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'''Somerset Wildlife Trust''' is a [[The Wildlife Trusts partnership|wildlife trust]] covering the county of [[Somerset]], England.


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'''Somerset Wildlife Trust''' (SWT<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.somersetwildlife.org/nature-reserves/cheddar-complex | title=Cheddar Complex &#124; Somerset Wildlife Trust }}</ref>) is a [[The Wildlife Trusts partnership|wildlife trust]] covering the county of [[Somerset]], England.
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The trust aims to safeguard the county's wildlife and wild places for this and future generations and manages almost 80 [[nature reserve]]s. Examples include [[Fyne Court]], [[Westhay Moor]], [[Long Wood]] and [[Langford Heathfield]]


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The trust, which was established in 1964, aims to safeguard the county's wildlife and wild places for this and [[future generations]] and manages almost 80 [[nature reserve]]s. Examples include [[Westhay Moor]], [[Long Wood]] and [[Langford Heathfield]]. It has over 20,500 members and 500 volunteers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Somerset Wildlife Trust|url=http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/members/list-of-members/item/1542-somerset-wildlife-trust|publisher=The Tree Council|access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref>
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The Somerset Wildlife Trust is part of the [[Wildlife Trusts partnership]] of 47 wildlife trusts in the United Kingdom


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The Somerset Wildlife Trust is part of the [[Wildlife Trusts partnership]] of 46 wildlife trusts in the United Kingdom.
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==Nature Reserves==


In 2010 the organisation won a Biffa Award for their "Restoring Habitat for Dormice in Somerset" scheme.<ref>{{cite web|title=Somerset Wildlife Trust|url=http://www.rsaaccreditation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=140:somerset-wildlife-trust&catid=42:biffawards&Itemid=67|publisher=RSA|access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref>
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The Nature Reserves include:

In 2011 the Trust appealed for £100,000 from local residents and businesses to restore former peat diggings on the [[Somerset Levels]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Somerset Wildlife Trust issues urgent appeal: Help us save the Somerset Levels|url=http://www.wellspeople.co.uk/Somerset-Wildlife-Trust-issues-urgent-appeal-Help/story-12850300-detail/story.html|publisher=Wells People|access-date=23 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083941/http://www.wellspeople.co.uk/Somerset-Wildlife-Trust-issues-urgent-appeal-Help/story-12850300-detail/story.html|archive-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>

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==Nature reserves==

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The Nature reserves include:
(* = Reserves designated as Sites of Scientific Interest)
(* = Reserves designated as Sites of Scientific Interest)


