The Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust founded in 1963 is a

wildlife conservation Wildlife conservation refers to the practice of protecting wild species and their habitats in order to maintain healthy wildlife species or populations and to restore, protect or enhance natural ecosystems. Major threats to wildlife include habita ...

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working to protect and enhance the wildlife and habitats of

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...

. They care for over 60 nature reserves covering more than of wildlife habitat ranging from

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s to wetlands to ancient

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. Key reserves are

Attenborough Nature Reserve Attenborough Nature Reserve is a nature reserve at Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England, located south west of Nottingham city centre. It is owned and managed by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, supported by Broxtowe Borough Council, followin ...

and Idle Valley Nature Reserve. They engage the local community through events, information, volunteering and education opportunities and seek to ensure the county is a healthy and wildlife rich place to live. They are one of the 46 members of

The Wildlife Trusts The Wildlife Trusts, the trading name of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, is an organisation made up of 46 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and Alderney. The Wildlife Trusts, between them, look after more than 2 ...

and have 11,000 members. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust also advise other landowners how to manage their land to benefit wildlife. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no. 748865; and a registered charity.

History

The Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust was formed in May 1963 as the Nottinghamshire Trust for Nature Conservation. Attenborough Nature Reserve was the first site to be under the control of the Trust in 1966, when the land was leased from

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. The first reserve the trust purchased outright was Treswell Wood in 1973. In 1989, the Trust purchased a small section of what is now the Idle Valley Nature Reserve, which the Trust has since bought the rest of the site. the Trust were working to purchase Attenborough Nature Reserve from CEMEX, having raised funds in excess of their £1 million target.

References

External links

Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust websiteThe Wildlife Trusts
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