Our precious peatlands
Matthew Snelling, Peatland Restoration Officer for the Yorkshire Peat Partnership, introduces the wonderful world of peatlands, one of our most precious habitats.
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Precious Peatlands
Peatlands are one of our most important habitats, providing homes for rare wildlife and locking up carbon, helping us tackle climate change. But in the UK over 80% are damaged. Partly due to our use of peat as a compost and using it to grow products such as house plants and mushrooms. The Wildlife Trusts are campaigning to keep peat in bogs and not bags.
Maerl, a hidden and precious habitat
Diving over a maerl bed is best described as like flying over a shagpile carpet made up of purple twiglets! It is an incredible sight. A huge diversity of fascinating marine creatures live in and…
HS2 decision will destroy precious wild places
The Wildlife Trusts call for a redesign.
Today the Government gave the green light to the High Speed 2 rail project, without acknowledging the devastating impact on the hundreds of precious…
New Hill & Tannager
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One of a series of Trust reserves where you can explore the Polden Hills, a low narrow ridge of Blue Lias stretching from Puriton in the west to Street in the east. It comprises of two blocks of…
Betchcott Hill Land Appeal
Help us purchase and restore 50 hectares of land in the iconic Shropshire Hills.
Shropshire Wildlife Trust
Urgent New Forest land appeal
Imagine a joined-up network of protected sites where nature can be restored and wildlife is able to flourish. That vision is at the heart of our ambitious Forest to Foreshore plan – the bold…
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
Charnwood Lodge
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At nearly 200 hectares, this beautiful nature reserve abounds with ancient history, atmosphere and wildlife. Grasslands support an array of butterflies in the summer, whilst the woodlands burst…
Old Lodge
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Open vistas of heather, with areas of pine woodland, set in the Ashdown Forest
Watford Lodge
This link will open on the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust website.
A valuable wetland area providing habitat for frogs, toads and smooth and palmate newts - there is a great pond dipping platform perfect for a warm spring afternoon.
Hope Valley
This link will open on the Shropshire Wildlife Trust website.
A rejuvenated oak wood with a colony of dormice
Land caddis
The Land caddis is the only caddisfly in the UK to spend its entire time on land, with no stage in water. Look in oak leaf litter over winter to see the grainy cases of the larvae, in which they…