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  The Wildlife Trusts partnership - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT), an independent charity, is also part of the partnership and acts as an umbrella group for the local Wildlife Trusts, as well as operating a separate grants unit which administers a number of funds.
Wildlife Trusts are local organisations of differing size, history and origins, and can vary greatly in their constitution, activities and membership.
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Wildlife_Trusts_partnership   (773 words)

  
 Wildlife Trust Surrey - Wildlife Aid
Wildlife Aid is a wildlife trust Surrey that is committed to the preservation of Britain’s wildlife and is dedicated to the sustained protection of wildlife.
Wildlife Aid is a wildlife trust in Surrey that is a registered charity that is dedicated to the rescue, care and rehabilitation of sick, injured and orphaned British wildlife.
As a wildlife trust in Surrey, we are totally dependant on donations and we also run a animal adoption scheme which means that you can help animals get better and see their progress to be finally released into the wild.
www.wildlifeaid.org.uk /wildlife/wildlife-trust-surrey.htm   (278 words)

  
 Basingstoke Canal -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Regrettably, in doing so, the Trust has presented a highly distorted and, in some cases, totally inaccurate picture of the background to the restoration of the canal and the contributions made by the Society and the wildlife trusts in the success of the project.
The Society is committed to achieving that balance and, in so doing, would urge organisations such as the Surrey Wildlife Trust to present a fair view and not to attempt to re-write history in the way they have sought to do in their recent letter to you.
Surrey Wildlife Trust warmly welcomes the recent ratatication of SSSI status of the Basingstoke Canal.
www.basingstoke-canal.org.uk /arcs05.htm   (1798 words)

  
 News Release: Getting to Grips with Nature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Surrey school children have been getting in touch with nature at two of Surrey Wildlife Trust’s nature reserves thanks to a new scheme by ExxonMobil.
The difference is that the wildlife is in the natural surroundings of one of the Surrey Widlife Trust's two educational reserves at Nower Wood near Leatherhead or Bay Pond at Godstone.
The two Surrey Wildlife Trust’s Educational Reserves at Nower Wood and Bay Pond enable youngsters to gain first hand experience of the great outdoors in a safe environment and are extensively used by school groups.
www.exxonmobil.com /UK-English/Newsroom/UK_NR_NR_Community_lhead_031103.asp   (408 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - This Is Local London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Prepared by The Wildlife Trusts and Royal Society for the Protection of Birds with support from World Wildlife Fund UK and English Nature, the report forms part of the Government's commitment to the Biodiversity Convention signed at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992.
Jay Doyle of Surrey Wildlife Trust said: "This report is an essential reference document which provides a launch pad for action to protect our wildlife and their habitats.
It is clear that despite the rich diversity of wildlife remaining in the county, huge losses have been due to unsustainable land use policies which must change if we are to conserve biodiversity.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=85297   (369 words)

  
 Syngenta pulling out of UC Berkeley
But it decided to stop providing sponsorship after the Advertiser reported how some SWT members were unhappy that a company responsible for producing GM crops was involved with the trust.
But he said that the company felt it could no longer continue its partnership with the trust and he was "genuinely disheartened" by the reaction of SWT supporters.
SWT director Paul Wickham said: "They called us to say the company felt its support of the trust's work was counterproductive to both sides."
ngin.tripod.com /201202a.htm   (790 words)

  
 SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society Environment | Endangered butterflies released in new home
Fifty female butterflies were released by rangers from the local wildlife trust on Ockham Common in Surrey after being brought in from three nearby sites.
Today's project by The Surrey Wildlife Trust, in cooperation with Butterfly Conservation, English Nature and Elmbridge borough council, is the first to take place in UK for the last decade and the first ever in Surrey, the trust said.
The Surrey Wildlife Trust's ranger, James Adler, said: "Silver-studded blue butterflies are already extinct in Scotland and some parts of the Midlands.
society.guardian.co.uk /environment/news/0,14129,1513111,00.html   (578 words)

  
 Surrey Wildlife Trust Consultancy - Association of Wildlife Trust Consultancies
Surrey Wildlife Trust works to protect Surrey’s unique network of wildlife habitats through a comprehensive programme of data recording, ecological surveys and management plans.
Surrey Wildlife Trust Consultancy is a specialist service within the organisation offering environmental and ecological expertise to help protect Surrey's wildlife habitats.
The Surrey Wildlife Trust Consultancy team are highly experienced, well-qualified professionals all dedicated to nature conservation.
www.awtc.co.uk /surrey   (580 words)

  
 Organizations S - Z
It provides a county recorder to the Botanical Society of the British Isles and is consulted by other conservation organizations, such as the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
This is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts in Britain.
SWT monitors hundreds of planning applications every year for their impact on nature conservation.
www.lingfieldreserves.org.uk /orgs_s___z.htm   (711 words)

  
 birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
Surrey`s landscape is dominated in the north by the ever-encroaching borders of London so much so that 20% of the old vice county of Surrey is now taken by Suburbia.
Surrey, being a land-locked county, lacks the large variety of species that may be found in more coastal counties.
The North West Surrey Local Group of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is one of an extensive network of similar groups throughout the United Kingdom providing opportunities for people to learn about birds and the environment at the local level and become involved in nature conservation work and fund raising activities...
www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/europe/england_surrey.html   (2417 words)

  
 Links
Surrey Wildlife Trust - a registered charity, working to conserve the countryside and wildlife of the county.
Surrey Bat Group - a group of enthusiasts and experts whose principal aim is to protect the county's bat populations through survey and monitoring work, as well as educating the wider public on bats and their conservation.
It provides a county recorder to the Botanical Society of the British Isles and is consulted by other conservation organisations, such as the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /nathist/enhs/link.html   (245 words)

  
 Your Local Trust
The Wildlife Trusts is the largest grouping of charitable organisations in the United Kingdom concerned with the conservation of the whole of the UK's natural world.
Each of the 47 Wildlife Trusts is an independent, autonomous charity with its own trustees, whose primary concern is the conservation of nature within its own geographical area.
The local Trusts are split into regions; a single Trust covers Scotland; Wales has six Trusts which work increasingly closely together; there are Trusts for Ulster, the Isle of Man, Alderney and the Isles of Scilly and 36 Trusts across England largely based on the old county boundaries or small groupings of such counties.
www.wildlifetrusts.org /index.php?section=localtrusts   (207 words)

  
 Nower Wood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Nower Wood is the headquarters of the Surrey Wildlife Trust Education department and provides environmental education for schoolchildren from first school up to A levels.
Nower Wood is approximately 80 acres of ancient woodland sitting on a clay cap at the head of a dry valley and is adjoined by a further 25 acres belonging to the National Trust.
The trust is always looking for volunteers to help with teaching, conservation work in the wood and many other tasks.
www.headleysurrey.org.uk /nw.htm   (318 words)

  
 Mammals Trust UK
In response, MTUK has joined forces with the Cornwall Wildlife Trust to carry out a water shrew survey in the county.
The county's Wildlife Trust is keen to get a clearer picture of there surviving hareas are, sp that they can target 'hotspots' for urgent conservation measures.
MTUK has just granted Surrey Wildlife Trust funding for a new dormouse study that will determine the true distribution of the species in the county.
www.mtuk.org /index.php?page=projects   (1551 words)

  
 Surrey Wildlife Trust Woking Group | Window on Woking
SWT Woking Group is one of a number of local groups which support Surrey Wildlife Trust in their community.
SWT is a registered charity which has the mission to protect and regenerate Surrey's wildlife.
For information about membership or volunteering in conservation work, at SWT education centres or in administration see Surrey Wildlife Trust or phone 01483 795440.
www.windowonwoking.org.uk /sites/swtwokinggroup   (118 words)

  
 Welcome to David Element's Wildlife Web Pages 3 - The Photographer
David is a spare-time naturalist and wildlife photographer specialising mainly in British animal subjects.
The wellbeing of wildlife subjects is considered to be of paramount importance at all times.
The Surrey Wildlife Trust have recently restructured their publications webpages and they have been offering the complete series of eight published books at the bargain price of £85:00 plus £8:00 postage.
www.david.element.ukgateway.net /davidelement.htm   (3033 words)

  
 Partnership releases rare butterflies - 30/06/05 - Silver-studded blue butterfly Ourpartnership news
A partnership is releasing rare silver-studded blue butterflies for the first time in 10 years on Ockham Common, Surrey.
Surrey Wildlife Trust, working in co-operation with Butterfly Conservation, English Nature and Elmbridge Borough Council is making the release.
Surrey Wildlife Trust ranger James Adler said: “Silver-studded Blue butterflies are already extinct in Scotland and some parts of the Midlands.
www.ourpartnership.org.uk /newspub/story.cfm?id=346&sid=119   (220 words)

  
 Wildlife sites on the trail - North Downs Way - National Trails
This Surrey Wildlife Trust reserve consists of 6.6 acres (2.7HA) of chalk grassland with flowers including small scabious, fairy flax, yellow-wort common rock-rose and autumn gentian.
The 5.36 acre site has been acquired by the Woodland Trust with assistance from the Countryside Agency and several local councils and is open to visitors for informal recreation.
Burham Down which is managed by the Kent Trust on licence from Blue Circle Industries has extensive wooded areas which support many bird species including summer migrants such as chiffchaff, willow warbler, garden warbler and flcap.
www.nationaltrail.co.uk /northdowns/text.asp?PageId=26   (950 words)

  
 Surrey County Council Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Local Nature Reserves (LNRs) are important for both wildlife and people and are places with wildlife or geological features that are of special interest locally.
David Munro, Surrey County Council Executive Member for Environment, said: "We are delighted to declare these seven new Local Nature Reserves which show the County Council’s commitment to ensure people have access to nature.
The sites are owned by Surrey County Council and managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust Countryside Services under a groundbreaking partnership between the Wildlife Trust and County Council that was signed in May 2002.
www.surreycc.gov.uk /comm/press.nsf/99c17debf90c17f064256bc7005b99bd/a0e2dc62a421f4bb80257049003c8094?OpenDocument   (236 words)

  
 FAQ - About us | Surrey Hills AONB
The Surrey Hills stretches across a quarter of the county of Surrey and includes the chalk slopes of the North Downs from Farnham in the west to Oxted in the east and extends south to the deeply wooded Greensand Hills which rise in Haslemere.
The Surrey Hills Partnership is managed by a Joint Advisory Committee which is funded by the Countryside Agency, The National Trust, Surrey County Council and other local authorities.
There is a wide variety of activities available for all age groups throughout the Surrey Hills including; walking, cycling, horse riding, visiting local beauty spots etc. Have a look at the attractions or walking section of this website.
www.surreyhills.org /faq.asp   (740 words)

  
 The Lingfield Nature Reserves
Lingfield Wildlife Area began in 1994 and has the enthusiastic and hardworking support of local residents.
The reserve is always open and you are free to roam anywhere in it except, for your own safety, any fenced or roped-off parts.
You are assumed to have read and agreed with the legal notices (here) in your use of this Web site.
www.lingfieldreserves.org.uk   (307 words)

  
 Surrey Advertiser - Dorking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
SURREY Wildlife Trust is poised to take over the day to day management of a number of wildlife sites and open spaces owned by Mole Valley Council.
Mole Valley Council claims that the trust is better placed that it is to secure funding and voluntary labour to maintain the sites.
“Surrey Wildlife Trust is in a unique position to source external funding and voluntary labour and to use its expertise in countryside management to make a real difference to these important public open spaces.”
www.surreyad.co.uk /news/dorking?article15987   (256 words)

  
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At its Sheepwalk wildlife reserve, former farmland dug for commercial gravel extraction in the 1950s, Surrey Wildlife Trust has installed a raft made from recycled plastic as a safe haven for terns.
Chris Matcham and David Williams from the Surrey Wildlife Trust chose the recycled system for its many practical advantages, as well as the environmental consideration.
Surrey Wildlife Trust is currently responsible for managing over 11,000 acres of the county through its Countryside Services division.
www.centriforce.info /news.html   (2733 words)

  
 BirdForum - Boxing Day Conserv@tion news
The Royal Horticultural Society, The Wildlife Trusts and the RSPB are calling on gardeners to think of the environment and encourage wildlife when planning their gardens.
But the bird - which is the emblem of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust - is rapidly vanishing as a breeding species.
The newly-designated wildlife site incorporates nine acres which a housing developer has been trying to get released from the Green Belt so it can be built on after 2011.
www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=1446   (1126 words)

  
 Surrey Wildlife Trust: Course, Identifying Wildflowers 12th April 2003
Surrey Wildlife Trust: Course, Identifying Wildflowers 12th April 2003
The course is validated and run by the University of Surrey and supported by Surrey Wildlife Trust and the Field Studies Council.
Surrey Wildlife Trust is a company limited by guarantee and is registered as a Charity No. 208123
www.wildlifetrust.org.uk /surrey/EventsDiary/Event611.htm   (154 words)

  
 Rivals compete to return otters to the Thames
The Otter Trust, which has reintroduced more than 100 captive-bred otters to the wild since 1983, said it had introduced two Norfolk-bred otters to a secret location on the banks of a tributary in the upper catchment of the Thames, not far from the river.
Alastair Driver, of the Environment Agency, which is supporting the Wildlife Trust scheme, said of the Otter Trust project: "We don't really agree with it.
Philip Wayre, chairman of the Otter Trust, said: "The genetic origin is East Anglia, the same stock as the whole of lowland England.
www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/03/24/nott24.html   (341 words)

  
 Silver Studded Blue Release
Silver-studded Blue butterflies were released in the UK for the first time in 10 years in an attempt to save the species from extinction.
Fifty female Silver-studded Blue butterflies were released released on Ockham Common, Surrey by rangers from the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
This release by Surrey Wildlife Trust (which was made in co-operation with Butterfly Conservation, English Nature and Elmbridge Borough Council) was the first to take place in UK for 10 years and the first ever in Surrey.
www.uksafari.com /news/000018.htm   (425 words)

  
 About Headley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Headley is a small village in the county of Surrey, and is situated some 20 miles, (32 km) south of London, near Epsom where the Derby is run.
The village is situated on the dip slope of the North Downs at a height of approximately 600 feet, (180m).
The land in the village is no longer farmed as it used to be, but is used for grazing for the many riding establishments in the area, and a large section is under the control of The National Trust, Surrey Wildlife Trust and private nature reserves.
www.headleysurrey.org.uk /about.htm   (274 words)

  
 Surrey - tourist information guide to holiday accommodation, activities, attractions, historic sites.
Surrey - tourist information guide to holiday accommodation, activities, attractions, historic sites.
Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1TP.
Crown House, Crown Square, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6HR.
www.touristnetuk.com /Se/surrey   (132 words)

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