The Wildlife Trusts are disappointed and saddened that the Government has issued new licenses to cull badgers in seven areas of England. These cover 33 existing areas and 7 new areas for 2021. To take one example, badger culling in Derbyshire continues and enters its second year where up to 3218 badgers could die this autumn.
Original story here Numbers of chicks increase for fifth successive year Natural England and partners, including the RSPB, have recorded the best year for hen harrier breeding in England since the 1960s with 84 chicks fledged from nests across uplands in County Durham, Cumbria, Lancashire, Northumberland and Yorkshire. Hen harriers were once found across upland […]
Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust welcome the Planning Inspectorate’s decision this week to refuse the appeal made by Patrick Properties to build 300 houses at the former Loxley Works (Hepworth) site in the Loxley Valley. Dr Nicola Rivers, who led the Trust’s response to the application said: “In 2020 we submitted a 21 page objection to […]
A commitment to deliver on a new street tree strategy for Sheffield has been made by the founding members of the Sheffield Street Tree Partnership. Last week, representatives of each of the partner organisations came together to sign a pledge committing them to delivering on the Sheffield Street Tree Partnership Strategy, which outlines a long-term […]
Since receiving funding from Natural England 2 years ago, Wildscapes CIC have installed over 100 ponds across Yorkshire and are looking to install another 25 this coming winter. The Aim The work forms part of the Natural England led District Level licensing scheme for great crested newts (GCN). This new scheme to South Yorkshire means […]
In 2021 the year of the national census we are launching our own Nature Census in conjunction with Sheffield Hallam University. Complete the Nature Census here! Over the last year the importance of our local green and natural spaces has come to the forefront. People have told us that they have had “more time to appreciate […]
A catchment is the area from which rainfall flows into a river, lake, or reservoir. The Limb Brook catchment covers the central valley of the river itself, familiar with many people from Lady Cannings plantation down past Whirlowbrook Park and finishing in the Ecclesall Woods. This project, which is also supported by players of the […]
Thanks to our generous and loyal members and supporters we have hit a fundraising target of £2,618 to unlock vital funding to to carry out a woodland improvement project on our Carbrook Ravine nature reserve, home to a wide range of threatened species like skylark, song thrush and the locally rare golden male fern. Carbrook […]
You did it! Our wonderful members and supporters have hit the fundraising target and raised £1,911 to unlock vital funding to carry out a project for the improvement of the habitat of Greno Woods for insects and invertebrates and ultimately the health of the whole woodland. Greno Woods is a large and beautiful nature reserve. […]
Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust (SRWT) have developed and will start to implement an extensive Ash Dieback Action Plan. All of the Ash across the 15 SRWT nature reserves have been identified and inspection will begin shortly and repeated annually. Ash dieback (ADB) is a highly destructive fungal disease affecting ash trees. It causes leaf […]
