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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What we do
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust has been working to protect the wildlife and wild places where you live for over 50 years. We are the county's leading nature conservation charity. Find out more about what we do and join us in looking after Staffordshire's wildlife and wild places.
What is a Nudibranch?
Nudibranchs, also known as sea slugs, are much like their land-based relatives that you may spot in your garden. But, unlike your regular garden slug, the nudibranch can incorporate the stinging…
Change what you eat
Eat more plant-based foods, reduce your food waste and buy local produce to shrink your environmental footprint.
What to feed hedgehogs and badgers
Putting out a bit of food can help see mammals like hedgehogs through colder spells.
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.
What has nature ever done for us?
What does a global nature summit have to do with nature in Staffordshire? What exactly is this summit, United Nations Biodiversity COP16? And why do we need to care about nature? CEO Julian…
The election results are in! So, what’s next for nature?
Throughout the election campaign, it became clear that people know that our natural world is in crisis and want politicians to make the bold and ambitious commitments to reverse the decline. So…
Watch what you wash away
Some cosmetics, soaps, washing-up liquids and cleaning products can be harmful to wildlife with long-lasting effects.
What we want from COP26
All eyes are upon the UK now as we host COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference, bringing world leaders together in Glasgow to accelerate global action towards net zero.
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,…
What happens if there are cuts to nature-friendly farming support?
Vicki Hird, Strategic Lead - Agriculture at The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, writes about the huge amount riding on the Government’s spending review due out in June. Many departments are…