Our Projects
From making meadows to restoring rivers, find out about the projects we're undertaking for nature's recovery across Birmingham and the Black Country.
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Craig gives up his time volunteering in the Bluebell Community Garden. Transforming the garden into a positive space for local people to enjoy, Craig has felt himself become relaxed and happier,…
Fundraising for Reptile Project at Dawberry Fields
We are working in partnership with the Naturally Birmingham Future Parks Accelerator Programme and the local community to fundraise for the Dawberry Fields Reptile Project.
Milking Bank Plantations Project
Milking Bank comprises several areas of open space running through a 1980s residential development. The site was dominated by mown grassland with blocks of planted trees which mostly dated from the 1990s.
The plantations had not been managed since being planted and were often dense and dominated by thin tall trees. The field-layer ranged from very sparse in the denser areas to being dominated by nettle and bramble
The plantations had not been managed since being planted and were often dense and dominated by thin tall trees. The field-layer ranged from very sparse in the denser areas to being dominated by nettle and bramble
Dawberry Fields Reptile Project is go!
We'll be creating habitat for slow worms and common lizards to thrive at Dawberry Fields.
Love Your River Stour project awarded £249,700
£249,700 funding received from the government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund for our Love Your River Stour Project.
Re-naturalising the Smestow Brook
Re-Naturalising the Smestow Brook.
Growing Local Flora
The ‘Growing Local Flora’, project is one of our key ongoing projects that feeds into all of our woodland enhancement work.
In 2013, the Wildlife Trust began ‘Growing Local Flora’, a project whose aim is to produce a large amount of local provenance woodland plants and supply them free of charge to partners of the Birmingham and Black Country Nature Improvement Area (NIA) who are who are undertaking Woodland Delivery Theme projects.
In 2013, the Wildlife Trust began ‘Growing Local Flora’, a project whose aim is to produce a large amount of local provenance woodland plants and supply them free of charge to partners of the Birmingham and Black Country Nature Improvement Area (NIA) who are who are undertaking Woodland Delivery Theme projects.
Natural Prospects
Do you love wildlife and working outdoors? Are you practical and willing to learn new skills? Ever thought about a career in nature conservation? Natural Prospects offers a series of 24 one-year practical conservation training placements to highly motivated individuals with a keen interest in wildlife and conservation.
If you are looking to start your conservation career in Birmingham or the Black Country, you could be eligible for Natural Prospects.
If you are looking to start your conservation career in Birmingham or the Black Country, you could be eligible for Natural Prospects.
Red squirrel
Red squirrels are native to the UK but are a lot rarer than their grey cousins. They live in a few special places across the UK thanks to reintroduction projects.
Goal 1 - Space for nature is protected, restored, created & valued
Space for nature is protected, restored, created & valued. We have written our Nature Improvement Area Ecological Strategy to reverse species decline in Birmingham and the Black Country
Dudley Mayor’s Charity Appeal raises £11,965.25 to protect local wildlife!
In our Spring 2020 member magazine we interviewed The Mayor of Dudley, Councillor David Stanley about his passion for wildlife and why he had chosen the Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust…