Supporters of Nature Recovery Sheffield share ideas for a nature recovery plan Nature Recovery Sheffield held its first event on 30th September following a declaration of a nature emergency in Sheffield in May by over 1300 people and 30 groups across the city. More than 70 people joined the online discussion about how individuals, groups and organisations from Sheffield can work together to restore, enhance and protect […]
Ask your MP to tell Government to speed up badger and cattle bTB vaccinations Although the Government has promised on several occasions to move away from badger culling to vaccination and other methods to control bovine TB, sadly the reality is that more areas have been licensed for culling, with larger targets for badgers to be killed. As the scientific evidence shows that bovine TB is primarily caused by […]
Today we launched a new initiative to increase the local population of the brilliant Brimstone Butterfly! Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust (SRWT) have teamed up with a new local environmental organisation called Nether Edge and Sharrow Sustainable Transformation (NESST) to launch an exciting new initiative and are inviting the Sheffield and Rotherham community to join us in taking some simple, practical steps, which will help the Brimstone butterfly population to “explode” in […]
The Wildlife Trusts respond to new badger cull licences 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.
Another successful year for Hen Harrier breeding in England 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 […]
Loxley Valley development is refused at planning appeal 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 […]
City partners pledge to deliver new street tree strategy 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 […]
Nature Census launched to better understand how people value and use their local green and natural spaces 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 […]
Natural flood management in the Limb Brook Valley to help protect Sheffield and the region [lead]A partnership project between the Environment Agency (EA), Sheffield City Council (SCC) and Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust (SRWT) is underway to develop and deliver a range of natural flood management methods in the Limb Brook catchment area.[/lead] A catchment is the area from which rainfall flows into a river, lake, or reservoir. The Limb […]
Good news for Carbrook Ravine nature reserve 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 […]