Coastline and estuaries
Our work on the Wirral coastline and Dee and Mersey estuaries
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Walk and talk along the Dee Estuary
Travel writer, the Bald Hiker otherwise known as Paul Steele, is swapping his usual foreign jaunts for something closer to home this week when he embarks on a coastal walk of the Dee Estuary.…
Our Dee Estuary | Caru Aber Dyfrdwy
Our Dee Estuary project was designed to inspire coastal communities on the Wirral, Flintshire & Denbighshire about the natural heritage of the Dee Estuary.
Caru Aber Dyfrdwy bu prosiect Bartneriaeth Dalgylch Dyfrdwy Lanwol sy’n ceisio ysbrydoli cymunedau arfordirol yng Nghilgwri ac yn Sir y Fflint a Sir Ddinbych ynghylch treftadaeth naturiol Aber Afon Dyfrdwy.
Caru Aber Dyfrdwy bu prosiect Bartneriaeth Dalgylch Dyfrdwy Lanwol sy’n ceisio ysbrydoli cymunedau arfordirol yng Nghilgwri ac yn Sir y Fflint a Sir Ddinbych ynghylch treftadaeth naturiol Aber Afon Dyfrdwy.
Big boost for Dee Estuary wildlife from National Lottery
Cheshire Wildlife Trust has received initial National Lottery support* for a major conservation project focusing on the Dee Estuary.
Bar-tailed godwit
The bar-tailed godwit winters in the UK in the thousands; look for it around estuaries like the Thames and Humber. In spring, the males display arresting breeding plumage, with brick-red heads,…
Our Dee Estuary celebrates funding boost from the National Lottery
Cheshire Wildlife Trust is delighted to announce they have been awarded National Lottery funding* through the National Lottery Heritage Fund to deliver a major cross-border conservation project…
Avocet
A key species in the story of conservation, the avocet represents an amazing recovery of a bird once extinct in the UK. This pied bird, with its distinctive upturned bill, can now be seen on…
Knot
A stocky, little sandpiper, the knot can be spotted in estuaries from August onwards, migrating here from the Arctic where it breeds. Look out for it probing the muddy sand with its specialised…
Our work at sea
Our work on the Wirral coastline, Dee and Mersey estuaries and Marine Conservation Zones.
Cheshire Wildlife Trust’s natural wellbeing project, Go Wild Get Fit wins’ award for its volunteer work on the Dee Estuary
As part of the Big Dee Week launch on Friday 13th September, Cheshire West and Chester council gave the Sport England funded project a commendable award for helping them manage their Chester…
Bewick's swan
A winter visitor, the well-travelled Bewick's swan is the smallest of our swans. It has more black on its yellow-and-black bill than the whooper swan. Look out for it around Eastern England…
Our Fight for the River Mersey
Our concerns about the upstream and downstream threats to the river and estuary from pollution to the potential tidal barrage scheme.