social Evening with Fun Quiz
SWT Cannock Group Workparty: Shoal Hill Common
SWT Cannock Group: Talk: 'Damsels in Distress'
Wolseley Guided Walk - part of #WildFest2015 supported by Crayfish Design
Join our Wolseley Warden, Vicki Liu for a guided walk around our beautiful grounds. Booking essential.
Why not make a day of it and come to our Strawberry and cream Tea in our Summer Marquee situated on Park Bank- £3.00 entry which includes your first hot drink and scone free
This event is part of #WildFest2015 which is supported by Crayfish Design.
SWT Cannock Group Workparty: Shoal Hill Common
Discovering Butterflies - Identification training day
Shropshire Wildlife Trust were kindly awarded funding from WREN ( http://www.wren.org.uk/) to restore and maintain the Oswestry hills landscape to ensure it is an enriched habitat for a range of species and in particular butterflies.
Join butterfly expert Dr Simon Spencer and Shropshire Wildlife Trust reserve officer Gareth Egar for an informative day of identification of butterflies that inhabit north Shropshire.
Volunteer Work Party: Heathland management
Please let the work party leader know if you would like to attend so we can estimate numbers and tools required. Text message is best as Rangers are often out on site with no easy phone or email access.
If you are not already a registered volunteer, or need more information, please call the Volunteering Team on 01483 795464 or email volunteers@surreywt.org.uk to join.
Chicken of the Woods
It is easy to spot this distinctive bracket fungus with its bright sulphur yellow colour. It grows often quite high up on the trunks of standing deciduous trees typically oak. It gets its name from the texture of its flesh which is said to resemble cooked chicken. It is also called the sulphur polypore.
Fungi are an important part of our woodland ecology, helping to recycle nutrients from dead or decaying organic matter. Many animals depend on them, too. The Wildlife Trusts look after many woodland reserves, managing them for the benefit of the wildlife present, often leaving standing and fallen dead wood which supports fungi. You can help by having log piles and dead wood in your own garden to encourage fungi. In partnership with the RHS, The Wildlife Trusts' Wild About Gardens initiative can help you plan your wildlife garden.
Eye Lash Fungus
You might easily overlook this tiny cup fungus that grows in damp places on rotting wood. Its tiny scarlet red shallow cups - up to about 1cm across- with their distinctive fringe of black hairs gives rise to its name of eye lash fungus. Common and widespread.
Fungi are an important part of our woodland ecology, helping to recycle nutrients from dead or decaying organic matter. Many animals depend on them, too. The Wildlife Trusts look after many woodland reserves, managing them for the benefit of the wildlife present, often leaving standing and fallen dead wood which supports fungi. You can help by having log piles and dead wood in your own garden to encourage fungi. In partnership with the RHS, The Wildlife Trusts' Wild About Gardens initiative can help you plan your wildlife garden.
