As the latest Government figures released last week show the lowest numbers of farmland birds in 40 years, the Trust’s very own Bickley Hall Farm is bucking the trend and seeing an increase in several nationally scarce species. Almost three-quarters of the 19 species in the Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) report showed year-on-year [...]
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Bickley birds buck the trend
Posted in Conservation Grazing Project, Living Landscapes on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Four-legged lawnmowers arrive at nature reserve
Posted in Conservation Grazing Project, Nature Reserves on July 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A herd of furry four-legged lawnmowers have arrived at a Wirral nature reserve to help turn a former arable field into a wildlife haven. The 29 native-breed Longhorn cows were delivered by Cheshire Wildlife Trust’s Conservation Grazing Team to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Inner Marsh Farm nature reserve last week. [...]
Bank of America dig deep at Bickley Hall
Posted in Conservation Grazing Project, How you can help, News, Uncategorized, Volunteering, tagged bank of america, cheshire wildlife trust, corporate volunteers, volunteers on May 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A team of volunteers from Bank of America recently swapped their work wear for muddy boots and spades to help out the Trust.
Here’s a good yarn!
Posted in Conservation Grazing Project, News, Uncategorized, tagged black sheep, cheshire wildlife trust, conservation grazing scheme, ethical fashion, Fashion, hebridean sheep, Makepiece, sheep to chic, sheep wool on May 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In spring 2009 Cheshire Wildlife Trust’s flock of Hebridean sheep went through their annual shearing and their fleeces began a journey ‘from Sheep to Chic’.
Introduction to Conservation Grazing – Saturday 13 February 2010 at 10.00am
Posted in Conservation Grazing Project, Education, Events, Natural Know-How, News, tagged cattle, Conservation, dexter, gowy meadows, grazing, know-how, longhorn, management, native breed, natural, techniques, workshop on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We hope to be able to introduce you to some of our grazing animals (the cattle may decide to wander to the wrong end of the site!) but we will certainly be able to discuss the effect our cattle have had on the habitat and how this compares to other management techniques.
Winter deliveries moo-ving well despite snow
Posted in Conservation Grazing Project, Living Landscapes, Nature Reserves, News, tagged calves, Conservation, dexter, grazing, longhorn, native breed cows, snow, Wildlife on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There may be stock shortages in the supermarket and struggles with dustbin collections but for Cheshire Wildlife Trust, deliveries are coming thick and fast: the Trust’s herd of native breed cattle are in full calving mode, despite the snow.
new vacancy – Conservation Grazing Assistant
Posted in Conservation Grazing Project, News, tagged Cheshire, Conservation, Environment, job vacancy, Nature Reserves on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The closing date is 7 September. If you are interested in applying then check out the full details on our website www.cheshirewildlifetrust.co.uk
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