Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust
@wildsheffield.bsky.social
Protecting the wildlife and wild places you love in Sheffield and Rotherham. Join us today - http://wildsheffield.com 📷 Jon Hawkins/SurreyHills Photography
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Looking for office space in Sheffield?
Rent a bright, spacious room in a unique Victorian building with access to a beautiful wildlife garden. Ideal for individuals or teams working to make a difference whether you're part of a charity, social enterprise, or ethical business.
Rent a bright, spacious room in a unique Victorian building with access to a beautiful wildlife garden. Ideal for individuals or teams working to make a difference whether you're part of a charity, social enterprise, or ethical business.
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Looking for office space in Sheffield?
Rent a bright, spacious room in a unique Victorian building with access to a beautiful wildlife garden. Ideal for individuals or teams working to make a difference whether you're part of a charity, social enterprise, or ethical business.
Rent a bright, spacious room in a unique Victorian building with access to a beautiful wildlife garden. Ideal for individuals or teams working to make a difference whether you're part of a charity, social enterprise, or ethical business.
Includes a piece about our fabulous volunteers at Sunnybank nature reserve 💚
Today's 🚧🌳🏞️🚧 post for #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity : Ta Jack Bluck Foster for pics (inc. below) - #RightToRoam - open.substack.com/pub/abitblac...
Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 14th December 2025
Urban toil, river rights, and access anger. Plus, the end of the Oughtigate.
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Includes a piece about our fabulous volunteers at Sunnybank nature reserve 💚
🌿We're've entered a 10 year partnership with @friendsofwardsendcemetery and @nationalgriduk to make Parkwood Springs even better for people and wildlife.The area will be improved with new habitats, woodland work and activities to help local communities connect
New Partnership Connects Communities with Heritage and Nature at Parkwood Springs - Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust
Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust in new partnership to improve nature and connect local people across Parkwood Springs
www.wildsheffield.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🌿We're've entered a 10 year partnership with @friendsofwardsendcemetery and @nationalgriduk to make Parkwood Springs even better for people and wildlife.The area will be improved with new habitats, woodland work and activities to help local communities connect
🌟Just 24 hours left to unlock a brighter future for young people in Sheffield and Rotherham! 🌟 🙏If we don't reach our target by midday tomorrow, we risk losing vital funding, so please give generously today🙏
Please donate now at donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Please donate now at donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🌟Just 24 hours left to unlock a brighter future for young people in Sheffield and Rotherham! 🌟 🙏If we don't reach our target by midday tomorrow, we risk losing vital funding, so please give generously today🙏
Please donate now at donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Please donate now at donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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“Every single hole of a suitable size in a river wall might provide a habitat for a species"
We spoke to @wildsheffield.bsky.social about Connecting Limbs, a project using nature-based techniques to restore the ecology of the River Sheaf (which gave #Sheffield its name!)
✍️ @sammgreg.bsky.social
We spoke to @wildsheffield.bsky.social about Connecting Limbs, a project using nature-based techniques to restore the ecology of the River Sheaf (which gave #Sheffield its name!)
✍️ @sammgreg.bsky.social
Connecting Limbs: Meet the project which aims to bring life back to Sheffield’s nature-depleted rivers
Along the River Sheaf, scientists and engineers are exploring how to mimic natural processes in heavily urbanised environments.
nowthenmagazine.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“Every single hole of a suitable size in a river wall might provide a habitat for a species"
We spoke to @wildsheffield.bsky.social about Connecting Limbs, a project using nature-based techniques to restore the ecology of the River Sheaf (which gave #Sheffield its name!)
✍️ @sammgreg.bsky.social
We spoke to @wildsheffield.bsky.social about Connecting Limbs, a project using nature-based techniques to restore the ecology of the River Sheaf (which gave #Sheffield its name!)
✍️ @sammgreg.bsky.social
🍁 Autumn marks the start of tree planting season! At South Yorkshire Woodland Partnership we provide expert support for landowners tree-planting schemes, including woodland creation and hedgerows.
Learn how to plant trees or hedges for FREE at: www.wildsheffield.com/discover/sy-...
