We are very pleased to confirm that nest boxes that we have been installing in Cotton Dell in recent years have been very successful this year and we have achieved the goal of encouraging pied flycatchers to nest.
Today Staffordshire Wildlife's Nick Mott made a return visit to a Churnet Valley Living Landscape Partnership project that was initiated in 2016 during the programme funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Nick Mott, Staffordshire Wildlife's ecologist, has been out and about in the Churnet Valley. These are some photos of the invertebrates he found. Have you seen any of these?
It’s been 10 years since we created the grassland on the restored slopes of the Lafarge quarry at Cauldon and the number of botanical species continues to increase.
The Common Butterwort, or Pinguicula vulgaris, is not common in Staffordshire. In fact, it is one of our rarest plants. Nick Mott, Staffordshire Wildlife's ecologist, found this specimen when he visited the Weaver Hills recently.
