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…
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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…
Wild Ingleborough Wrapped!
As we approach the end of the year, we wanted to show you how much our wonderful volunteers have contributed to Wild Ingleborough in 2024!
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…
Conservation Cattle Grazing: Wild Ingleborough
Wild Ingleborough Project Assistant, Dwayne Martindale, tells us about the history of conservation grazing, and how we use livestock to graze the land at Ingleborough for the benefit of nature and…
Wild cherry
The mass of white, frothy blossom on a wild cherry is a sight to behold. Planted as an ornamental tree, it also grows wild in woods and hedges. Its red fruits are the edible cherries we know and…
Wild angelica
The red-tinged, flower clusters of Wild angelica smell just like the garden variety, which is used in making cake decorations. Wild angelica likes damp places, such as wet meadows and wet…
Wild strawberry
The Wild strawberry produces miniature, edible versions of the juicy red fruits we so enjoy. Gathering wild food can be fun, but it's best to do it with an expert - come along to a Wildlife…
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.
Wild carrot
Wild carrot does, indeed, smell of carrots, but the roots are not like our cultivated, dinnertime favourite. Look for this umbellifer on chalk grasslands and coasts.
Wild thyme
The delightful fragrance of wild thyme can punctuate a summer walk over a chalk grassland. It forms low-growing mats with dense clusters of purple-pink flowers.
Wild privet
Wild privet is a shrub of hedgerows, woodlands and scrub, but is also a popular garden-hedge plant. It has white flowers in summer and matt-black berries in winter that are very poisonous.