Cheshire Wildlife Trust has raised £30,000 needed to build beaver-proof fencing as part of a project to reintroduce the animal in the county. The Trust now has funds required for the fence at the 4.5 hectare enclosure near Hatchmere in Delamere. Contractors have already made a start preparing for the arrival of a pair of beavers. It is part of[Read More…]
Cheshire Wildlife Trust has blasted a Government move to allow what they say is the largest ever seasonal cull of badgers.
The move could see nearly 2,500 badgers in Cheshire alone being killed this Autumn, the trust says.
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Cheshire Wildlife Trust are to reintroduce beavers back to Cheshire after 400 years.
Beavers are native to Cheshire but they became extinct in England in the 16th century.
The Lesser Skullcap plant has been reintroduced to a Cheshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve after a 20 year absence from the county.
Historically, the plant was used in traditional medicine and had a multitude of uses including a nerve disorder sedative.
One of England’s few carnivorous plants has been re-introduced to Cheshire at a secret location.
The insect-eating Great Sundew (Drosera anglica), which was made extinct during World War One, was re-introduced last week, says Cheshire Wildlife Trust.
Cheshire Wildlife Trust has a new patron in Richard Walker, managing director of Iceland Foods.
Mr Walker was selected amid the food retailer’s commitment to protecting the environment.
Cheshire Wildlife Trust is to stage a weekend of talks with wildlife consultant, blogger and teacher Kate MacRae.
Featured on the BBC’s Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Countryfile, wildlife enthusiast Kate will be heading up to Cheshire.
Cheshire Wildlife Trust is calling on budding photographers to enter wildlife photographs for its charity calendar competition.
Snappers can have their top pictures featured in the 2020 calendar which will go on sale later this year.
Nantwich students at Reaseheath College have been taking part in Cheshire Wildlife Trust’s “Go Wild – Get Fit” project.
The Foundation students have been developing their employability skills by volunteering on the project as part of their Career Development Pathway.
Cheshire Wildlife Trust is urging more residents to back their fight to protect the county’s natural habitats during 2019 – the Government’s Year of the Environment.
Latest reports paint a bleak picture on the loss of natural areas, says the trust.
Cheshire Wildlife Trust bosses have voiced concerns over the Bovine TB Strategy Review led by Sir Charles Godfray.
The trust, welcoming recommendations for a changed emphasis in the fight to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB), is unhappy over the review’s recommendations to continue badger culling.
Burglars stole vital equipment and furniture in a raid on Cheshire Wildlife Trust’s headquarters at Bickley Hall Farm.
Staff and volunteers were shocked to discover the raid thought to have happened overnight Friday-Saturday July 27-28.
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