A popular wildlife web cam at Nottingham Trent University, in the heart of the city centre, is proving hugely popular during the country’s lock down. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust has today spoken of its relief that a chick has been spotted in the nest of a peregrine falcon family it monitors in … [Read more...]
Nottingham records thousands of wildlife observations in international nature competition
The Kennedy daughters on a garden bug hunt during the City Nature Challenge in Nottingham Between Friday 24th and Monday 27th April, nature enthusiasts from across Nottingham took part in the City Nature Challenge, an annual event documenting nature and helping residents and professionals alike … [Read more...]
Customers go wild for new bird food delivery service
The trading arm of local charity Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust has introduced a temporary local delivery service to enable customers to care for their feathered friends whilst staying safely at home. The team, usually based at the much loved Attenborough Nature Centre, has been unable to … [Read more...]
From grassland to meadow – A nature recovery success story
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust’s Ruth Grice (left) with Jennifer Saunders of British Gypsum at Bunny Old Wood (West) Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust and staff from British Gypsum have been collaborating for many years but work over the past 12 months will really support nature’s recovery … [Read more...]
Ruddington Spring Fair to Support Wildlife
Love plants and want to help support wildlife on your doorstep? Come to the annual Spring Fair in Ruddington on Saturday morning 16th May. This popular event is organised by the South Notts group of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust to raise vital funds to support local … [Read more...]
Volunteers establish hedges to improve wildlife at County nature reserve
Colleagues from local employer British Gypsum swapped logistics expertise for woodland management skills for a day; learning the ancient craft of hedge laying in Bunny Wood*. The company’s distribution team spent the day volunteering under the expert guidance of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust … [Read more...]
Volunteers will be needed for nature reserve in Lambley
A parish council are calling on volunteers to help them with the upkeep of a Reed Pond Nature Reserve, which they are hoping to save from developers in Lambley. The Reed Pond Nature Reserve is currently run by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, who had intended to sell it off due to ‘lack of funds … [Read more...]
Clifton school kids run a mile a day for a month to support local wildlife
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust is extremely grateful to the Year Three pupils of Whitegate Primary and Nursery School, who have raised hundreds of pounds by running a mile every day for a month. Class Seven and Eight completed an impressive eight laps of the playground every day from mid-June to … [Read more...]
UK award-winning Rushcliffe Wildlife Watch group
The Rushcliffe Wildlife Watch group have been presented with their award after being voted winner of the prestigious Wildlife Watch Group of the Year for 2017 by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. Ian Johnston, chair of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, presented the group with their award at … [Read more...]
Celebration for 10 years of Friends of Sharphill Wood
By Bill Logan (secretary ) Sharphill Wood is one of the few remaining areas of greenery in West Bridgford, noted for being pictured in the 1960 film of Alan Sillitoe’s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and, more recently, Shane Meadows’ short of Jake Bugg’s Slumville Sunrise. Ten years ago, the … [Read more...]