Glorious mud and winter waders
Our blogger spends a day at Paull Holme Strays Nature Reserve...
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The view from here - my life changing experience as a voluntary placement
Sara, one of our Telling Our Story volunteers, spoke to Dave Shipman who at 41, swapped his 9 – 5 for a year in wellies, wildlife, and wild weather on a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust voluntary…
Spurn Point: The perfect winter day out at our own Land’s End
Discover the beauty of Spurn Point, a unique nature reserve offering a wild winter adventure through a constantly changing landscape of big skies, rich history, and incredible birdlife.
Learning to lay living hedges
Faced with a wall of tangled and straggly growth at Cali Heath Nature Reserve, a group of volunteers gathered to learn how to sort the wood from the trees. On a clear Autumn day they would sculpt…
Welcome to English and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust – Creating Homes for Hedgehogs
As part of our on-going #TeamWilder partnership work, our fab friends at Welcome to English (WTE) have recently enjoyed designing and building 10 hedgehog homes to provide sheltering and nesting…
A wilder winter wonderland
Winter in the Dales is a season of contrasts—quiet, frosted landscapes alive with roaming birds, deer, and darting hares. Pause, look closer, and discover the beauty and energy that winter brings…
Not Zero
Calderdale Wind Farm Limited is proposing a 41-turbine windfarm – Calderdale Energy Park – on Walshaw Moor, in Calderdale. The moor is part of the South Pennines SSSI, SPA and SAC, designated for…
Why do we plant trees for river restoration?
Suzie Knight, Upper Aire Project Officer, and Chris Watt, BEACH Esk Project Officer, explain the vital importance tree planting has for their river restoration work at opposite ends of our county…
Bringing back the bog: peatland restoration in the Humberhead Levels
A major project run by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Natural England, and Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust is utilising methods like peat bunds and sphagnum planting to restore over 800 hectares of the…
Our Blueprint for nature’s recovery
The UK's progress towards meeting international targets to protect and effectively manage 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030 is woefully behind. However, the Trust has bold, achievable,…