The sun shone for us on 4 June, the wildflowers bloomed and you came to Open Fields, when eight meadow sites were open to the public. On the day we measured success with coffee spoons, not to mention biscuits, Welshcakes and doughnuts.
When we had had a chance to crunch the numbers we found that there had been 166 visitors over the eight meadows, an average of more than 20 per site. One enterprising couple managed to walk round seven sites within the five-hour window. The ultimate hope? That all of us – visitors and visited – came away with a renewed sense of just how extraordinarily rich in biodiversity the landscape in and around the Hudnalls is and some pooled ideas about how best we can work together to maintain this.
Our thanks go to all those who participated, hosts and guests alike.