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Miners Rest
A mixed deciduous woodland containing some old Beech with some open rides and coppiced clearings.
Shropshire Wildlife Trust
Shropshire Wildlife Trust protects wildlife where you live. We are the county's leading environmental charity, supported by 11,000 members.
Shropshire Pine Marten Day
Join mammal expert Stuart Edmunds to learn about our woodlands and their elusive inhabitants, especially the pine martens.
Wild Weekends: Pine martens in the Shropshire Hills
Join wildlife expert Stuart Edmunds to learn about pine martens and look for signs of them in the Shropshire Hills.
Mason's Bank
An upland heath, regenerating after conifer removal
Red mason bee
The red mason bee is a common, gingery bee that can be spotted nesting in the crumbling mortar of old walls. Encourage bees to nest in your garden by putting out a tin can full of short, hollow…
Bee Creative in the Garden!
The Royal Horticultural Society and The Wildlife Trusts launch gardening campaign to help wild bees
Patchwork leaf-cutter bee
The appearance of semi-circular holes in the leaves of your garden plants is a sure sign that the patchwork leaf-cutter bee has been at work. It is one of a number of leaf-cutter bee species…
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Red-tailed mason bee
Also known as the two-coloured mason bee, this beautiful bee is famous for nesting in old snail shells.
Garden bumblebee
Unsurprisingly, the garden bumblebee can be found in the garden, buzzing around flowers like foxgloves, cowslips and red clover. It is quite a large, scruffy-looking bee, with a white tail. It…