Blog: Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

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Buzzard soaring in a blue sky

Birds of Prey

Wheeling, zipping, swooping – it’s always a thrill to watch our enigmatic birds of prey. Reduced cover and wintry clear blue skies provide a fantastic opportunity to watch them - and Yorkshire is…

A glowing sunrise over Wheldrake Wetlands. Photograph by John Potter

Wild Winter Wetlands

Wetlands are some of our best winter reserves to visit – the shimmer of frosted reedbeds beautifully set off by clear blue skies and wide open mirrors of water. They also attract some of our most…

Waxwing

Waxwing winters

Every winter, millions of birds travel to the UK to escape the harsher weather that sets in at their breeding grounds. Families of whooper swans fly down from Iceland, thrushes and finches flee…

Illustration of a winter scene with the words let's go 12 days wild

12 Days Wild

12 Days Wild is a festive nature challenge from the Wildlife Trusts, encouraging you to do one wild thing a day from the 25th December to the 5th January each year.

Winter wildlife is just…

on the ground shot of a meadow created in a community, it has little yellow wildflowers in amongst the green grass

Making Meadows in Molescroft

Molescroft Wildlife Network are a group of residents who have come together to take action to improve green spaces within their local area. Within the last year they have recruited new members,…

Group of people out in the park in their community digging bedding areas to plant for pollinators

Planting for Pollinators in the Park!

As part of an action-packed year of community engagement initiatives, Friends of Alderman Kneeshaw Park in Hull have taken their efforts to improve their local park to the next level this autumn,…

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