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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…
Beaver
Beavers are the engineers of the animal world, creating wetlands where wildlife can thrive. After a 400-year absence, beavers are back in Britain!
Gifted gear kits out Tomorrow’s Natural Leaders
As the weather begins to turn, a fortunate group of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust trainees have been donated a generous array of outdoor clothing by charitable initiative ‘Gift Your Gear’, in…
Lesser spearwort
So-named for its spear-like leaves, Lesser spearwort can be found along the edges of ponds, lakes and streams, and in marshes and wet meadows. As a buttercup, it displays familiar, butter-yellow…
Going for Green! Yorkshire Wildlife Trust welcomes its latest team of Tomorrow’s Natural Leaders
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has welcomed a new group of Tomorrow’s Natural Leaders (TNLs) – twenty-four young people eager to play their part in conserving some of Yorkshire's most iconic wild…
Elder
Elder is an opportunistic shrub of woods, hedges, scrub, waste and cultivated ground. Its flowers and berries are edible, but it's best to gather wild food with an expert - try it at a…
Eider
The eider is a large seaduck, famed for its soft, downy feathers that are not only used by the bird to line and insulate its nest, but also by humans to stuff our quilts and pillows. It nests…
Lesser stitchwort
Look for the pretty, star-shaped, white flowers of Lesser stitchwort in woodlands and meadows, and along hedgerows and roadside verges in spring. Its flowers are smaller than those of Greater…
Lesser whitethroat
The lesser whitethroat is smaller than its cousin, the whitethroat, and sports dark cheek feathers that give it a 'mask'. Most likely to be heard around woodland and scrub, rather than…
Lesser celandine
Heralding spring, a carpet of sunshine-yellow lesser celandine flowers is a joy to see on a woodland walk. Look out for it along hedgerows, in parks and even in graveyards, too, from March onwards…
Lesser redpoll
Traditionally a small finch of woodland and scrub, it appears that the lesser redpoll is now moving into our gardens. It has a streaky brown body, red forehead and black bib, and mostly feeds on…