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* [[Bickham Wood]]
* [[Bickham Wood]]
* [[Bishopswood Meadows]]
* [[Bishopswood Meadows]]
* [[Cheddar Complex|Black Rock]]
* [[Cheddar Complex|Black Rock]]*
* [[Brim's Copse]]
* [[Boon's Copse]]
* [[Brimley Hill Mire]]
* [[Brimley Hill Mire]]
* [[Cheddar Complex|Bubworth Acres]]
* [[Cheddar Complex|Bubwith Acres]]*
* [[Burtle Moor]]
* [[Burtle Moor]]*
* [[Catcott, Edington and Chilton Moors]]* (4 reserves)
* [[Catcott Reserve]]*
* [[Chancellor's Farm]]*
* [[Chancellor's Farm]]*
* [[Cheddar Wood]]*
* [[Cheddar Wood]]*
* [[Cheddar Wood|Cheddar Wood Edge]]
* [[Cheddar Wood|Cheddar Wood Edge]]
* [[Cockles Fields]]
* [[Cockles Fields]]
* [[Combe Hollow]]
* [[Cook's Fields]]
* [[Cook's Fields]]
* [[Dommett Wood]]
* [[Dommett Wood]]
* [[Draycott Sleights]]*
* [[Draycott Sleights]]*
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* [[Dundon Beacon]]
* [[Dundon Beacon]]
* [[Edford Woods and Meadows]]*
* [[Edford Woods and Meadows]]*
* [[Fivehead Arable Fields]]*
* [[Fivehead Arable Fields]]*
* [[Fyne Court]]
* [[Cheddar Complex|GB Gruffy]]*
* [[Cheddar Complex|GB Gruffy]]
* [[Gilling Down]]*
* [[Gilling Down]]
* [[Great Breach and Copley Woods]]*
* [[Great Breach and Copley Woods]]*
* [[Green Down]]
* [[Green Down]]*
* [[Greylynch]]
* [[Greylynch]]
* [[Harridge Wood]]
* [[Harridge Wood]]
* [[Holford Kelting]]
* [[Holford Kelting]]*
* [[Hollow Marsh Meadow]]
* [[Long Dole Wood and Meadows SSSI|Hollow Marsh Meadow]]*
* [[Honeygar Farm|Honeygar]] (a rewilding project)
* [[Horsehill Coppice]]
* [[Horsehill Coppice]]
* [[Huish Moor]]
* [[Huish Moor]]
* [[Jan Hobbs]]
* [[Jan Hobbs]]
* [[King's Castle Wood]]
* [[King's Castle Wood]]|
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* [[Kings Hill Gully]]
* [[Kings Hill Gully]]
* [[Langford Heathfield]]*
* [[Langford Heathfield]]*
* [[Cheddar Complex|Long Wood]]
* [[Cheddar Complex|Long Wood]]*
* [[Cheddar Complex|Lots Grassland]]
* [[Lots Grassland]]
* [[Lynchcombe]]
* [[Lynchcombe]]
* [[Cheddar Complex|Mascall's Wood]]
* [[Mascall's Wood]]
* [[Cheddar Complex|Middledown]]
* [[Middledown]]
* [[Mounsey]]
* [[Barle Valley|Mounsey Wood]]*
* [[Munty]]
* [[New Hill & Tannager]]*
* [[New Hill & Tannager]]
* [[Old Chard Canal]]
* [[Payton Marsh]]
* [[Payton Marsh]]
* [[Perry Mead]]
* [[Perry Mead]]
* [[Priddy Mineries]]
* [[Prospect Fields]]*
* [[Prospect Fields]]
* [[Quants Reserve|Quants]]*
* [[Quants Reserve|Quants]]*
* [[Rewe Mead]]
* [[Rewe Mead]]
* [[Ringdown SSSI, Somerset|Ringdown]]
* [[Ringdown SSSI, Somerset|Ringdown]]
* [[Ruggin]]
* [[Ruggin]]*|
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* [[Sharpham Moor Plot]]*
* [[Sharpham Moor Plot]]*
* [[South Hill, Somerset|South Hill]]
* [[South Hill, Somerset|South Hill]]
* [[Street Heath]]*
* [[Street Heath]]*
* [[Sutton's Pond]]
* [[Sutton's Pond]]
* [[Tealham and Tadham Moors|Tealham Moor]]
* [[Tealham and Tadham Moors|Tealham Moor]]*
* [[Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands|Thurlbear Wood]]
* [[Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands|Thurlbear Wood]]*
* [[Tor Hole Fields]]
* [[Tor Hole Fields]]
* [[Cheddar Complex|Ubley Warren]]
* [[Cheddar Complex|Ubley Warren]]*
* [[Cheddar Complex|Velvet Bottom]]
* [[Cheddar Complex|Velvet Bottom]]
* [[Wellington Castle Fields]]
* [[Wellington Castle Fields]]
* [[West Coker Fen]]
* [[West Coker Fen]]
* [[Westbury Quarry]]
* [[Westhay Heath]]*
* [[Westhay Heath]]*
* [[Westhay Moor]]* (National Nature Reserve)
* [[Westhay Moor]]* (National Nature Reserve)
* [[Withial Combe]]
* [[Withial Combe]]
* [[Yarley Fields]]
* [[Yarley Fields]]
* [[Yarty Moor]]
* [[Yarty Moor]]*
* [[Yoxter Range]]
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== See also ==
==See also==
*[[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset]]
*[[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.somersetwildlife.org/ Somerset Wildlife Trust website]
*[http://www.somersetwildlife.org/ Somerset Wildlife Trust website]
*{{UK charity|238372}}
*{{EW charity|238372}}


{{The Wildlife Trusts}}
{{The Wildlife Trusts}}
{{Authority control}}


[[Category:Organisations based in Somerset]]
[[Category:Charities based in Somerset]]
[[Category:Environment of Somerset]]
[[Category:Environment of Somerset]]
[[Category:Wildlife Trusts of England]]
[[Category:Wildlife Trusts of England]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Taunton]]


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Latest revision as of 17:40, 21 August 2024

Somerset Wildlife Trust
TypeRegistered Charity
HeadquartersTaunton, Somerset
Official language
English
Parent organization
Wildlife Trusts partnership
WebsiteSomerset Wildlife Trust

Somerset Wildlife Trust (SWT[1]) is a wildlife trust covering the county of Somerset, England.

The trust, which was established in 1964, aims to safeguard the county's wildlife and wild places for this and future generations and manages almost 80 nature reserves. Examples include Westhay Moor, Long Wood and Langford Heathfield. It has over 20,500 members and 500 volunteers.[2]

The Somerset Wildlife Trust is part of the Wildlife Trusts partnership of 46 wildlife trusts in the United Kingdom.

In 2010 the organisation won a Biffa Award for their "Restoring Habitat for Dormice in Somerset" scheme.[3]

In 2011 the Trust appealed for £100,000 from local residents and businesses to restore former peat diggings on the Somerset Levels.[4]

Nature reserves

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The Nature reserves include: (* = Reserves designated as Sites of Scientific Interest)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cheddar Complex | Somerset Wildlife Trust".
  2. ^ "Somerset Wildlife Trust". The Tree Council. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Somerset Wildlife Trust". RSA. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  4. ^ "The Somerset Wildlife Trust issues urgent appeal: Help us save the Somerset Levels". Wells People. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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