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 […]
Whirlow playing fields show benefits of natural flood management in latest Limb Brook project Natural flood management measures at Whirlow Playing Fields is regenerating the area and improving wildlife habitats.
Funding the future of invertebrates at Greno Woods Funding from Biffa Award has helped us to restore habitats in our Greno Woods nature reserve to care for invertebrates.
Owlthorpe Fields gains Local Wildlife Site status After almost 4 years of campaigning against housing development on a rewilded Greenfield site in Owlthorpe, Sheffield, the decision to designate the two remaining allocated housing areas as Local Wildlife Sites came as very welcome news to local community group Owlthorpe Fields Action Group (OAG).
Dry conditions could have long-term impact on wildlife As Yorkshire Water announce a hosepipe ban from 26th August, Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust are urging people to consider the impacts of the drought on wildlife and start using water wisely now.
Wyming Brook nature reserve retains Green Flag award for seventh year Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust is celebrating achieving the Green Flag Award at Wyming Brook nature reserve for the seventh consecutive year. The award is the international quality mark for parks and green spaces. After two years that have seen our parks and green spaces play a vital role for people through lockdowns as a […]
Work with swift groups saves local swift colony On the morning of 10 June 2022 our Advocacy Officer Ian Cracknell joined local swift group representatives Laura Lian (S6 Swifts) and Aimee Ambrose (Walkley and Crookes Swift Group) at a house in Crookes, following concerns from a local resident about newly erected scaffolding on a house which had previously hosted swift nests. The scaffolding […]
Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust receives £469,000 from the Trees Call to Action Fund The South Yorkshire Woodland Creation Partnership project led by Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust has been awarded a grant from the £6 million Trees Call to Action Fund, led by Defra, the Forestry Commission and The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The partnership project — which is headed by Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust and includes […]
Swift initiative at Malin Bridge School for endangered species Local voluntary group S6 Swifts have installed four crowdfunded swift nesting boxes to Malin Bridge Primary School in Hillsborough to help reverse the population decline of this at-risk bird. Since 2021, Co-organisers Melanie Savas and Laura Lian of S6 Swifts have helped facilitate the installation of over 200 swift nest-boxes onto local residents’ homes and […]