DEAN GREEN TEAM

Wildlife Conservation Group in the

Forest of Dean

Gloucestershire

Ridley Bottom Nature Reserve was donated to the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust in 1985 and is a site especially abundant in wild summer flowers. However, the hedging at the side of the fields is shading out the fields and inhibiting the growth of these flowers. We were asked to cut the hedging back and expose the site.

We had a visit from a reporter for BBC Radio Gloucester whilst we were there and he did interviews with various members of the team who talked about the work we do. There is also a feature of our team on www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk and on www.forestry.gov.uk on their current news pages.