Buzzard
Listen out for the cat-like, 'kee-yaa' calls of the buzzard as it soars high over farmland and woodland. Once suffering from severe persecution and pesticide poisoning, it has made a…
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Devastating news for bees as Government reverses neonicotinoids ban
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is alarmed to learn the Government has agreed the use of a highly damaging pesticide - neonicotinoid thiamethoxam - for the treatment of sugar beet seed in response to…
Honey buzzard
Rare summer visitors, honey buzzards breed in open woodland where they feed on the nests and larvae of bees and wasps.
UK Government amendments on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill – a welcome step forward, but not the end of the road
After months of campaigning by The Wildlife Trusts and other environmental organisations, the UK Government has tabled amendments to add nature safeguards to Part 3 of the Planning and…
The Wildlife Trusts: Our priorities for the next UK Government
The wildlife we have in the UK is incredible, with species found nowhere else on Earth. But decades of pollution and habitat loss has destroyed the places they call home and driven wildlife into chronic decline. Shockingly, 1 in 7 species in the UK is now at risk of extinction.
Planning Bill breaks Labour’s nature promises, say The Wildlife Trusts and RSPB
New evidence shows nature does not block growth
New poll: Voters say Labour’s failing nature
Pull part 3 of the Bill: nature recovery pretence is ‘licence to destroy’
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust responds to Government announcement about the designation of the Yorkshire Wolds as an AONB
We welcome the Government’s ambition to protect the amazing landscape of the Yorkshire Wolds, but call for landscape protection to also support an abundance of wildlife, and contribute to tackling…
Driest spring in 90 years sparks concerns for wildlife, say Wildlife Trust
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust expresses concerns over the impact the prolonged dry weather is already having on our wildlife, and how we can all join together to help our wildlife survive.
From Buxton to the Borders – £7m Government grant allows new moorland conservation work to get underway
A new injection of Government cash will help support the restoration of England’s iconic peatlands. Two successful bids in the north will fund peatland conservation from the Peak District to the…
Dancing To Nature's Tune: Starlings Delight Over Doncaster
Sundown at Potteric Carr nature reserve in Doncaster. Without warning, calm skies are suddenly filled with a whirling, liquid-like mass of birds, moving in stunning synchronicity. This is a…
Birds of Prey
Wheeling, zipping, swooping – it’s always a thrill to watch our enigmatic birds of prey. Reduced cover and wintry clear blue skies provide a fantastic opportunity to watch them - and Yorkshire is…
Plans for Gouthwaite Wildlife Centre cease
Exciting proposals for a wildlife centre at Gouthwaite Reservoir have been shelved.