Dearne Valley Divers to study Scottish sharks
Goldthorpe-based Dearne Valley Divers are off to the Inner Hebrides this summer for an exciting scientific expedition to study a school of Scottish tope sharks. A team of 20 snorkellers and scuba divers from Dearne Valley Divers, a local branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club, will travel to the remote...
A Tale of Two Farms
With wildlife photographer, Harriet Day Barn swallows are one of Britain’s most familiar summer visitors. Every spring, they return from South Africa after a remarkable 6,000-mile migration. Weighing just 20 grams, these birds can travel close to 200 miles a day, arriving in the UK exhausted but ready to breed....
Through the binoculars in May and June
With wildlife photographer and ornithologist, Harriet Day When summer begins to sing By late spring, the world seems to lift on wings. The early light arrives almost before the night has properly settled and with it comes the full chorus – thrush, wren, blackbird – staking its claim in sound....
Windrush Legacy Garden opens in Sheffield
Volunteers at Sheffield Caribbean Sports Club have turned an overgrown and littered piece of land into a woodland garden that has already welcomed hundreds of local people. Since 2023, volunteers from the club have worked alongside the Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust to clear litter, create pathways, weave willow structures,...
From blow-dries to birdsong
A former hairdresser from Rotherham has swapped taming metaphorical bird nests for monitoring physical ones – turning a hobby for bird watching into a fledgling ornithology career. As a licensed bird ringer, a wildlife photographer and a story developer for BBC’s Springwatch, Harriet Day is a lesser spotted female in...
Join free Wild Wellbeing sessions this winter
This New Year, step away from screens and schedules and escape the winter blues with free nature-based wellbeing sessions for adults in South Yorkshire. The Winter Wild Wellbeing programme, delivered by Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust, is designed to ease stress, support recovery from ill health, and offer a calming...
