Castle Bromwich's newest nature reserve

SIGNS installed on a patch of land in Castle Bromwich proudly advertise the fact that the area has been recognised as a thriving wildlife habitat.
The Beechcroft Local Nature Reserve (LNR) is among the most recent of the 23 sites in Solihull to receive the special designation.
The open space, near Kingsleigh Drive, is part of a wider wildlife corridor in the north of the borough.
Solihull Council formally agreed to bestow the status on the 4.25 hectare site earlier this year and the signs were put in place last month.
Other LNRs in the vicinity include Yorks Wood and Babbs Mill, although the latter – by far the largest in the north of the borough – will be controversially reduced in size to make way for a housing development.