A local charity is calling on dog owners to keep their dogs on a lead when walking on nature reserves and in fields with livestock.

Land adjacent to a much-loved nature reserve has been saved for wildlife thanks to the support of the public and charitable funds and trusts.

Woodland birds like blackcap, chiffchaff and garden warbler are set to be helped by work that’s about to take place in a Worcestershire woodland.

Staff and volunteers at the Trust are delighted at news that dormice have been found at a new site.

Dog owners are being urged to keep their dogs on a lead when walking on nature reserves and in fields with livestock.

Work is due to get underway to restore a Wyre Forest heathland near Bewdley.

Green sandpiper, water rail, snipe, banded demoiselle and, hopefully, water vole will all benefit from work about to start at a popular nature reserve.

Orchids are starting to get their feet in the ground as part of a long-term meadow restoration project near Castlemorton.

Work to help bats as part of the restoration of a historic cottage is underway.

Almost two kilometres of fencing is being replaced on a Vale of Evesham nature reserve in order to allow livestock to graze.