THE stunning Shropshire Hills came under the spotlight this summer for an annual conference.

In July, the Shropshire Hills National Landscape team co-hosted the National Landscapes annual conference at Harper Adams University.

Delegates from National Landscapes from all around the country gathered for inspirational talks and workshops on the theme of ‘Changing Landscapes: Changing Minds’.

There were visits to seven landscapes in the region, including three field visits to explore the team's work with partners in the Shropshire Hills.

These took in the river Clun catchment to look at ambitions to renaturalise headwater areas, and at citizen science and farmer collaboration and conservation activity and the Long Mynd and Stiperstones, to look at tourism, access and engagement.

The visits also headed to two farms supported by the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme in the Clee Hills.

The team also helped to bring together a workshop with Harper Adams University on how a social and behavioural context can help them deliver better farm advice and support. This was largely thanks to Dr Fiona Williams, a former member of the partnership and current member of the Farming in Protected Landscapes grant panel.