Grant given to Wildlife Trust to maintain "crucial" wetlands
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust plan to invest in protecting and maintaining habitats around Nottingham's many rivers, boosted last week by a grant.
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Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust have been award a grant of £5,000 from The Access Foundation after employees nominated the charity. The funds will go towards maintaining some of the 90% of UK wetlands that have been degraded over the past century.
The Trust have said that British wetlands are "crucial to our existence". Many of Nottinghamshire's rivers support a wetland habitat, but only with human intervention with "scrub maintenance". These rivers would traditionally flood, performing the act themselves, but as flooding is more controlled now that no longer happens.
The maintenance is crucial for bitterns to live in and marsh harriers to hunt in. The redshank, a kind of wader, only breeds in this specific ecosystem too. The Trust aims to double the amount of grass land - swards - that turtle doves make their home in.
Erin McDaid, Head of Communications & Marketing at the Trust said, "Maintaining and enhancing these sites is a 365 day challenge requiring significant resources. The support of the Access Foundation provides a real boost by helping ensure that our staff and volunteers have the tools and equipment they require."
Tonight, a chapter group of the Trust, the Beeston Wildlife Group, are presenting a talk about the wildlife of Botswana. That is held at Trent Vale Infant School in Beeston, starting at 7:30pm. Tickets cost £4 on the door, and children get in for free. The event will start with the Group's annual general meeting, which in previous years has taken less than 15 minutes.
