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The Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the county of Staffordshire, England.
Organisation and activities
It is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts; each is a registered charity and is a member of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. The Staffordshire Wildlife Trust was founded in 1969. It has about 60 members of staff, overseen by a board of trustees. The Trust is supported by a network of volunteers.[1]
The Trust has two visitor centres: the Wolseley Centre, near Rugeley, which is its headquarters, and at Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent.[2][3]
The Trust manages 30 nature reserves, and carries out conservation projects. It engages with schools regarding environmental education, and works with communities to improve green spaces for wildlife. It offers advice about how to protect and enhance wildlife habitats.[1]
The Trust publishes a magazine for members, Staffordshire Wildlife, three times a year.[4]
Nature reserves
The Trust looks after these nature reserves:[5]
- Allimore Green
- Bateswood
- Black Brook
- Black Firs and Cranberry Bog
- Brankley Pastures, near Barton-under-Needwood
- Brown End Quarry
- Castern Wood
- Cotton Dell
- Croxall Lakes
- Doxey Marshes
- Gentleshaw Common
- George's Hayes
- Gun Moor
- Harston Wood
- Hem Heath Woods
- Highgate Common
- Ipstones Edge
- Jackson's Coppice and Marsh
- Knotbury Common
- Loynton Moss
- Parrot's Drumble
- Pasturefields Saltmarsh
- Radford Meadows
- Rod Wood
- Side Farm Meadows
- The Roaches
- Thorswood
- Tucklesholme
- Weag's Barn
References
- ^ a b "About us" Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "The Wolseley Centre" Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Our visitor centres" Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Membership" Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Nature reserves" Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 8 February 2021.