Herefordshire Wildlife Trust

29/10/2026

Join us for some WILDPLAY in Hereford tomorrow.

Tomorrow in Hereford!
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29/10/2026

🍂 Yazor Brook Community Day 🍂

Armed with litter pickers, enthusiasm, and plenty of community spirit, volunteers came together in Hereford to give this much-loved local brook some well-deserved TLC. In just a few hours, an impressive amount of litter was removed and overgrowth cleared, helping to make the area cleaner and safer for both people and wildlife.

Thanks to everyone's efforts, we removed:

🗑️ 11 bags of litter
🔶 1 traffic cone
📦 1 container
🚧 1 barrier

Yazor Brook is more than just a waterway. It's an urban nature haven, home to everything from freshwater shrimp to kingfishers. Community action like this plays a huge role in protecting these special spaces and ensuring they remain places where both nature and people can flourish.

A massive thank you to the Herefordshire Community Clean Up Group, Yazor Brook Restoration Group, Hereford City Branch, and everyone else who braved the drizzle, rolled up their sleeves, and helped make a difference.

💙 And a special thank you to Helping Hand Environmental for their generous donation of litter pickers and bag hoops, helping to make days like this possible. 💙

🌊 Want to play a part in protecting Hereford's waterways? There are plenty of opportunities to get involved through future Hereford ~ River City events. Whether you're interested in practical conservation, community clean-ups, citizen science, or simply spending time outdoors with like-minded people, every contribution helps create healthier rivers, brooks, and green spaces for people and wildlife.

🌿 Looking for a way to get started? Why not join Hereford City Branch's Friday work parties and help care for local nature and green spaces throughout the year. Every helping hand counts, and together we can make a lasting difference.

Find out more and explore upcoming opportunities via our website (link in Linktree).

This event was delivered as part of Hereford ~ River City, with thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund. 💚

28/10/2026

Woolhope Dome Community Discovery Day: Saturday 7th November

Join CEO Saul Herbert and Nature Reserves Officer Rosie Wilson to hear more about our five nature reserves within the Woolhope Dome landscape and our future plans - including our current fundraising appeal to purchase two new sites.

Presentation at 11am - but drop in any time between 10am and 1pm to chat with staff and find out more.

Venue: Woolhope Parish Hall, Martins Close, Woolhope, Herefordshire, HR1 4QS

All welcome, teas and coffees and cakes served. No booking required.

28/10/2026

Our amazing WILDPLAY team are in Ross this morning and in Hereford on Friday. Come along and join in! All sessions free of charge, just pop along and prepare to get a bit muddy!

Happy Half term!
Free WildPlay community sessions. No need to book, just come along, suitable for all children under 13 years.
🍀Tuesday 27th - Leominster - Ridgemore Road play park 10-12 and Barons Cross 1-3pm
🍀Wednesday 28th - Ross on Wye - Caroline Symonds Garden 10-12
🍀Friday 30th - Hereford - Belmont Pools play park 10-12, Northolme Community Centre 1:30-3:30
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27/10/2026

*Nature Reserve Notes: Tretawdy Farm*

Last month, the volunteers group got stuck in clearing bracken and bramble from one of the steep fields known as The Pleck. In summer this slope is covered in bird's-foot-trefoil and butterflies, so well worth the effort!

Tretawdy Farm nature reserve is managed as pasture and traditional hay meadow. A small stream, Slutty Brook, runs through the reserve. We are gradually enhancing the meadows, the hedgerows and the stream for wildlife.

A good range of wildflower species is found here including yellow rattle, knapweed, lady's mantle and common spotted orchid. Our ongoing management will significantly increase the number and diversity of species of both grasses and flowers which, in turn, will support more pollinating insects, small mammals and other invertebrates.

27/10/2026

We're playing in Ross tomorrow!

TOMORROW!
Your Herefordshire Ross-on-Wye

26/10/2026

💚Membership Monday💚

Every nature reserve we care for is a place where wildlife has room to thrive. Every habitat we restore creates opportunities for nature. And every person who gets involved helps build a wilder Herefordshire.

Our members are part of making this happen.

Your support helps Herefordshire Wildlife Trust care for our nature reserves, protect habitats, support wildlife and bring people closer to the natural world.

From woodland and wildflower meadows to wetlands and grasslands, together we're helping make space for nature across our county.

💚 Thank you for being part of it.

24/10/2026

Our fundraising appeal is off to a fantastic start, having already raised over £100,700!

Our goal is to raise £400,000 which will allow us to purchase, restore and welcome visitors to Pear Tree Walk and Church Wood - two very special sites within the Woolhope Dome landscape in Herefordshire. 🌳

Find out more and donate via our website 💚

23/10/2026

Many hands made light work at our Yazor Brook Riverfly survey this week!

Local children joined the River City team and volunteers to help identify riverflies and learn how these incredible creatures help us understand the health of our waterways.

Despite a year of extreme weather, we found:
• 5 damselfly larvae
• 4 true mayfly larvae
• 1 olive mayfly larva
• Lots of freshwater shrimp
• Water mites
• Snails
• And even 1 leech!

A huge thank you to our volunteers and citizen scientists who carry out monthly Riverfly surveys across Hereford. Their work creates valuable long-term data that helps us keep track of the health of local rivers and brooks. All data is available on the Riverfly website via the link in our Linktree.

Interested in getting involved? We're recruiting volunteer Habitat and Species Recorders to help monitor local wildlife and waterways across Hereford. Find out more about this role and the Hereford ~ River City project via the Linktree in our bio.

This event was run as part of Hereford ~ River City, with thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

22/10/2026

Threat to Lugg Meadows SSSI

The Inquiry relating to planning application 240422 - Land to the East of Hereford, South of Ledbury Road (A438), Hereford starts on Tuesday 10th November at Chapter House, Belmont Abbey.

The original planning application was refused by Herefordshire Council for a number of reasons including the significant impact this would cause to the ecology of the Lugg Meadows SSSI.

We believe that it is highly likely that a large new housing development bordering the Lower Lugg Meadows will significantly increase visitor numbers to both Lower and Upper Lugg Meadows. The result of this will be:

❗️increased disturbance of wildlife, ground nesting birds in particular
❗️ground impaction, which impacts the flora, reducing diversity
❗️changes to the soils owing to volume of dog poo deposited, increasing nutrient levels which affect the flora and ultimately the River Lugg.

In addition, with a housing development so close to the site, there will be an increase in noise and light pollution and a likely increase in predation of small birds and mammals from domestic cats.

Lugg Meadows are historic Lammas Meadows, a part of Hereford’s social and natural history and a living celebration of the county’s rural heritage. To desecrate them would be to reject all the things we love about this special county.

We look forward to presenting our position to the government’s Inspector next month.

You can find out more about the case via Herefordshire Council’s planning portal on their website.