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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.
Information and resources about actions you can take for nature's recovery in Sheffield and Rotherham.
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.
From breeding birds to elusive insects, the data our volunteers collect directly guides how we go about restoring habitats and processes at Ughill Farm
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Winter conservation work at Ughill Farm has created new wetlands, ponds and wildlife habitats, supporting nature recovery and Living Waters efforts.
Nature-friendly farming boosts habitat resilience to climate change and provides refuge for wildlife as dry weather presents challenges elsewhere
A lot has happened in the six months since Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust took full ownership of Ughill Farm, an important Peak District location for many nationally threatened wading bird species.
On 8th May a group of forestry students from the University of Cumbria visited the Trust’s site at Ughill Farm to consider how woodland creation could be designed on a landscape scale and how this might be balanced with a working hill farm.
Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust are encouraging everyone to ‘unite for nature’ by supporting the family friendly ‘Restore Nature Now’ demonstration in central London.
Thanks to your support, Ughill Farm is safe!
Today, The Wildlife Trusts unveil a new programme which will accelerate UK nature recovery and help to reverse catastrophic declines in wildlife. £6 million from the Ecological Restoration Fund will support rewilding projects, the reintroduction of keystone species and better protections for marine and coastal habitats. The funds come at…
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.…
I’m climbing up an old farm track along the edge of a small stream that used to be called Crawshaw Dike 150 years ago. We’re on the side of Furnace Hill at Ughill.
Old north Sheffield is all around: an ancient wooden gatepost with a Rowan tree growing out the top, a brick built shed that once held dynamite for the nearby quarries, a hidden lane that served local farmers and farmworkers for centuries. Thick grasses left by heavy sheep grazing, with bright blue Harebells shining through the stalks, descendants of centuries-past hay meadows. After a sudden shake in the grass ahead, a Brown Hare bolts away up the track.
This land, explains Liz Ballard, as we follow the hare uphill, will be a test bed for the future of farming. “Our main aim is to test and learn how we can ensure that in the long term, nature around farming can be done in harmony, and economically.”
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Liz Ballard, the trust’s chief executive, told The Star: “It’s a fantastic marginal upland farm, which means it’s right on the edge of the really important moorlands of the Peak District, and part of it falls within the Eastern Moors Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
“It’s a special site for wildlife which is why we really want to look after it. We want to use the farm as a test and work with farmers to see how we can manage a farm in such a way that food production is happening in harmony with wildlife, in an economically sustainable way.
“In other parts of the country, the curlew is rapidly disappearing from the landscape, so we’re really lucky to have a pretty good curlew population in the west of Sheffield. It’s important to look after that population at places like Ughill Farm.”
ROBERT CUMBER: THE STAR, SHEFFIELD