{"id":776056,"date":"2026-09-19T18:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T18:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/776056\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T18:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T18:52:10","slug":"jacksons-coppice-nature-reserve-to-double-in-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/776056\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson&#8217;s Coppice nature reserve to &#8216;double in size&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A nature reserve will double in size due to a generous gift left in a will, a wildlife trust has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The donation has secured more land at Jackson&#8217;s Coppice and Marsh Nature Reserve near Eccleshall, Staffordshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An area of wet woodland and marsh has been acquired alongside pastureland south of the River Sow. Public footpaths and a scheme to slow the flow of the river in heavy rainfall are being planned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is fantastic news for wildlife and a wonderful example of how gifts in wills can create lasting change for nature,&#8221; Jeff Sim of Staffordshire Wildlife Trust said. The donation was made by trust supporter David Aldred. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Plans for the floodplain land include coppicing mature alder trees and managing willow growth to support a greater diversity of plants and wildlife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Under the trust&#8217;s ownership, the floodplain will enable the river to flow slower during heavy rainfall and will alleviate flooding downstream.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The reserve&#8217;s expansion provides public footpaths over the new land, so visitors will be able to explore different trails, the trust said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We can restore habitats on a much bigger scale, making more of a difference to the wildlife that relies on these places to live, feed and breed,&#8221; Sim added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A nature reserve will double in size due to a generous gift left in a will, a wildlife&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-776056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}