Wildlife bonanza in Staffordshire village
"You always find something new and exciting wherever you go"
Keith Elder summed up his love for wildlife in the wake of another successful Perton Spring Festival.
It was the 11th annual event held in the Staffordshire village, which this year attracted around 1,500.
Mr Elder, who is also chairman of Wild About Perton, said: "Whether it is new bird species, insects or even trees - there is so much out there to learn.
"The spring festival this year gave people in our village and around the chance to learn more.
"Being where we are, we are a distance from any museums, so it was great to see so many items and animals brought here for us to see."
The big feature of the festival this year was fossils and minerals from Lapworth Museum of Geology and Wolverhampton Art Gallery with the Black Country Geopark.
There was also birds flown outside the event, at Perton Library, from the Owl, Falconry and Wildlife Park.
Plants were also on show from Perton Gardeners Club.
Mr Elder said: "I think this year we had around 23 organisations involved. It was quite a year and proof how popular this is.
"What was good this year round was the number of older people from the village who came along.
"I hope they all got something out of it, and are now inspired to learn more about what they saw."
Wild About Perton has around 20 members.
It meets every six weeks and holds activities such as country walks.
