A NATURE reserve near Hereford is having to battle fires, out-of-control dogs, fly-tipping and vehicles being driven across the land, bosses say. Herefordshire Wildlife Trust said wildlife has been surviving at Lugg Meadows, just outside the city on the Ledbury Road, despite the problems it is facing. Bosses said the meadows are one of the few remaining places to see the rare snake’s head fritillaries flower in the wild and are also, just, home to breeding curlew – a bird now on the red list of conservation concern.
Day-trippers littered Lugg Meadows with disposable barbecues in 2020 But those who manage a proportion of the historic Lammas meadows, are more often contacted about anti-social behaviour at the nature reserve than about wildlife sightings.