We are working hard to secure Ughill Farm for the future, for both facilitating nature recovery and to test and learn nature-friendly farming practices. Please support our appeal to secure Ughill Farm for the future by making a donation at www.wildsheffi...
Ughill Farm: a special place for curlews, but for how long?
Ughill Farm is low grade, marginal farmland on the western edge of Sheffield. It is an important site for curlews, golden plover and other nationally threatened wading birds that come to our moors each spring in order to breed. The farm also includes a small area of the internationally important Eastern Moors Site of Special Scientific Interest and lies within the Peak District National Park.
Temporarily saved
So when the 132 hectare farmland came up for sale, we knew we had to do all we could to save the land - and the curlew - from more intensive agriculture as has happened elsewhere in the area.
Thankfully, with the support of the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Ughill Farm has now been temporarily saved.
But we only have a year to pay back the Foundation in order for the Trust to own the land forever or it will once again go on to the open market.
Securing Ughill Farm for the future
We need your help to raise £1 million and keep the Ughill curlews safe forever.
As you can imagine, we are working hard to raise the money to secure Ughill Farm as a ‘nature-friendly farm’. Working with the wider farming community, we hope it will be a place where we can test practical environmental land management solutions that balance nature and farming.
It is a big challenge, but an even bigger opportunity. With your support we can give Ughill Farm a great future as a much-needed haven for wildlife in our uplands.
About Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust
Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust is a registered charity and works with the local community to protect and enhance the environment in Sheffield and Rotherham, working towards a better future for wildlife, people and the green spaces we all rely on.
Supported by a fantastic community of members, volunteers and donors, the Trust are part of a national network of 46 Wildlife Trusts, working together to make the UK a better place for wildlife and people.
The Trust manages 15 nature reserves including Blacka Moor, Wyming Brook, Greno Woods, Centenary Riverside and Kilnhurst Ings; additionally the Trust has recently acquired Ughill Farm in order to test-and-learn nature friendly farming practices. Recent projects include the delivery of natural flood management schemes along the Limb Brook and championing green social prescribing to help people connect with nature whilst providing health and wellbeing benefits.
Additionally, the Trust delivers a programme of activities throughout the year to inspire people of all ages to learn about nature and enjoy being outdoors. We also take action for wildlife and green spaces, including standing up for spaces under threat and helping others to take action for nature.
For more information about our work please visit www.wildsheffi...
27 авг 2024
