Two lots of visitors, in fact.

The first group call themselves the Joy of Wildlife and they like to descend on a spot in order to identify as much invertebrate life as they can find. If you like ticks, flies, beetles and weevils, here is a slightly tongue in cheek account by David Williams of their visit to the quillets on 12th May: Wrekin Forest Volunteers: Uphill Struggle There are some very good close-up photos of what they found.

As for the second group, Anthony Morgan writes: ‘It was a beautiful day on 15^th May when when six members of the Church Stretton Tree Group were welcomed to the Redlake Valley.  The countryside was looking its best in the spring sunshine and blackcaps were singing as we admired the view of the wood across the river.  In Brineddin the bluebells were in bloom, shaded from the full force of the sun by the fresh green leaves of the trees above.  In the area where trees had been felled 18 months previously there had been dramatic growth of the ground vegetation since earlier in the year.  At first glance it looked as though bracken had taken over – but with a bit more careful observation the newly germinated acorns could be seen everywhere, new branches from the coppiced oak and hazel stools were standing out above the bracken and it was obvious that things were growing apace.  Orange tip butterflies were flitting about in the sunny light and to the delight of everyone a pied flycatcher was seen visiting the nest box in the middle of the area.  Increasing biodiversity was fully in evidence!  Everyone had an enjoyable time and it was a pleasure to show off our woodland and the efforts being made to enhance its environmental value.’