The MHG WW1 Studies Team have recently updated the WW1 Casualty List for the village to include all the casualties who were born in or lived in the village at the time of the Great War.
2017 05 01 Mountsorrel World War 1 Casualties updated 1 May 2017
MHG are once again running a village Garden Birdwatch to coincide with the RSPB’s national Big Garden Bird Watch over the last weekend of January. We make no claims for ours being as scientific as that run by the RSPB but it does provide a snapshot of what birds we have visiting our village gardens. To take part please either use our form MHG GARDEN BIRDWATCH 2017 Record sheet or simply use our contact form below to return your results. We will publish the results in the spring. We also encourage you all to also take part in the RSPB’s event details of which are at https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/
MHG have recently completed the annual scything and hay raking of the wildflower meadow that we have developed at the foot of the Navins adjacent to Christ Church churchyard. The meadow, now in its 10th year, continues to develop and improve. Read more…..2016-09-30-mhg-wildflower-meadow-2016
The village North End flood plain fields, bounded to the north by the river, have been much affected by the A6 and Granite Way but still have great wildlife and amenity value. Read more…2016 08 21 Mountsorrel Wildlife Sites 2016 – North End
At the western side of the village are three linked wildlife areas; Mountsorrel Common, Buddon Wood Farm Path, and Centenary Wood. The Common is heavily overgrown and subject to some vandalism, but remains an interesting and long established habitat. Buddon Wood Farm Path, a new permissive path opened up by Lafarge (now TARMAC), and the path through Centenary Wood and the adjacent new woodland are developing areas that will in the long term be of great benefit to wildlife and the village. Read more…….. Mountsorrel Wildlife Sites 2016 – Mountsorrel Common, Buddon Wood Farm Path & Centenary Wood
Mountsorrel Marshes are a remnant of the wetland habitats once common in the flood plain of the River Soar. Read more at Mountsorrel Wildlife Sites 2016 – Mountsorrel Marshes
Castle Hill and the nearby Navins, form a notified Site of Importance for Nature Conservation/Wildlife Site. It is essentially Mixed Grassland with rocky outcrops and from the point next to the War Memorial provides fine far ranging views across the valley of the river Soar. Read more……Mountsorrel Wildlife Sites 2016 – Castle Hill & The Navins
Mountsorrel Meadows is a 12.6 hectare nature reserve, containing wet woodland,
shallow pools, wet grassland and marsh owned and managed by Leicestershire &
Rutland Wildlife Trust (L&RWT). Read more….Mountsorrel Wildlife Sites 2016 – Mountsorrel Meadows
Although inaccessible to the public as it is on private property and for very genuine health and safety reasons, Linkfield Road Pond is an important wildlife resource providing a habitat for many hundreds of toads . Read more at Mountsorrel Wildlife Sites 2016 – Linkfield Road Pond 2016
A Local Nature Reserve on Halstead Road, named to mark the centenary of the Parish Council in 1994. Centenary Pastures is an unimproved flower rich pasture with rigg and furrow and is managed primarily for wildlife. Read more at ……. Mountsorrel Wildlife Sites 2016 – Centenary Pastures 2016
