Owned by the Woodland Trust, Wheeldon Copse until recently farmland, was hundreds of years ago part of a vast ancient forest that stretched from the Welsh hills to the Pennines. The Woodland Trust is encouraging the growth of trees and wild flowers without the extensive use of chemicals.
Uploaded to Geograph by Jeff Buck on 10 June 2015
Photo © Jeff Buck, 10 June 2015. Licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons licence