Local Wildlife Sites
The Trust's Wildlife Sites team seeks to discover, monitor and arrange appropriate conservation management for Local Wildlife Sites within Staffordshire.
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Chesterton wildlife sites threatened by housing development
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust (SWT) is objecting to a proposed housing development which would see over 300 homes built on land that has an unusually high diversity of important species.
Projects to improve habitats and biodiversity of 16 sites in North Staffordshire gets underway
Work is now well underway across several sites in North Staffordshire as part of the SUNRISE (Stoke and Urban Newcastle Rediscovering Its Secret Environment) Project to improve habitats,…
River goddess statue unveiled to celebrate site’s history
A stone statue has been unveiled at Croxall Lakes nature reserve by the Transforming the Trent Valley (TTTV) team to inspire curiosity about the site’s history.
Trust can begin work on precious 47-acre site
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust can begin to carry out its crucial conservation work and benefit an array of wildlife after being officially confirmed as the new owner of a precious 47-acre site in…
Celebrating two years of making the Staffordshire Moorlands wilder
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust (SWT) is heralding the hard work and success of staff and volunteers at 11 local authority owned wildlife sites in the Staffordshire Moorlands.
My observatory
Bill has spent much of his life on Hampstead Heath. Although he feels like he's miles away from anywhere, a break in the trees offers one of the best views of London City - when it's…
Tucklesholme
Tucklesholme: How SWT transformed a former quarry
Common toad
Despite its warts and ancient associations with witches, the common toad is a gardener's friend, sucking up slugs and snails. It is famous for migrating en masse to its breeding ponds.
Fish populations and wildlife habitats can thrive after planning permission was granted to create a new river channel by the site of the old Victoria Ground.
Fish populations and wildlife habitats can thrive after planning permission was granted to create a new river channel by the site of the old Victoria Ground, the former home of Stoke City Football…
Local ‘nature hero’ teacher and school children celebrate new learning facility at wildlife charity site
Local school children and teacher open the new Rain Garden at The Wolseley Centre Learning Hub.
Field cow-wheat
Once widespread, this attractive plant has declined as a result of modern agricultural practices and is now only found in four sites in South East England.