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…
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The View from Here: A Year with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Telling our Story volunteer Sara recently got to chat with Savannah Witham, one of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s Nature Reserve Trainees, who is nearing the end of a one-year placement. She explains…
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…
The Magic of Mushrooms: the Fun of Fungi at Potteric Carr
Telling our Story volunteer Sara headed to Potteric Carr this autumn for our first Fungi Fest. Read all about what she discovered on her mycological voyage of discovery...
Discovering Low Wood
Telling our Story volunteer Sara joined the YWT Low Wood Supporter’s Group on a woodland maintenance day in August. Although smaller in size, she found a reserve packed with interest and a…
Heartfelt Leadership - Rachael's Insights
Sara, one of our Telling our Story volunteers, describes an inspiring interview with Rachael Bice, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s chief executive. Rachael is as a passionate person who wants to make a…
Tree-mendous volunteers make light work
Sara, one of our Telling our Story volunteers describes a tree planting task day at Wild Ingleborough in the Three Peaks of Yorkshire Dales where many hands really do make light work. Alongside…
Grass Wood Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Sara, one of our Telling our Story volunteers reports on the 40th-anniversary celebration of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's custodianship of Grass Wood nature reserve, near Grassington in the…
Waves of Waste - Filey Beach Clean
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust run volunteer Waves of Waste beach cleans on several Yorkshire beaches throughout the year. Sara, one of our Telling our Story volunteer joined Wave of Waste Volunteer…
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…