NewsgalleryBickerton HillBookmarkShareNewsByJo Henwood13:56, 5 MAR 2014Updated09:26, 24 JUN 2014Christopher Widger (Countryside Manager for Cheshire and Wirral) with Stuart Morris (Land Management Advisor for Natural England) view a site map while stood within an area where they plan to fell Silver Birch trees to encourage heather growth (Image: Ian Cooper)1 of 14A Silver Birch tree on the hill - some will be cut down as part of a heathland regeneration programme (Image: Ian Cooper)2 of 14View from Bickerton Hill near Malpas looking towards North Wales3 of 14A dog walker at the summit of Bickerton Hill (Image: Ian Cooper)4 of 14A former silage field that the National Trust took over in the late 1990s where heather is growing back as part of a heather regeneration scheme (Image: Ian Cooper)5 of 14The entrance to Bickerton Hill (Image: Ian Cooper)6 of 14Chief reporter David Holmes speaks to Christopher Widger (National Trust Countryside Manager for Cheshire and Wirral) and Stuart Morris (Land Management Advisor for Natural England) (Image: Ian Cooper)7 of 14Christopher Widger, National Trust Countryside Manager for Cheshire and Wirral (Image: Ian Cooper)8 of 14Stuart Morris, Land Management Advisor for Natural England (Image: Ian Cooper)9 of 14Heather growing with bracken pictured behind which has been kiiled off as part of the project (Image: Ian Cooper)10 of 14An area of the hill that has been restored to heathland as part of a heather regeneration project (Image: Ian Cooper)11 of 14Members of the Friends of Bickerton Hill in 200812 of 14Dog walkers on Bickerton Hill (Image: Ian Cooper)13 of 14Friends of Bickerton Hill were shocked by the extent of tree felling at Cuckoo Rock Valley in 200814 of 14