Worcestershire Walks, Wren's Nest

[A walk within the UNESCO Black Country Geopark, designated in July 2020.] A 3.5m circular walk in January 2006 from the Car Park off Priory Road, around the old limestone quarries at Mons Hill, on to the Wren's Nest, the Dudley Priory, and the Dudley Tunnel. (Weather cold wit some drizzle.) In July 2020 the Black Country successfully secured UNESCO Global Geopark status, alongside 161 Geoparks around the world. This walk is within the Black Country Geopark.

Huge holes seemed to have been excavated randomly and all filled with broken trees and swampy bottoms. The roots of the trees in the woods were mostly exposed as they clung to the shallow soil giving it a rather spooky appearance.

Wren's Nest National Nature Reserve Over 400 million years ago, the area where Dudley now stands was covered by coral reefs and tropical seas providing an environment for the famous fossils we find there today. Over 700 types of fossil are known to have come from Wren's Nest. 186 of which were first discovered and described here and 86 are found nowhere else on Earth.

Wren's Nest National Nature Reserve Over 400 million years ago, the area where Dudley now stands was covered by coral reefs and tropical seas providing an environment for the famous fossils we find there today. Over 700 types of fossil are known to have come from Wren's Nest. 186 of which were first discovered and described here and 86 are found nowhere else on Earth.

"The establishment of the Wren's Nest Reserve was in recognition of the exceptional, international importance of the site as a source of Silurian (Wenlock) age fossils. Wren's Nest has yielded a great variety of both macro and micro fossils of superb preservation, the cream of which is to be found in museums throughout the world, and illustrated in many publications..." In July 2020 the Black Country successfully secured UNESCO Global Geopark status, alongside 161 Geoparks around the world. This walk is within the Black Country Geopark.

Wren's Nest National Nature Reserve Over 400 million years ago, the area where Dudley now stands was covered by coral reefs and tropical seas providing an environment for the famous fossils we find there today. Over 700 types of fossil are known to have come from Wren's Nest. 186 of which were first discovered and described here and 86 are found nowhere else on Earth.

Wren's Nest National Nature Reserve Over 400 million years ago, the area where Dudley now stands was covered by coral reefs and tropical seas providing an environment for the famous fossils we find there today. Over 700 types of fossil are known to have come from Wren's Nest. 186 of which were first discovered and described here and 86 are found nowhere else on Earth.

Wren's Nest National Nature Reserve Over 400 million years ago, the area where Dudley now stands was covered by coral reefs and tropical seas providing an environment for the famous fossils we find there today. Over 700 types of fossil are known to have come from Wren's Nest. 186 of which were first discovered and described here and 86 are found nowhere else on Earth.