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

Oaklands

1.8m birds

Eryri

(Snowdonia)

England

Shrewsbury

New House Farm

721,000

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

Oaklands

1.8m birds

Eryri

(Snowdonia)

Shropshire

Shrewsbury

Telford

New House Farm

721,000

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