LITTLE Shoe Broad is unspoilt Cotswold meadowland and is an integral part of Blockley’s landscape. Its beauty is important to the local community as a picturesque entrance to the village from the east.

It is rich in wildlife and villagers have video footage of barn owls, kestrels, herons and green woodpeckers visiting to feed.

There are also muntjac, roe deer, a variety of small mammals, and many birds heading to the first piece of undeveloped brook on this side of the village.

Kingfishers have been seen at this section of Blockley Brook at Little Shoe Broad.

The field is a corridor for wildlife and if it is destroyed by CALA homes, the knock on effect on wildlife will be severe.

Mr and Mrs Ian Cook

Blockley