Through innovative projects we are working with local organisations and engaging the public in citizen science to collect and collate data on key species and habitats across our nature reserves and Sheffield as a whole.
Over two years, Nature Counts – our citizen science partnership project – saw nearly 500 people help us map the distribution of hedgehogs across the city and over 20 dedicated volunteers help us collect over 120 field signs of otter along 24km of the river Don, as well as publicising the impact of hybridisation on bluebells in Sheffield’s woodland. The project culminated in the publication of Sheffield’s first ever Sheffield State of Nature report.
Our new Data for Nature project is a Heritage Lottery-funded initiative which will help the Trust understand the wildlife and habitats on our nature reserves in more detail and help us respond to one of the key recommendations of the Sheffield State of Nature report – to address gaps in the city’s ecological data.
