The Betts by Carol Dixon
The Betts Reserve
This tiny part of the important Wyre Forest consists mainly of oak, hazel coppice, alder and ash.
Location
Off minor road leading from Far Forest to Kinlet
Bewdley
Worcestershire
DY14 8NR
Know before you go
Dogs
When to visit
Opening times
Dawn to duskBest time to visit
All year roundAbout the reserve
The wood is managed carefully to maintain a mix of high forest, coppice and open glades for birds and small mammals, including dormice. Visitors may be rewarded with glimpses of nutchatches, great spotted woodpeckers and summer warblers. There are many bird boxes to encourage hole-nesting birds (including owls), bats and even dormice.
The Lem Brook, a tributary of Dowles Brook, is used by dippers, grey wagtails and kingfishers. Visitors should also keep a lookout for brimstone, holly blue, red admiral and speckled wood butterflies throughout summer.
The reserve was purchased in 1983 and named in the memory of the late John Betts, a founder member of the Trust.
