Volunteer Opportunities with the Shropshire Biodiversity Partnership

Volunteer Work Parties

Butterfly Conservation are looking for volunteers at Prees Heath Reserve, North Shropshire, in autumm 2009. The tasks will include planting 20,000 heather plugs on the reserve and hand harvesting and sowing heather seed. Contact Stephen Lewis, Butterfly Conservation, on 01743 340721 or email slewis@butterfly-conservation.org

Click here to access the Prees Heath website

Get involved in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

 The Shropshire Hills AONB website provides links to a range of volunteering opportunities from practical tasks to being a volunteer tree warden.

For volunteer opportunities in the AONB click here

    Where to volunteer in Shropshire?

Visit the Shropshire Council website for information on volunteersing opportunties all across Shropshire from being a volunteer tree warden to getting involved in Heronwatch or in your local park

Click here for The Shropshire Council webpage on where to volunteer in Shropshire

 Practical conservation work parties on Shropshire Wildlife Trust Reserves 

 Shropshire Wildlife Trust runs a program of weekday practical reserve tasks with a mini-bus pickup in Shrewsbury.

For an up to date list of SWT weekday conservation tasks please click here

Species Recording Volunteers

Shropshire Wildlife Trust are looking for volunteers interested in surveying for butterfly species on SWT reserves. Any interested volunteers should contact Rhona Davies on 01743 284292.

Moth trapping event on either 24th or 25th July 2009 (date to be confirmed) on the Long Mynd. Volunteers welcome including those who have moth traps or a generator they could bring along. For more information please contact the County Moth Recorder directly at b-mcvc40@talktalk.net