Expansion of poultry farms to bring the total number of birds around the Severn and Wye rivers to 51m

Intensive poultry farms in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Powys*

Number of birds, thousands

0-40

40-150

150-300

300-450

600-1,800

450-600

Shropshire

Eryi

(Snowdonia)

England

Shrewsbury

Telford

Ludlow

Herefordshire

Wales

Powys

River

Severn

Hereford

River Wye

Bannau Brycheiniog

(Brecon Beacons)

Newport

25 km

25 miles

Number of birds, thousands

600-1,800

0-40

40-150

150-300

300-450

450-600

Eryi

(Snowdonia)

Shropshire

Shrewsbury

Telford

Birmingham

Ludlow

Wales

England

Powys

Hereford

River Wye

River Severn

Herefordshire

Bannau Brycheiniog

(Brecon Beacons)

Gloucester

Newport

25 km

25 miles

Guardian graphic. Source: Council for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW) and Dr Alison Caffyn. Note: *data includes some farms in the Wye and Severn catchments that are in Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire