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The term wildlife trust can be used in one of two senses to describe organisations concerned with wildlife: in a specific sense, to refer to the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom, or one of its constituent members known as The Wildlife Trusts ; a list of these can be found at that page.
The trust's projects include: advice to landowners on how to manage their land with wildlife in mind, including commoners in the New Forest; [4] species reintroductions like working with the South Downs National Park Authority to reintroduce water voles to the River Meon; [5] and working with local authorities to make public spaces more wildlife-friendly.
The Trust was originally formed in April 1985 as The Sheffield City Wildlife Group and created to preserve a section of green space adjacent to Ecclesall Road now known as Sunnybank nature reserve. Other practical conservation projects included Crabtree Ponds, Roe Wood and the creation of the Five Weirs Walk in Sheffield.
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is one of 46 local Wildlife Trusts around the UK working to promote and protect local wildlife. It covers the whole of Derbyshire and was founded in 1962 in response to environmental threats to the local countryside, since when it has continued to grow.
Lady's Wood (The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire) Laight Rough (Worcestershire Wildlife Trust) Lamb's Pool (Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust) Lancaut (Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust) Lancot Meadow (The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire) Landford Bog (Wiltshire Wildlife Trust)
Suffolk Wildlife Trust (SWT) describes itself as the county's "nature charity – the only organisation dedicated wholly to safeguarding Suffolk's wildlife and countryside." [ 1 ] It is a registered charity , and its headquarters is at Brooke House in Ashbocking , near Ipswich . [ 2 ]
The Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust founded in 1963 [1] is a wildlife conservation charity working to protect and enhance the wildlife and habitats of Nottinghamshire. They care for over 60 nature reserves covering more than 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2 ) of wildlife habitat ranging from wildflower meadows to wetlands to ancient woodland .
Doxey Marshes is a 150 hectares (370 acres) nature reserve [1] located within two miles of Stafford town centre, and is managed by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. [1] Designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest [1] for its wet grassland habitat and its breeding wading birds and wildfowl, it is particularly noted for its populations of breeding snipe.