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Hello and welcome to Stort Valley Wild
Press Release - Laura Slater, Hatfield Forests Community Warden - June report now available. You can visit Laura's page HERE
Discover a secret world of great beauty and add your photographs, information and comments to our community website. You can view members photographs and comments, ask questions and share with others the wildlife that you have seen in the wonderful wild Stort Valley!
We also have a Flickr gallery of some of your photographs here
From its source near Langley, the Stort has created a wonderful valley of water meadows and rich farmland. Flowing through Clavering, Manuden and Stansted, it becomes a canal at Bishop's Stortford and then goes on through Sawbridgeworth and Harlow before meeting the Lea between Stanstead Abbots and Roydon. Ancient woods like Birchanger, Hatfield and Epping Forest are havens of peace while the sheltered valley provides a safe corridor for migrating birds. The valley of the River Stort is a wonderful place for wildlife despite its proximity to Stansted Airport and the M11. Even in the large towns of Harlow and Bishop's Stortford, orchids and other wild flowers can be found growing in odd corners and in our woods and fields. Ancient trees survive in many secret locations while the road verges, rail embankments and canals provide special habitats for wildlife. We also have wonderful reserves such as Sawbridgeworth Marsh and Hunsdon Mead.
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