You did it! We hit our target and raised £1,911 to unlock vital funding

You did it! Our wonderful members and supporters have hit the fundraising target and raised £1,911 to unlock vital funding to carry out a project for the  improvement of the habitat of Greno Woods for insects and invertebrates and ultimately the health of the whole woodland. 

Greno Woods is a large and beautiful nature reserve. A site of Ancient Woodland with records going back to the fourteenth century, though it is without doubt much older, it was purchased by Sheffield Wildlife Trust in 2012 using the proceeds of a public appeal in order to prevent unsympathetic development and to manage it in perpetuity for the benefit of people and wildlife. Greno Woods is freely open to visitors who come to enjoy fresh air and recreation, picnics, horse riding, walking, wildlife watching or to learn about the local environment & history.

Restoring Greno Woods to their ancient glory is a long term aim and there is still much work to do to achieve it. The next project is focused on restoring sections of habitat in Greno Woods in order to promote insects and invertebrates, creatures vital to the whole ecology of the woodland as pollinators and food source. We intend to carry out a variety of habitat improvements, reflecting the diversity of wildlife we aim to promote. Including,

• Careful management of 3km of woodland ride; scrub, bramble and bracken will create a mosaic of acid grassland, flowers, heather and bilberry, providing valuable feeding and breeding resource for a range of insects including the reserve’s many butterflies. These rides will form a superhighway for species such as dragonflies as they move between the reserve’s growing network of ponds.
• Manage 4 hectares of young planting (the woodland of tomorrow) to support the development of young trees without resorting to the use of damaging chemicals.  Work will include thinning around seedling trees and the use of mulch matting on new seedlings.
  
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