Wilder Schools
Our Education Team is passionate about outdoor learning and using nature to improve our children’s resilience and mental well-being.
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Schools go wild for nature
Nature Friendly Schools has had a momentous first year with 31 primary schools across Birmingham and the Black Country being accepted onto the programme.
Cannon Hill Park Woodlands
In partnership with Birmingham Parks Ranger Service, the Birmingham and Black Country Nature Improvement Area improved woodlands in Cannon Hill Park
Situated in the heart of Birmingham, along the River Rea corridor, Cannon Hill Park is made up of 80 acres of formal parkland and 120 acres of conservation area and woodland plantation
Situated in the heart of Birmingham, along the River Rea corridor, Cannon Hill Park is made up of 80 acres of formal parkland and 120 acres of conservation area and woodland plantation
Woodland
Woodlands are magical places, full of wildlife and full of history. Great spotted woodpeckers, nuthatches and jays flit between trees as butterflies dance in sunny glades. Badgers forage through…
Pioneering ‘Nature Friendly Schools’ to boost children’s learning and well-being at a critical time
Almost 30,000 school children from disadvantaged areas are set to enjoy classes in nature this spring in a ground-breaking outdoor learning project spearheaded by The Wildlife Trusts.
Wet woodland
Wet woodlands in the UK can be wild, secretive places. Tangles of trailing creepers, tussocky sedges and lush tall-herbs conceal swampy pools and partially submerged fallen willow trunks, likely…
About Us
The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country is one of 46 local trusts working to make the UK a better place for people and wildlife. We work to conserve biodiversity, improve the environment and raise awareness and understanding of wildlife issues locally. We have over 7,500 members and have projects, nature reserves and environment centres across the area.
Otterly Pawsome News!
The first ever otter caught on camera in Birmingham city centre, but plastic in poop raises new concerns
How to help wildlife at school
Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more creative children.
My out of office
When Andrew gets away from his desk, he likes to escape to the Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve. From bramble bashing to bonfire building and clearing ponds, he’s always learning new ways to…
The woodland drummers
Meet the dawn chorus’s percussion section…
My hang out
In their busy lives Robin and David rarely get chance to meet up despite both living in Derbyshire. Cromford Canal is the perfect place for the brothers to spend quality time together.