The Science of Noticing: Butterfly Surveys and Wellbeing
Telling our Story Volunteer Simon also volunteers as a Butterfly Surveyor. In his 1st blog of two - Simon explores how his passion for butterflies started and how it has contributed to his…
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Coppicing with care: working together for wilder woods
For her latest Telling our Story blog, Sara visited Grass Wood where she joined Nature Reserves Manager (North West) Graham Standring and the volunteers who were coppicing hazel and removing beech…
Wild work and warm smiles - a day with the Harrogate Supporter Group volunteers
It takes more than wildlife to make a wild place flourish, it takes people who care enough to lend a hand as Sara Spillett, one of our Telling a Story volunteers, found out when she met our…
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…
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…
Behind the Binoculars - Breeding Bird Surveyor Team
Sara, one of our Telling our Story volunteers, met Bethany Clarkson and Amelia Lewis from our Data and Evidence Team in the Nature Recovery Directorate to find out why the Breeding Bird Survey (…
Moorlands the Merrier - York Woodland Celebrates Big Birthday
Moorlands was the second reserve that Yorkshire Wildlife Trust acquired becoming custodians in 1955. Anyone expecting to go towards Whitby to find a scorched heatherscape would be surprised to…
Time is a very fluid concept on a bog
Telling Our Story volunteer Sara reports back on a fascinating flora identification day, hosted by Yorkshire Peat Partnership for Yorkshire Wildlife Trust volunteers. During a very full day, she…
Wild about Wildflowers
In June, Telling our Story volunteer Sara enjoyed an inspiring visit to the Wild Ingleborough upland plant nursery. There, she learned about the project’s mission to support fragmented plant…
Don’t Forget Your Binoculars!
I first met the volunteers at Low Wood Nature Reserve near Keighley in summer 2024, when they were doing woodland maintenance. They kindly invited me to return for one of the other activities they…