Clee Hill

About the Group

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View from Titterstone Clee Hill

The Group has been running since February 2012 with the aim of bringing together people interested in wildlife to do something positive for local species. The groups activity is centred on the open hill land of Titterstone Clee and Clee Hill Common, and includes the surrounding land which provides the landscape and community setting of the Hill, extending approximately as far as Knowlegate and Knowbury to the south, Bitterley to the west, Cleedownton and Bromdon to the north, and Catherton Common and Doddington to the east. Since February 2012, over 80 volunteers have been involved with five different wildlife survey groups, 20 people have helped with the general running of the group through our steering committee, and other local people have given their time to help at public meetings and events. It’s also been enjoyable and fun! Our five survey groups have focused on Lapwing & Curlew, woodland birds, butterflies and moths, Peregrine breeding, and botanical surveys of wildlife sites (see below for the survey group pages). The valuable data generated from the surveys is being used to benefit local wildlife in practical ways: help has been offered to landowners to access agri-environment schemes, new wildlife sites have been adopted by Shropshire Wildlife Trust, and practical works have been carried out on a number of local wildlife sites.