Plant Trees This Winter with South Yorkshire Woodland Partnership The South Yorkshire Woodland Partnership is making tree planting easier than ever with FREE expert support and funding help – including access to up to 100% grants for woodland creation and long-term maintenance. Why plant trees? Trees offer a wide range of benefits: From woodland creation to hedgerow planting, integrating trees into your land management […]
Taking To The Skies For Nature’s Recovery At Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust we are always on the lookout for new and innovative ways to work for people and nature. Recently we have taken a big step forward technologically by branching into using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) – more commonly known as drones – to monitor our reserves and measure our impact. […]
Things that go churr in the dark Birdwatcher Tom Hibbert explores the enigmatic world of the nightjar. If you venture out onto a heathland on a summer evening, you might be greeted by an unusual sound. It could almost be mechanical. A long, drawn-out reel, like the purring of a small engine. It runs on and on for minutes at a time, […]
Funding success thanks to Acorn Fund donors Thanks to your generous support of our Acorn Fund, we’ve unlocked funding for two vital conservation projects on our nature reserves. The Acorn Fund is an ongoing pot of money that is allocated specifically to help Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust access important grants from the Landfill Communities Fund – a national scheme that supports […]
Liz Ballard bids farewell to Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust Liz Ballard, our Chief Executive, has stepped down from the Trust this June, after 13 years of dedicated service. Liz has been instrumental in transforming the Trust into one of the most respected voices for nature conservation in South Yorkshire and beyond. Since joining the Trust, Liz has steered the organisation through a period of […]
Nature-Friendly Farming Pays Off as Ughill Farm Thrives Through Driest Spring in Years Nature-friendly farming boosts habitat resilience to climate change and provides refuge for wildlife as dry weather presents challenges elsewhere
NATURE COUNTS: A Record Year for Wildlife Sightings! A record number of wildlife sightings have been sent in to Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust
Celebrating 40 wild years! Today marks an incredible milestone – the 40th anniversary of Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust! We couldn’t let this moment pass without saying a huge thank you to you – our wonderful supporters – for everything we’ve achieved together for nature over the past four decades. It all began on 17th April 1985, when a passionate group […]
SYWP team help Yummy Yorkshire to plant a woodland South Yorkshire Woodland Partnership (SYWP) have assisted the Holmes family of Yummy Yorkshire to plant a woodland on one of their fields in South Yorkshire.
E.ON and Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust help more than 1,700 local children connect with nature E.ON is helping local children get closer to nature on wild school trips with Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust