The Waterside Care Group who maintain Hatchford Brook and the surrounding areas of Sheldon Country Park have increased their areas of responsibility to include the airport viewing area near to Marston Green. Following the opening of the new cycle path our Waterside Care group team are now covering a wider area within the same weekly…

Highbury Orchard CIC is a not-for-profit company set up to reconnect people and land, the orchard is tucked away in a corner next to Highbury Park. The permaculture project includes a Forest Garden and woodland activities such as woodcrafting and outdoor learning for children. Highbury Orchard CIC is run partly as a volunteer project, and…

Highbury Park Friends is a voluntary group dedicated to the preservation, improvement and enjoyment of the park. Highbury Park is home to abundant wildlife and plant species – woodland, aquatic and other birds, pond animals, and the largest variety of trees of any park in Birmingham. The park has a rich history, containing evidence from the…

Hill Hook Local Nature Reserve is located in Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. This hidden oasis of green, bordered by residential streets, is an outstanding site with a wide variety of habitats ranging from grassland, scrub and dry woodland to open water, marsh and alder carr woodland. This provides habitat for a wide variety of…

Hodge Hill Common is a small area of historic common land in East Birmingham. The site is semi-wild, made up predominantly of dry acid grassland (an ecologically valuable habitat which is uncommon in Birmingham) with some planted trees and colonising scrub and saplings. The Common was well used by the local community in the past…

Just 4 miles from the city centre, lying between the Pershore Road and Moor Green Lane, this site is regarded as Birmingham’s hidden gem. Alongside the playing fields lies a rich and diverse natural habitat including the River Rea, hedgerows, scrubland (in Brockley Grove) and Holders Woods, which is ancient woodland and designated as a…