Saving Our Heathlands: Restoration Underway to Help the Nightjar Thrive Thank you to everyone who supported our Help our Heathlands appeal last year. Your kind gift helped us to raise a huge £47,849 towards helping to restore our lowland heathlands – protecting the wildlife that depends on them, including one of our most fascinating summer visitors, the nightjar. The nightjar is a threatened and declining […]
Counting Wings and Waders From breeding birds to elusive insects, the data our volunteers collect directly guides how we go about restoring habitats and processes at Ughill Farm
Rooting for Hedgerows: Over 7km of New Hedgerows Transforming South Yorkshire This week from 4th-10th May 2026, South Yorkshire Woodland Partnership (SYWP) are excited to celebrate National Hedgerow Week! Did you know that hedgerows form a key part of South Yorkshire Woodland Partnership’s free tree planting across South Yorkshire each year? Together with landowners and the Woodland Trust, SYWP successfully helped to plant 7.65km of hedgerows […]
Over 2,700 trees and shrubs planted by children in Sheffield parks With expert help from Sheffield City Council’s (SCC) Community Forestry Team and local not-for-profit organisation Kids Plant Trees, local communities have been working hard over the last few weeks to plant over 2700 trees and shrubs across neighbouring parks of Longley and Parsons Cross. The parks have been a hive of activity over recent weeks […]
Winter work brings new wetlands and wildlife habitats to Ughill Farm Winter conservation work at Ughill Farm has created new wetlands, ponds and wildlife habitats, supporting nature recovery and Living Waters efforts.
Record Harvest Mouse Nest Count at Woodhouse Washlands A record 215 harvest mouse nests found at Woodhouse Washlands in Sheffield. Discover what long term ecological monitoring reveals about this thriving population.
Free ponds for landowners in South Yorkshire Since receiving funding from Natural England 7 years ago, Wildscapes CIC have installed over 400 free ponds for landowners across the region, and are looking to install more throughout 2026. The Aim The work forms part of the Natural England led District Level Licensing scheme for great crested newts (GCN). As the habitat delivery partner […]
Celebrating our Impact Our impact covers three outcomes, everything that we do supports one of more of these ambitions. Click on the outcomes below to find out more information or watch the video to learn about our impact. 2025-2026 Another great year supporting people and wildlife across Sheffield and Rotherham. Including a 5x increase in harvest mice nests […]
What is COP30? Eleanor Johnston, Climate Change Manager at The Wildlife Trusts, explains what COP30 is, and what we can expect…
Introducing Our New Chief Executive We are delighted to share the exciting news that Ed Tripp has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust, following Liz Ballard’s departure in June. Ed brings with him a wealth of experience from his current role as Director of EMEC Ecology (East Midlands Environmental Consultants) – the consultancy […]