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Take a look, through some of the common species of wildlife that live in the South Yorkshire area around Sheffield and Rotherham.
A recently extended patch of heathland and woodland, neighbouring Wyming Brook.
Our Acorn Fund is a pot of money allocated specifically to help release money from the Landfill Communities Fund. Your donation can be the key to unlocking funding worth thousands of pounds to make a huge difference for local wildlife.
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A long-term Nature Recovery project developing opportunities and co-designing solutions to increase social and ecological understanding across the River Sheaf, and its wider river network, making the catchment area healthier for wildlife and people.
Connecting Limbs is developing an ambitious programme that looks at the whole water catchment of the River Sheaf, from where it first arises within the Peak District National Park as a series of streams, on a ridge of gritstone between 6 and 7 miles to the south west of Sheffield. Old Hay Brook and Totley Brook join to become the River Sheaf, which then flows for around 10km, picking up further contributions from other tributaries such as the Limb Brook and Meers Brook, before joining the River Don at Castlegate Market, which has recently been ‘daylighted’ to help restore natural processes.
Connecting Limbs will be inviting you to explore rivers as complex social – ecological networks, nested within our local communities and landscapes, and as places for mutual flourishing for all species (human and non-human).
Healthy rivers are much more than flowing conduits of water; they are an intrinsic and essential part of the dynamic living ecosystems which humanity relies upon.
The project seeks to reframe how urban rivers are valued, moving beyond “gardening around the edges” to recognising that the processes and features of a river channel, its natural functions and their evolution over time – and in response to increasing pressures – are central to ecological recovery.
Connecting Limbs is an evolving project, so keep an eye out for more news coming soon!
Connecting Limbs is funded through the Water Restoration Fund by DEFRA