World Wetlands Day today
Tuesday 31st January
Celebrate World Wetlands Day and explore a fantastic Wildlife Trust wetland reserve near you!...plus Free Froggy Flipbook for kids!
World Wetlands day takes place this coming Thursday (2 February) and here at Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust we are encouraging nature lovers across the county to visit these often overlooked gems.
We're also celebrating by offering a free downloadable Froggy Flipbook for kids - simply click here to visit our special Wildlife in the Wetlands page, and go to the Downloads section.
In total we manage over 950ha of wetland sites in the county and this is an area equivalent to an amazing 1,350 football pitches. Our wetland reserves range from the award winning Idle Valley Nature Reserve and iconic Attenborough Nature Centre and Reserve, to smaller sites like Reed Pond at Lambley or Skylarks at Holme Pierrepoint.
These wetland nature reserves are inspiring places to be with a variety of things to interest nature lovers all year round so why not visit one of the reserves listed below today?
• Aldercarr Flash, Langley Mill
• Attenborough, between Beeston and Long Eaton
• Besthorpe, north of Newark
• Daneshill, north of Retford
• Fairham Brook, Clifton
• Idle Valley, Retford
• Lady Lee Quarry, Worksop
• Moorbridge Pond, Bulwell
• North Muskham Lake, north of Newark
• Reed Pond, Lambley
• Skylarks, Holme Pierrepoint
• Spa Ponds, New Clipstone
• Wilford Claypit, Wilford (Compton Acres)
If you have visited any of the wetland reserves before you will have notice that many of them are also grazed with livestock as this is a great way of managing valuable wet grasslands and has many environmental benefits to boot.
Recently we launched our Cow Appeal to raise funds to create a breeding herd of Lincolnshire Red cows in the east and north of the county, in order to further develop our conservation work in these areas.
Although delighted with all the donations so far, thank you to everyone kind enough to donate to us as your money has allowed us to purchase our first three cows before Christmas and hopefully have our first calf in early spring, we still have a long way to go to reach our £25,000 target.
So, if you wish to help us reach our target, you can make a donation by Text - to donate £2, £5 or £10 using your mobile phone, please text COWS21 then leave a space and enter the amount you wish to donate, i.e.: COWS21 £5 and send to 70070.
Your texts will cost the price of a regular text from your phone, plus the value of your donation. All of the money you donate will go exclusively to the Cow Appeal, with no additional charges.
Thank you again for your support so far and we will keep all our supporters up to date as our Cow Appeal gains more and more momentum.
Click here for more information about our Wildlife in the Wetlands campaign supported by Speedo, including reserves, events, activities and fun free downloads!
