Rocky habitat
Rocky habitats are some of the most natural and untouched places in the UK. Often high up in the hills and hard to reach, they are havens for some of our rarest wildlife.
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Funding awarded to save vital habitats just outside of Belper
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust has been awarded over £18,000 from Biffa Award to save one of Derbyshire’s most important areas of wet grasslands at Wyver Lane Nature Reserve.
Wooded Habitat Creation Workshop at Darley Dale
Our Derwent Living Forest Team held a Wooded Habitat Creation workshop in Darley Dale.
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust part of ambitious partnership to enhance, restore and create vital wildlife habitats in the Trent Valley
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is excited for the year ahead as partnership looking to boost recovery of wildlife in the Trent Valley reaches key phase.
Discover your wild side
Diverse, local and innovative, Derbyshire’s very own Wildside Festival is back for 2019 – and wilder than ever before!
Discover Nature Based Solutions
If you have any questions about the benefits of Rewilding.
Habitats
Discover more about the UK's amazing natural habitats and the wildlife that live there. From peat bogs and caves, to woodlands and meadows!
Discover the different ways that moths and butterflies spend the winter
When did you last see a caterpillar? They’re often cryptic creatures, with patterns that provide perfect camouflage as a piece of leaf, twig or bark. An unwary eye could pass right over one…
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust bags £4000 to train volunteers in habitat management skills at Woodside Farm
We are delighted to announce that we have bagged £4,000 from a Tesco funding scheme.
Generous donation will help visitors discover more at Aqueduct Cottage
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s Aqueduct Cottage has received a £21,000 donation from the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund. The generous support will be used to design and install visitor information…
My discovery
Look – a boatman! Keira’s delight in learning about unusual creatures is even more special when she can find them herself.
Grass snake
The grass snake is our longest snake, but don't worry if you find one in the compost heap - it's harmless! Look out for this green and yellow beauty in grasslands and wetlands, too.