A Win for Whinchats Thanks to Biffa Award and our amazing volunteers, we’ve been able to carry out works to protect the habitat these charming little birds need to thrive.
Olivia Blake MP visits Ughill Farm On Thursday 1st June Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust CEO Liz Ballard, Sheffield Lakeland Landscape Manager Keith Tomkins and Advocacy Officer Ian Cracknell met with Olivia Blake MP at Ughill Farm — the location of our exciting new opportunity to save a special local place for nature in her constituency. The Member of Parliament for […]
A new push for woodland in South Yorkshire Landowners in South Yorkshire are being urged to join a new push to get more woods planted across the county. While great progress has been made in creating woodland on local authority land across Barnsley, Doncaster, Sheffield and Rotherham, private landowners are also being encouraged to benefit from opportunities to create new woods. As such […]
Ancient Woodland gets high tech treatment South Yorkshire Woodland Partnership are helping teams across the region with their plans to create new woodlands for local people to enjoy.
Another tagged hen harrier disappears from our moors The sad loss of another satellite-tagged hen harrier has been confirmed
Wildlife restoration project breathes life back into roadside and river habitats A long-term restoration of nature along the River Rother alongside the M1 near Rotherham has been praised by local MP Alexander Stafford. The Rotherham Rivers 3 project is part of an £8m initiative between National Highways and The Wildlife Trusts called Network for Nature, which will create, restore and connect places for wildflowers, trees and […]
Sheffield Draft Local Plan consultation On 9th January, Sheffield City Council published their long-awaited Draft Local Plan, which is now open for consultation until 20th February 2023. The plan will shape the policies and locations for developments and other land uses in the city (excluding the Peak District National Park) until 2039. What will this mean for Sheffield’s natural environment? On […]
COP15: a focus on the perilous state of our natural world. Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust urges South Yorkshire MPs to back ambitious global nature recovery targets.
Moorland burning continues despite devastating effects on wildlife and climate Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust are calling for all burning to stop following a spate of fires in the last few weeks. Important uplands Our uplands help counter climate change by removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in peat. Globally, peat habitats store 30% of all soil carbon. Burning […]
Meet the Dream Team for Trees South Yorkshire Woodland Partnership expands team to help more woodlands take root in our area.