Bats!

In the summer, Church Stretton Cubs did a geat job of constructing a dozen bat boxes, which were then installed in trees on our eastern boundary.

In September we led two bat events, one for the Cubs and one for supporters, to help people learn about the bats at High Leasowes. There will be more on this in our next newsletter.  

Floral diversity - September 2025

In September volunteers scattered yellow rattle seed to help decrease the vigour of the coarser grasses. We also strimmed a number of circles to reduce the thatch and seeded a range of native, local seed into these areas. Finally, volunteers planted a number of plug plants such as viper's bugloss and ragged robin ino the damper areas. We hope this work will lead to a further increase in the range of plants that grow at High Leasowes.  

Moth trapping - July 2025

Over two dozen people were captivated by the moths trapped by County Recorder Mike Shurmer. A full report is available here. 

AGM - June 2025

On June 7th sixty people attended our first AGM and listended to our reports as well as our guest speaker Rachel Glover from Shropshire Hills National Landscape. Lots of cake was enjoyed too!

More information here.