The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country and its partners have created a number of meadows across Birmingham and the Black Country in parks, informal greenspaces and nature reserves. This work has been carried out as part of a project aiming to ‘enhance and reconnect nature on a significant scale’. Plant and insect surveys have been carried out on the meadows, but, as yet, no survey has been carried out on either the public’s reaction to the creations, or on the thoughts and experiences of the Friends groups and Site Managers of the greenspaces where the meadows have been created. Below is a list of some of the meadows created through the project. If the created meadow you visit is not on the list, we are still interested in your responses - please still complete the questionnaire.
Please note, if you are a member of a Friends or other group associated with a greenspace with a meadow, we would like you to complete a different questionnaire. If the Trust is already in contact with you, you should receive an email with a link, if not, please get in touch using the details below.
The Wildlife Trust and staff from the University of Wolverhampton would like to find out more about what people think of these meadows (including their importance for wildlife), who uses them and how they are used, to help the creation of meadows in the future and to aid plans to increase involvement in these projects. If you visit a site in Birmingham and the Black Country with a meadow, please help by filling in a survey. The survey is for people over 18 years old. The survey is anonymous and will only be used for this research. Quotes from longer responses could be used in publications, please be aware of this in your responses.Thank you for your time.
This questionnaire has been approved by the Life Sciences Ethics Committee of the University of Wolverhampton
If you would like more information, have any queries or would like a copy of the completed research, please use the contact details below.
Submission of a completed questionnaire implies consent to participate. You can withdraw from the survey at any time by not submitting your survey and closing the web page. As the survey is anonymous, once you have submitted the questionnaire, unfortunately we will not be able to identify it to withdraw it.
The deadline for completion of the questionnaire is Monday 31st August.
Contact details of researchers
Email address:
l.besenyei@wlv.ac.ukPostal address: Dr. L. Besenyei, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, City Campus – South, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, , WV1 1LY*
*Due to Covid-19 post is not currently being picked up, so responses to postal enquiries will unfortunately be slow.
List of some of the sites with semi-natural meadows created by the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country and partners.
If the created meadow you visit is not on the list, we are still interested in your responses - please still complete the questionnaire.
Castle Vale Meadows
Babbs Mill Meadow
Perry Hall Park Meadow
Moseley Bog – Joy's Wood Meadow
Bantock Park
Walsall Arboretum Orchard
Victoria Common Meadow
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Cannon Hill Park Meadow
Coombeswood
Highbury Park – Shutlock Meadow
Saltwells LNR – Alison’s Fields and Cinder Bank
Wren's Nest NNR – Arrowgrass Field
Wren's Nest NNR – Target Field
Victoria Park
Ley Hill Park Meadow
The Leasowes – Top Meadow
Milking Bank – Bottom Meadow
Smestow Valley LNR
Londonderry Playing Fields
Smethwick Hall Park
Sedgley Beacon
Kings Norton Park Meadow
Haden Hill Park
Kitchen Lane extension
Wrens Nest NNR – College Fields
Lewisham Park
Peascroft Wood
Deer's Leap Wood
Moseley Bog – Damp Meadow
Moseley Bog – Pensby Close Meadow
Milking Bank – Top Meadow
Rea Meadows
Barnford Hill Park