Learn how to plant trees or hedges for FREE at: www.wildsheffield.com/discover/sy-...
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🍁 Autumn marks the start of tree planting season! At South Yorkshire Woodland Partnership we provide expert support for landowners tree-planting schemes, including woodland creation and hedgerows.
Learn how to plant trees or hedges for FREE at: www.wildsheffield.com/discover/sy-...
Learn how to plant trees or hedges for FREE at: www.wildsheffield.com/discover/sy-...
Sometimes we all need a little help to escape the winter blues. The calm of nature is proven to help support wellness - even in the colder months!
Thanks to support from South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority sessions are free to attend!
Full details at:
www.wildsheffield.com/winter-wellb...
Thanks to support from South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority sessions are free to attend!
Full details at:
www.wildsheffield.com/winter-wellb...
Free Wild Wellbeing sessions launched to support communities through the winter months - Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust
Residents across South Yorkshire are being invited to take part in a series of free nature-based wellbeing sessions designed to ease stress, support recovery from ill health, and offer a calming break...
www.wildsheffield.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Sometimes we all need a little help to escape the winter blues. The calm of nature is proven to help support wellness - even in the colder months!
Thanks to support from South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority sessions are free to attend!
Full details at:
www.wildsheffield.com/winter-wellb...
Thanks to support from South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority sessions are free to attend!
Full details at:
www.wildsheffield.com/winter-wellb...
Looking for office space in Sheffield?
Rent a bright, spacious room in a unique Victorian building with access to a beautiful wildlife garden. Ideal for individuals or teams working to make a difference whether you're part of a charity, social enterprise, or ethical business.
Rent a bright, spacious room in a unique Victorian building with access to a beautiful wildlife garden. Ideal for individuals or teams working to make a difference whether you're part of a charity, social enterprise, or ethical business.
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Looking for office space in Sheffield?
Rent a bright, spacious room in a unique Victorian building with access to a beautiful wildlife garden. Ideal for individuals or teams working to make a difference whether you're part of a charity, social enterprise, or ethical business.
Rent a bright, spacious room in a unique Victorian building with access to a beautiful wildlife garden. Ideal for individuals or teams working to make a difference whether you're part of a charity, social enterprise, or ethical business.
Starting this week contractors are delivering access improvements at Wyming Brook Nature Reserve, including more accessible pedestrian entrances and 50 new steps at the bottom end of the Wyming Brook trail.
Trails may be restricted during works. Please follow signs and thank you for your patience.
Trails may be restricted during works. Please follow signs and thank you for your patience.
October 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Starting this week contractors are delivering access improvements at Wyming Brook Nature Reserve, including more accessible pedestrian entrances and 50 new steps at the bottom end of the Wyming Brook trail.
Trails may be restricted during works. Please follow signs and thank you for your patience.
Trails may be restricted during works. Please follow signs and thank you for your patience.
If you are visiting Wyming Brook to see the glorious autumn colours please be aware that there will be some works going on between now and 3rd November.
We'll be keeping all the routes open but please take extra care and follow any signage on site.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
📸Chris Senior
We'll be keeping all the routes open but please take extra care and follow any signage on site.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
📸Chris Senior
October 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
If you are visiting Wyming Brook to see the glorious autumn colours please be aware that there will be some works going on between now and 3rd November.
We'll be keeping all the routes open but please take extra care and follow any signage on site.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
📸Chris Senior
We'll be keeping all the routes open but please take extra care and follow any signage on site.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
📸Chris Senior
This September, visit one of our heathland reserves using the @betterpoints.bsky.social app & you could win a Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust membership! Membership includes: nature reserve guide, free access to Wildlife Trust sites, Wild About Gardens booklet & Kingfisher magazine.
September 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This September, visit one of our heathland reserves using the @betterpoints.bsky.social app & you could win a Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust membership! Membership includes: nature reserve guide, free access to Wildlife Trust sites, Wild About Gardens booklet & Kingfisher magazine.
Discover more about the management of Moss Valley Woodlands Nature Reserve at our ranger-led walkabout meeting *this Thursday* 4th September, 6-7.30pm. It's a great chance to talk about the planned work and let us know any of your ideas as well as having a wander around the reserve.
