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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust is one of 46 wildlife trusts throughout the 
The Trust owns and manages over 70 nature reserves across the county, part of their vision for a Living Landscape for Worcestershire. By working with other landowners, managers and communities the Trust aims to restore, recreate and reconnect fragmented natural habitats to achieve a landscape where wildlife can flourish and people can lead happier and healthier lives.
The Trust has nearly 20,000 members and more than 350 volunteers.
The Trust cares for over 70
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
Organisations based in Worcestershire Wildlife Trusts of England 1968 establishments in England Organizations established in 1968 Nature reserves in Worcestershire {{England-org-stub
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. It was founded in 1968 to conserve, protect and restore the county's wildlife.
The Trust owns and manages over 70 nature reserves across the county, part of their vision for a Living Landscape for Worcestershire. By working with other landowners, managers and communities the Trust aims to restore, recreate and reconnect fragmented natural habitats to achieve a landscape where wildlife can flourish and people can lead happier and healthier lives.
The Trust has nearly 20,000 members and more than 350 volunteers.
The Trust cares for over 70 nature reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...
s in Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...
totalling about 2000 acres (8 km2). These include:
* Brotheridge Green Nature Reserve
* Chaddesley Woods NNR
*Christopher Cadbury Wetland Reserve
The Christopher Cadbury Wetland Reserve is a nature reserve of the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. It is situated near Upton Warren, between Bromsgrove and Droitwich Spa in Worcestershire, England. The reserve is designated a Site of Special Sci ...
(popularly called "Upton Warren")
*Devil's Spittleful and Rifle Range
* Feckenham Wylde Moor
* Fosters Green Meadows NNR
*Grafton Wood
Grafton Wood is a nature reserve near the village of Grafton Flyford, about east of Worcester, in Worcestershire, England.
Description
The reserve, area , is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
It is an ancient wood, originally p ...
*Hollybed Farm Meadows
Hollybed Farm Meadows is nature reserve of the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, about west of the village of Castlemorton, in Worcestershire, England. The habitat is grassland.
Description
The site was purchased by the Trust in 2013, with help from ...
*Hunthouse Wood
Hunthouse Wood is a nature reserve of the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, situated near the villages of Clows Top and Mamble, in Worcestershire, England.
Description
The reserve, area , has been managed by the Trust since 1976; it is made up of ...
* Knapp and Papermill
* Laight Rough
*Lower Smite Farm
*Monkwood
* Newbourne Wood
*Piper's Hill & Dodderhill Common (known locally as Hanbury Woods)
*Trench Wood
Trench Wood is a woodland area part managed by the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust and Butterfly Conservation. It is located around miles north-east of Worcester near the small villages of Dunhampstead and Sale Green. The Worcester and Birmingh ...
* Tiddesley Wood
*Wilden Marsh
Wilden Marsh is a nature reserve of the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. It is situated between Kidderminster and Stourport-on-Severn, in Worcestershire, England, immediately east of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, and alongside the R ...
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust is part of The Wildlife Trusts partnership
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, ...
, the UK's largest charity network dedicated to conserving all our habitats and species. Working towards a UK rich in wildlife, where everyone can appreciate, enjoy and help restore and protect wildlife for the future.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
Organisations based in Worcestershire Wildlife Trusts of England 1968 establishments in England Organizations established in 1968 Nature reserves in Worcestershire {{England-org-stub