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Gowy Meadows in March 2018
Our guest blogger Gowy D'Amus reports the sightings for March at Gowy Meadows.
Grey Squirrel Update
At Cheshire Wildlife Trust we feel it is important to clarify our position on the control of grey squirrels in Cheshire. As you may be aware, there is a campaign to protect the remaining red…
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Beavers - a three month update
Time flies. It’s already been three months since we released a pair of beavers into Hatchmere Nature Reserve!
Swettenham Valley Land Purchase Update
The auction for the additional land near our existing reserve at Swettenham took place yesterday. Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful in our bid for the land. We were overwhelmed with the support…
Dormouse April and May Update – Footprint Tunnels
At the Cheshire site, we undertook a short survey in May of around one-quarter of the nest boxes.
Wildlife Trust calls on people to protect Local Wildlife Sites
Local Wildlife Sites across England are set to lose their protected status under the government’s review of planning legislation. People have until 10th May to respond in a consultation about the…
Flawed badger cull expands in Cheshire
Natural England has today published licences for areas that will undertake badger culls in 11 new areas across England including Avon, Cheshire, Cornwall, Staffordshire, Devon, Dorset,…
Flawed badger cull expands across England
The government has given permission for badger culls to go ahead in England for another year. This year, badgers are now at risk in Staffordshire and Cumbria, in addition to the existing areas of…
Badger culling can’t be justified on any grounds
Call for cattle vaccine to be top priority to tackle Bovine Tuberculosis, not badger culling.
Government authorises largest ever badger cull
The Wildlife Trusts are aghast that as many as 64,000 badgers could be shot this autumn as the government announces the largest ever seasonal cull. In Cheshire alone licences for killing nearly…