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Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS)
Hibernation – wildlife’s winter survival strategy
The Wildlife Trusts’ youth activism manager, Arran Wilson, draws on his background as a lecturer in zoology to explore what exactly hibernation is, and which animals rely on it to get through…
Save Our Local Wildlife Sites
Birmingham and Black Country's 586 Local Wildlife Sites covering 4778ha are at risk of future development. #ActSwiftly to save our local wildlife.
Goal 1 - Space for nature is protected, restored, created & valued
School Site Enhancement
Imagination, natural materials and a little bit of decorative chainsaw work combine to make shelters, raised beds and seating for everyday use while our pond creation, bird and bat boxes, hedgehog hotels and wild gardens encourage wildlife to visit.
Even small spaces can be filled with wildlife with a little creativity and a lot of enthusiasm!
Will West Mids Mayor Make #WMPledge4Nature?
The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country has joined with local partners to call on West Midlands Mayoral candidates to pledge their support for a 25 year strategy for nature.
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Lesser black-backed gull
The lesser-black backed gull can be spotted around the coast in summer, with the biggest colony on Walney Island, Cumbria. Look for it over fields, landfill sites and reservoirs during winter.
Government gives badgers a reprieve
The Wildlife Trusts delighted that vaccination gets priority in the fight against bovine tuberculosis
Today the Government set out the next phase of their strategy to combat bovine…
Leading the Way - Landscape Scale Conservation
Woodgate Valley
Over the winter of 2013/14 The Wildlife Trust and Birmingham City Council led a project that saw over 12 acres of dark and inaccessible plantation woodland thinned by 40%.
Following the works Woodgate Valley and Growing Local Flora volunteers under-planted the woodlands with locally native trees and shrubs and introduced field-layer species through seeding and planting.
At the same time as the plantations were being thinned a small area of grassland known to support a large population of common spotted-orchid was cleared of invasive scrub.