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Celebrating the volunteers who help protect Yorkshire’s wildlife
We couldn’t do what we do without our volunteers – around 900 people give their time to help us protect Yorkshire’s wildlife and wild places, and connect people with nature.
Emperor dragonfly
The emperor dragonfly is an impressively large and colourful dragonfly of ponds, lakes, canals and flooded gravel pits. It flies between June and August and even eats its prey on the wing.
Hairy dragonfly
The UK's smallest hawker, the Hairy dragonfly is mostly black in colour, but has a distinctively hairy thorax. It can be found in grazing marshes and flooded gravel pits, and along canals…
Golden-ringed dragonfly
A voracious predator that will even eat other dragonflies, the golden-ringed dragonfly is the UK's longest species. It can be found around acidic streams in moorland and heathland habitats.…
Volunteer consultation - restarting volunteering during Covid-19
Thank you to our volunteers for taking part in the survey. It has provided valuable feedback regarding restarting our volunteering programme. You can read the report in this article.
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Volunteer Wellbeing
Our volunteers are at the heart of what we do and right now it's a confusing and stressful time due to the pandemic- we've put together some ideas of what we can do to help and where to…
Celebrating Student Volunteering Week
Nineteen students from eight countries and five University staff volunteered to assist Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, at Water Haigh Woodland Park this week.