Wildlife Interest Groups

Wildlife Trust - Ludlow Branch Volunteers with a whole range of interests and skills run local branches of the Wildlife Trust.  Contact your local branch to find out about how you can get involved or to join in on a guided talk.  Sue Gibson  email gibsonsue@aol.com  www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk

Shropshire Ornithological Society - Ludlow Branch  The indoor venue is held at the Bishop Mascall Centre (Ludlow Conference Centre) in Ludlow.  Meetings start at 7.30pm.  Admission is free to members. Non members welcome admission charge is £2.00. Contact  01299 271532.  www.shropshirebirds.com 

 RSPB  -  South Shropshire branch,  Meetings are held at 7.30 p.m.  on the second Tuesday in the month from September to April inclusive at Culmington Village Hall - these are usually illustrated talks on various aspects of the natural world.  Entrance is 50p to local group members and £2 to visitors, including refreshments.  All welcome - no need to be a national member of the RSPB! We also arrange leisurely wildlife walks on the third Saturday of every month except January and August, beginning at 10.00 a.m.  For directions to Culmington Village Hall and full-up-to-date information on all our activities please see our website, http://www.rspbsouthshropshire.co.uk, or contact Christine Bateman on 01584 878362.

The Friends of Whitcliffe Common  Treasurer Mrs H Bufton, 56 Greenacres, Ludlow.  www.internet-tsp.co.uk/whitcliffe/friends.html

The West Midland Bird Club.  www.westmidlandbirdclub.com

British Hedgehog Preservation Society  Based at Hedgehog House, Dhustone, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 3PL, this orgainization offers information and advice on sick or orphaned hedgehogs.  It has a wide range of leaflets including Building Hedgehog Homes and creating a wildlife garden.  Newsletters for members and a Hogalogue Catalogue selling hedgehoggy items are also available.  Tel 01584 890801  visit www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk