Brownfield Sites
Open Mosaic Habitats on previously developed land (Brownfield Sites) support 80 species listed as UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority species. Find out what else they support and why they are so important for Derbyshire's wildlife.
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Local Wildlife Sites
Local Wildlife Sites are exceptional areas of land and some of Derbyshire's most valuable wildlife areas. Find out what we are doing to protect them and why they need our protection.
Adorable bats!
Guy Badham's exciting sighting at Deep Dale and Topley Pike!
Latest Sightings May 2020
Latest sightings in Derbyshire
membership - 30Dayswild 2020
We've LOVED 30 Days Wild and we hope you have too! To say thank you for, we want to give you the opportunity to join the family with our half price membership offer for the first year!
International Vulture Awareness Day 2020
An amazing celebration of International Vulture Awareness Day when we have a vulture in Derbyshire for the first time with Vigo the Bearded Vulture at Crowden.
Trust secures funding for two key sites in Derbyshire
Funded has been secured to improve the visitor experience at two of its most loved sites in Derbyshire; Wye Valley just off the Monsal Trail and The Whistlestop Café in Matlock Bath.
Waking up the Whistlestop but not the bats!
This year Derbyshire Wildlife Trust have been waking up the Whistlestop Discovery Centre in Matlock Bath and work has commenced to restore this beautiful former station building. However, as part…
Coronavirus update: 3rd April 2020
Our latest update on Covid-19 and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
Endangered crayfish ‘shell-ebrate’ move to new Ark sites
A series of major translocations of white-clawed crayfish have successfully taken place at sites across Derbyshire as part of a project to protect the rare and endangered species.
How to attract moths and bats to your garden
Plant flowers that release their scent in the evening to attract moths and, ultimately, bats looking for an insect-meal into your garden.
Bechstein's bat
The Bechstein's bat is a very rare bat that lives in woodland and roosts in old woodpecker holes or tree crevices. Like other bats, the females form 'maternity colonies' to have…