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8 mile long upland granite ridge covered in woodland, heath, scrub and moorland with iron age hillforts. 'Malvern' derives from the Welsh for 'bare hill'.
The Malvern Hills are a popular walking area. Good for varied wildlife including marsh orchids, adders, harvest mice, foxes, badgers, polecats. Best birding areas are Midsummer hill for owls, jastrab krahulec, brhlík obyčajný, kolibiarik sykavý, muchárik čiernohlavý and žltochvost hôrny. Castlemorton Common for pŕhľaviar čiernohlavý, stehlík konôpka, ľabtuška hôrna, svrčiak zelenkavý, strnádka obyčajná, ľabtuška lúčna, possibly hrdlička poľná. Chase End Hill for wintering glezg obyčajný, pinka severská (ikavec), snehuľka severská, stehlík hnedkavý and stehlík čížik. North Hill for migrant drozd kolohrivec and skaliarik sivý. British Camp reservoir and Hollybush Quarry for migrant kršiak rybár. Two čavka červenozobá visited the area in July 2019.
From South Wales leave M50 at junction 2. Go south on Gloucester road then immediately left to Castlemorton. From Birmingham exit M5 at J7 then A44/A449 westward. Car parks are numerous throughout the area. There are train stations at Colwall, Great Malvern and Malvern Link. Click on a P in the map to get directions to that parking.
Malvern developed in Victorian times as a health resort and spa town, when visitors included Charles Darwin.
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