YWT launches urgent appeal to save nationally important Ingleborough landscape
We’re launching our Wild Ingleborough appeal today, to restore and create a more resilient wildlife habitat in this stunning area of the Yorkshire Dales.
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Paws for thought! YWT urge dog walkers to keep their dogs on leads during ground-nesting season
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust are encouraging dog owners to keep their pets on leads during visits to nature reserves and the wider countryside.
PeatFix a game-changer for peatlands?
Sara one of our Telling our Story volunteers visited Fleet Moss high above Wharfedale and Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, to see the work going on by YWT staff to collect samples, as part of…
Helping Oysters back to Health
For his latest blog, Telling Our Story volunteer Simon headed to Spurn Nature Reserve to witness the latest exciting development in YWT's Wilder Humber Native Oyster Restoration Programme.…
Wild About Wild Eye
For his latest blog, Telling Our Story volunteer Simon headed to sunny Scarborough for the unveiling of "Sea Oak", the newest addition to YWT's Wild Eye coastal art and nature trail…
Great Crested Newt District Level Licensing Project
Great crested newts (GCN) are Britain’s largest and rarest native newt species. Having significantly declined in numbers in the last 60 years due to loss of habitat, particularly the ponds in which they breed, YWT is working with landowners to create and restore this vital habitat across a significant part of Yorkshire and help to reverse this population decline.
Super Seagrass
For his September blog, Telling Our Story volunteer Simon headed to Spurn Nature Reserve to get an update on YWT’s exciting Wilder Humber Seagrass Restoration Project, delivered in partnership…
Not all volunteering involves mud...
Whilst YWT is unquestionably all about the things we do outside, none of this could happen without the things that have to be done inside. Howard Roddie took the bus to York to find out more about…
Dam Busters - A Task Day at Adel Dam
The last time Howard Roddie was anywhere near Adel Dam, he forgot his running shoes. This time he forgot his Wellies. Read on to find out how he coped, how he discovered a new dance and met…
Discovering Low Wood
Telling our Story volunteer Sara joined the YWT Low Wood Supporter’s Group on a woodland maintenance day in August. Although smaller in size, she found a reserve packed with interest and a…
INNS Busters
May is the time of year when YWT Task Day Volunteers' thoughts turn to Balsam Bashing - the (not so) ancient but important art of uprooting Himalayan Balsam - so it doesn't entirely take…
Grass Wood Volunteer Warden
Do you already walk in Grass Wood and want to use your time to help support the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust in welcoming people to explore and enjoy the reserve responsibly? Do you live in or near…