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We hope to create a longer term lease soon.<\/p>\n The Church Field Nature Recovery Project is one small step we can take here in Slad to create a bit more space for nature.\u00a0 \u00a0Our aim is to secure the future of the field as a nature reserve. \u00a0It is already a special place – a mosaic of different habitats, home to a wide range of wildflowers and other flora and fauna.\u00a0 With the right management, this can be both a fantastic home for wildlife and also somewhere for local people to discover nature.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”90%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|1vw|5px|1vw|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|1vw|5px|1vw|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”|1vw|5px|1vw|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”17px|1.5vw|0px|1.5vw|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”17px|1.5vw|0px|1.5vw|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”9px|2.5vw||2.5vw|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Church Field is an area of limestone grassland and woodland that is a few acres big\u00a0 but its importance for biodiversity, connectivity with other local habitats and community access to nature far exceeds its size.\u00a0 It has a bit of everything; two streams, woodland, and wildflower rich grassland.<\/p>\n “On my recent visits to Church Field I have been delighted with the wide range of flora already present; many indicator species are found in good numbers, and through initiating a conservation grazing regime, it will flourish\u2026\u2026\u00a0 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust are delighted to support the nature reserve project at Church Field.\u201d Alan Sumnall, formerly the local land manager for GWT.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_cta title=”Will you become a Friend to the nature reserve?” button_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjE4OSJ9fQ==@” button_text=”FIND OUT MORE AND JOIN” _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _dynamic_attributes=”button_url” _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font_size=”17px” background_color=”#5B8500″ custom_button=”on” button_border_radius=”12px” button_letter_spacing=”7px” button_font=”Barlow Semi Condensed||||||||” button_icon=”||divi||400″ button_custom_margin=”-15px||||false|false” button_custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” max_width=”90%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||1vw||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n With your help we can secure the future of the nature reserve for the long term.\u00a0 We need to raise enough money annually to pay the rent, insurance and meet any maintenance costs.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_cta][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”90%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|1vw|5px|1vw|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|1vw|5px|1vw|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”-22px||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”17px|1.5vw|0px|1.5vw|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”17px|1.5vw|0px|1.5vw|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|2.5vw||2.5vw|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n In the two years since we introduced a grazing approach designed to support the field as flower-rich grassland, the range and number of flowers has already increased, they have spread further into the field and butterflies and other insects have benefited as a result.\u00a0 We were particularly pleased to see orchids returning in numbers, especially Bee Orchids.\u00a0 Our survey results show that things are improving, year on year.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#28292D” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Church Field Nature Recovery Project Will you help us make a place where nature has priority?What is the Church Field Project? Church Field is 4.5 acres of limestone grassland and woodland in Slad, Gloucestershire, running down to the Slad Brook.\u00a0 It belongs to Holy Trinity Church, Slad and we rent the field from them. We […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-256","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is the Church Field Project?<\/h1>\n
What makes Church Field special?<\/h1>\n
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What have we achieved so far?<\/h1>\n