Money needed for countryside work

Volunteers will carry out work on the reed bed over the winter

More money is needed to help maintain the countryside in Jersey, according to a leading charity.

The National Trust for Jersey said a reed bed in St Ouen which won a civic award in the 1980s had now fallen into disrepair.

Trust president Mike Stentiford said it was a shame it had become so neglected, but the States did not have the money or staff available.

Conservation volunteers will work to restore the reed bed over the winter.

The National Trust for Jersey was set up in 1936 to preserve and safeguard sites of historic and natural interest.

It is now the island's largest private land owner, caring for more than 130 sites.

The charity is independent and relies heavily on donations and bequests to fund its essential programme of repair works.