Colour run
Run for wildlife and go '50 Shades of Green' for Staffordshire Wildlife Trusts 2019 Colour Run event on 23rd June @ Chasewater Country Park.
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100 Metres of Hedgerow at Highgate Common
Partnership work with Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and CPRE Staffordshire, the countryside charity, sees a 100 metres of new hedge laid at Highgate Common Nature Reserve.
Highgate Common
An ancient lowland heath buzzing with rare wildlife
Staffordshire in Summer
Summer is a time of colour. By day, colourful wildlife zips and darts along the waterside in the form of hunting kingfishers and dragonflies. Butterflies flit between flower and reptiles bask on sun warmed bare earth. The activity carries on under cover of darkness too - bats sweep swiftly through the air and nightjars churr, while glow-worms adorn the night with their luminescent mating rituals.
Gentleshaw Common northern route
Welcome to Gentleshaw Common, a Site of Special Scientific interest (SSSI) and a rare lowland heathland. Download and follow the map below for a gentle walking route around the northern part of the site. The walk is just under 0.7miles or 1.1km and is a lovely gentle walk which takes you through some of the Common’s varied habitats.
Making a Splash for Endangered Species
The UK population of White-clawed Crayfish has crashed due to the introduction of North American Signal Crayfish – a non-native species which carry a disease which White-claws have no resistance…
Summer progress for Stafford Brooks
A year after works started on the ground, Stafford Brooks sites are progressing.
Winter colours
Winter brings long nights and dark days, but nature’s palette is as bright as ever.
Charity gears up for summer fun in great British outdoors
Fun-filled summer of wild events planned by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, including two different ‘playdays.’
Wood warbler
Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive, bright yellow throat and eyestripe.
Earliest sighting of BOB, rare Black Oil Beetle on Staffordshire nature reserve
On the 26th January, Nature Reserve Officer Gary Pascoe spotted the first Black Oil Beetle of the season at Highgate Common, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, in South Staffordshire.
Nature Reserve Walks
Explore our nature reserves with our downloadable guided walks. We have over 40 stunning nature reserves to visit