Events

The 10th Anniversary of St Wulstan's Local Nature Reserve

2007 saw the local nature reserve celebrate its 10th Anniversary. It was officially opened to the public on the 25th April 1997. Originally we planned to hold a celebration event on Sunday 15th of July, but as this fell part way though this summer's rainy season we had to postpone until the 16th September. Thankfully the weather was much improved and the celebration was a great success with a fantastic number of people attending the event, which was run jointly by Worcester County Council's Countryside Service and the local volunteer group.

After the opening speech, many visitors took a guided walk around the reserve, ably led by Joe Alsop. Fun was had by families following an alphabet trail around the reserve. By necessity some clues involved finding wildlife that wasn't necessarily native, such as a zebra! One stand helped visitors make bird boxes to take away and children in particular enjoyed the hay raking activity.

Lots of interest was shown in the volunteer's display of photographs captured over the last 10 years, and in the history stand, which sparked a lot of memories from when St Wulstan's was a US Army, TB and psychiatric hospital.

One visitor to the event was Nick Baldwin, who has since supplied us with an excellent collection of photographs, many of which will appear on the gallery pages of this website. Please see the website for upcoming volunteer activities and events at the reserve and details of the history archive project.

All in all this was a fitting tribute to our local nature reserve, and the hard work over the last 10 years that has made the reserve such a fantastic place to visit. The weather was so good in fact that several people stayed well after the event had finished. To finally mark the 10th anniversary we will plant a whitebeam tree this winter, so look out for that when you next visit.

Other Events

During summer and autumn we have occasional walks and talks both at the reserve and in the village hall. Subjects have included butterflies, moths and bats, and barn owls.

We haven't any more planned at present, but if anyone is interested in organising or leading a walk or talk then please contact us.