Help children get close to Filey’s wildlife!
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust looks to engage the spirit of Christmas in a festive appeal to raise £5,000. Success will release an additional £15,000 match funding to improve the visitor experience at…
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The importance of wild events
Autumn is the best time of year for finding unexpected jewels and magical moments; migrating birds pass overhead, calling noisily, or appear in hedgerows, mists shroud our woodlands in mystery,…
One week left to protect Local Wildlife Sites
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is asking its supporters to respond to a Government consultation by 10th May to ensure wildlife and Local Wildlife Sites are given protection in future planning policy.…
Fungi Fact File
Fungi is fung-tastic! Learn more about the types of fungi you can spot at Potteric Carr, our reserves best for fungi, and further spore-tacular reading on our guest blogs.
Caroline Flint MP visits unique wildlife site
Working towards a better connected landscape for wildlife
Greater burdock
Greater burdock is familiar to us as the sticky plant that children delight in, frequently throwing the burs at each other. It actually uses these hooked seed heads to help disperse its seeds.
Education resources
Resources for teachers and parents to teach children about the Wolds dew ponds
Workshops and prices
Here is a flavour of what is on offer at our sites!
Volunteers' Week 2022: Jane's story
We are supported by over 600 volunteers who play an incredible role – surveying the North Sea coast for whales, dolphins, and porpoises, checking our livestock, tackling invasive species and…
#TeamWilder - Educators
We’re on a mission to inspire and empower teachers to create nature-rich school grounds where children and wildlife can thrive together!
Leading authors to join Potteric Carr reserve’s 50th anniversary celebration next weekend
Illustrator and author Vicky Woodgate is running a workshop for children and conservation writer and blogger Dr Mark Avery will be centre stage for a question and answer session. Free entry to the…
Bringing people closer to nature
Now more than ever before, we need a society where nature matters. We inspire thousands of children, families and individuals every year to connect with nature and wildlife.