📸Nabil Abbas
📸Nabil Abbas
September 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Discover more about the management of Moss Valley Woodlands Nature Reserve at our ranger-led walkabout meeting *this Thursday* 4th September, 6-7.30pm. It's a great chance to talk about the planned work and let us know any of your ideas as well as having a wander around the reserve.
📸Nabil Abbas
📸Nabil Abbas
Help us protect Carr House Meadows!
If you're a @coopukreal.bsky.social member you can use your Local Community Fund vote to help us protect and restore six hectares at Carr House Meadows Nature Reserve. But hurry, there are only a few weeks left! membership.coop.co.uk/causes/88452
If you're a @coopukreal.bsky.social member you can use your Local Community Fund vote to help us protect and restore six hectares at Carr House Meadows Nature Reserve. But hurry, there are only a few weeks left! membership.coop.co.uk/causes/88452
September 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Help us protect Carr House Meadows!
If you're a @coopukreal.bsky.social member you can use your Local Community Fund vote to help us protect and restore six hectares at Carr House Meadows Nature Reserve. But hurry, there are only a few weeks left! membership.coop.co.uk/causes/88452
If you're a @coopukreal.bsky.social member you can use your Local Community Fund vote to help us protect and restore six hectares at Carr House Meadows Nature Reserve. But hurry, there are only a few weeks left! membership.coop.co.uk/causes/88452
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Salmon return to #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity. News just in of the first record of breeding Atlantic Salmon in Sheffield for two centuries - open.substack.com/pub/abitblac...
What's On Out There? The Bill's Mother's Links & Listings Post - August 2025
What’s On Out There? News of the return of the Atlantic Salmon to Sheffield. Plus, wildlife, walks, runs, rides etc. for everyone in the Outdoor City.
open.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Salmon return to #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity. News just in of the first record of breeding Atlantic Salmon in Sheffield for two centuries - open.substack.com/pub/abitblac...
The first recorded wasp spider in this part of Yorkshire!
This non-native spider is slowly moving north with climate change. It’s eating a Roesel’s bush cricket, a native species which is also a recent arrival this far north.
📸©W Birks, one of our volunteer surveyors.
This non-native spider is slowly moving north with climate change. It’s eating a Roesel’s bush cricket, a native species which is also a recent arrival this far north.
📸©W Birks, one of our volunteer surveyors.
August 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The first recorded wasp spider in this part of Yorkshire!
This non-native spider is slowly moving north with climate change. It’s eating a Roesel’s bush cricket, a native species which is also a recent arrival this far north.
📸©W Birks, one of our volunteer surveyors.
This non-native spider is slowly moving north with climate change. It’s eating a Roesel’s bush cricket, a native species which is also a recent arrival this far north.
📸©W Birks, one of our volunteer surveyors.
Huge thanks to the Sheffield 1000 Club for donating £1,000 to support the Help Our Heathlands appeal! Their generosity helps protect rare habitats & species like the Nightjar & Green Hairstreak Butterfly💚
August 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Huge thanks to the Sheffield 1000 Club for donating £1,000 to support the Help Our Heathlands appeal! Their generosity helps protect rare habitats & species like the Nightjar & Green Hairstreak Butterfly💚
We’ve released our draft 10-year management plan for Woodhouse Washlands and we want your input!
📄 Read the draft
🗣️ Share your thoughts
📅 Open until midnight, 5 Aug 2025
👉 wildsheffield.com/reserves/woo...
#WoodhouseWashlands #NatureReserve #HaveYourSay #CommunityVoice
📄 Read the draft
🗣️ Share your thoughts
📅 Open until midnight, 5 Aug 2025
👉 wildsheffield.com/reserves/woo...
#WoodhouseWashlands #NatureReserve #HaveYourSay #CommunityVoice
July 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We’ve released our draft 10-year management plan for Woodhouse Washlands and we want your input!
📄 Read the draft
🗣️ Share your thoughts
📅 Open until midnight, 5 Aug 2025
👉 wildsheffield.com/reserves/woo...
