This year National Tree Week will take place between 28th November and 6th December. In order to help celebrate the occasion, World Land Trust has issued a new Kites Hills Guide which has been designed to encourage people to visit and enjoy this ancient beech woodland.
Celebrating 40 years
National Tree Week has been taking place since 1975 and is now in its 40th year. The event is one of the UK’s largest celebrations dedicated to trees and stresses just how important it is to plant trees during the winter season. World Land Trust wants to be able to emphasise just how beautiful and important the UK woodlands are through the new Kites Hill Guide.
Kites Hill given as a gift
Located in the Cotswold countryside and covering 40 acres, Kites Hill was given as a gift to World Land Trust by Jane Pointer who desired to see it protected during her lifetime. The nature reserve is now owned by World Land Trust and is managed in collaboration with Gloucestershire branch of The Conservation Volunteers. All visitors to the reserve are given free entry throughout the year.
Nature trail
The new Kites Hill Guide highlights various trails through the reserve which is designed to show to visitors the different habitats within the reserve. Visitors will be able to see meadows, woodland, beech and pond. The guide has been written to serve as a compliment to four different notice boards that are displayed at various points around the nature reserve.
Donate today
For World Land Trust to preserve the natural habitat and add to its biodiversity the organisation has also provided breeding sites throughout Kites Hill for butterflies, bats and owls that has all but disappeared from the reserve. In 2009 a wildlife pond was created that attracts invertebrates and other pond life. World Land Trust wants to raise money to manage and improve the reserve for wildlife and the general public can support the effort by donating to World Land Trust Action Fund
