Where nature flourishes

Across the Cotswolds there are many different and special places being cared for with nature in mind. With careful management, these places remain a special place to see wildlife often not found elsewhere.

Lakes are great for reflections
Woodchester Park   Gloucestershire

Feathered friends

A secluded valley is just the type of place to attract many species of birds. It's also a resting place for others on long distance migrations.

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Conservation grazing encourages wildflowers to grow
May Hill   Gloucestershire

Girls in May

Places like May Hill are islands of peace and quiet not just for people but for wildlife. Our volunteers have watched how careful management keeps this place very special.

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Cattle on Minchinhampton Common
Minchinhampton and Rodborough Commons   Gloucestershire

Cowpats and splats

Cattle are helping us to keep the Commons special. The cows act as natural lawnmowers keeping the land in perfect condition for the birds and butterflies, flowers and insects that live here.

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Lakes are great for reflections
Woodchester Park   Gloucestershire

Restoring a Natural Landscape

Restoring commercial forestry to native woodland and wild flower grass meadows is a long, slow job. But our current work in Woodchester Park is already attracting new wildlife.

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Wide hedges and field margins managed for wildlife create corridors between wildlife sites.
Lodge Park and Sherborne Park Estate   Gloucestershire

Keeping wildlife connected

Modern life builds barriers which can prevent wildlife moving into new areas, so we're busy reconnecting once isolated pockets of wildlife with their neighbours.

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Belties enjoying the countryside
Woodchester Park   Gloucestershire

Where's Wally?

Belted Galloways are key to recent conservation success stories in the Cotswolds. Distinctive markings make them easy to spot, yet we still end up playing ‘Where’s Wally’ with them.

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A pair of Wigeon in flight
Lodge Park and Sherborne Park Estate   Gloucestershire

Wintering waterbirds

Winter is the time to spot something unusual with wigeon and teal visiting for the winter. Swans and egrets create a splash of white among the ducks on the two rivers which flow through Sherborne.

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Corn buntings can be spotted at Sherborne
Lodge Park and Sherborne Park Estate   Gloucestershire

Up with the larks

Sherborne farmer Peter sows four tons of seeds a year – just for birds. The skylarks, yellowhammers and corn buntings all join his seed feast.

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