Crayfish Conference – Zagreb
Vanessa Barlow, Crayfish Project Officer, tells us about her recent exciting trip to Croatia to attend an international crayfish conference.
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Claws for Thought: Saving North Yorkshire’s Native Crayfish
Sara spotted an advert for a ‘Curious About Crayfish’ event at Tarmac’s Threshfield Quarry, in the Yorkshire Dales and went along to find out more about how to save the UK’s only native freshwater…
White-clawed crayfish
The White-clawed crayfish is a freshwater, bronze-coloured crustacean with pale undersides to its claws - hence the name. It is under threat from an invasive and introduced species of crayfish.…
Yorkshire Crayfish Forum
The Yorkshire Crayfish Forum, hosted by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, was founded in 2019 and is made up of various organisations including government agencies, national parks and conservation charities, all with a passion to protect the remaining white-clawed crayfish populations in North Yorkshire.
Spiny lobster
Spiny lobster, crawfish, crayfish, rock lobsters - many names, one animal! This pretty lobster was made extinct in many areas through overfishing, but is now making a slow comeback.
The Fight to Save a Species - a Crayfish Officer's Journey
In her latest blog, Telling our Story volunteer Sara talked to Vanessa Barlow, YWT’s Crayfish Project Officer to find out more about how she got into conservation and her most rewarding work, as…
Helping Oysters back to Health
For his latest blog, Telling Our Story volunteer Simon headed to Spurn Nature Reserve to witness the latest exciting development in YWT's Wilder Humber Native Oyster Restoration Programme.…
North Yorkshire ARC (Action for the Recovery of Crayfish) Project
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust received funding from Yorkshire Water’s Biodiversity Enhancement Programme to implement an 18-month project across North Yorkshire on behalf of the North Yorkshire Crayfish Forum of which we are a member.
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Restoring native oysters in the Humber estuary
Laura Welton, Wilder Humber’s Native Oyster Restoration Officer, discusses the importance of native oysters for marine ecosystems, and how Wilder Humber plans to reintroduce more oysters to the…
Our Tomorrow’s Natural Leaders are helping to Bridge the Gap
Sam, a young person on our Tomorrow's Natural Leader programme, describes their work detailing the barriers that many young people face when trying to start a career in the conservation…
How volunteering is helping to kickstart my career in conservation
Anna tells us about how a traineeship is helping her to gain lost skills due to the pandemic