#WoodhouseWashlands #NatureReserve #HaveYourSay #CommunityVoice
📄 Read the draft
🗣️ Share your thoughts
📅 Open until midnight, 5 Aug 2025
👉 wildsheffield.com/reserves/woo...
#WoodhouseWashlands #NatureReserve #HaveYourSay #CommunityVoice
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July 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Water Contracts Manager vacancy with @wildsheffield.bsky.social Full time, permanent post in Sheffield c-js.uk/44Mp4kw
Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust: Water Contracts Manager advertised with CJS
Full timePermanentLocation: Sheffield The Water Contracts Manager will be responsible for the performance of this business unit and will work to develop opportunities and grow this area of the…
c-js.uk
July 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Water Contracts Manager vacancy with @wildsheffield.bsky.social Full time, permanent post in Sheffield c-js.uk/44Mp4kw
We’ve released our draft 10-year management plan for Woodhouse Washlands and we want your input!
📄 Read the draft
🗣️ Share your thoughts
📅 Open until midnight, 5 Aug 2025
👉https://wildsheffield.com/reserves/woodhouse-washlands/
#WoodhouseWashlands #NatureReserve #HaveYourSay #CommunityVoice
📄 Read the draft
🗣️ Share your thoughts
📅 Open until midnight, 5 Aug 2025
👉https://wildsheffield.com/reserves/woodhouse-washlands/
#WoodhouseWashlands #NatureReserve #HaveYourSay #CommunityVoice
July 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We’ve released our draft 10-year management plan for Woodhouse Washlands and we want your input!
📄 Read the draft
🗣️ Share your thoughts
📅 Open until midnight, 5 Aug 2025
👉https://wildsheffield.com/reserves/woodhouse-washlands/
#WoodhouseWashlands #NatureReserve #HaveYourSay #CommunityVoice
📄 Read the draft
🗣️ Share your thoughts
📅 Open until midnight, 5 Aug 2025
👉https://wildsheffield.com/reserves/woodhouse-washlands/
#WoodhouseWashlands #NatureReserve #HaveYourSay #CommunityVoice
We’ve secured funding from FCC Communites Foundation to begin re-wetting work at Kilnhurst Ings this autumn!
A big win for wading birds like snipe & lapwing, plus dragonflies & damselflies - especially after the driest spring in 100 years. www.wildsheffield.com/reserves/kil...
A big win for wading birds like snipe & lapwing, plus dragonflies & damselflies - especially after the driest spring in 100 years. www.wildsheffield.com/reserves/kil...
June 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We’ve secured funding from FCC Communites Foundation to begin re-wetting work at Kilnhurst Ings this autumn!
A big win for wading birds like snipe & lapwing, plus dragonflies & damselflies - especially after the driest spring in 100 years. www.wildsheffield.com/reserves/kil...
A big win for wading birds like snipe & lapwing, plus dragonflies & damselflies - especially after the driest spring in 100 years. www.wildsheffield.com/reserves/kil...
We’ve received funding from @veoliaenvtrust.bsky.social to enhance Wyming Brook & Fox Hagg! This means better habitats for species like the pied flycatcher, tawny owl, wood warbler & nightjar. Plus, improved access so everyone can enjoy nature 💚 #TheLCF #NatureForEveryone #WildlifeConservation
June 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We’ve received funding from @veoliaenvtrust.bsky.social to enhance Wyming Brook & Fox Hagg! This means better habitats for species like the pied flycatcher, tawny owl, wood warbler & nightjar. Plus, improved access so everyone can enjoy nature 💚 #TheLCF #NatureForEveryone #WildlifeConservation
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Had the moors to ourselves apart from a cuckoo and lots of curlews, lapwings and golden plovers. @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Had the moors to ourselves apart from a cuckoo and lots of curlews, lapwings and golden plovers. @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
Fabulous updates from #30DaysWild
Feeling a little overwhelmed with all the horrors of the world? I am. So as an antidote, I've thrown myself into the #30DaysWild @wildsheffield.bsky.social challenge, posting a picture every day for the month of June. It's definitely helping me focus on the beauty of nature.
Days 1 - 4 below.
Days 1 - 4 below.
June 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Fabulous updates from #30DaysWild