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Cheshire Wildlife Trust runs a number of projects targeting specific habitats, plants, and animals for special attention to their conservation within the county.

A Living Landscape
An initiative by all The Wildlife Trusts to restore whole landscapes for both wildlife and people

   
The Conservation Grazing Project
At Cheshire Wildlife Trust our traditional breed cattle and sheep are doing their bit for conservation
   
The Gowy and Mersey Washlands is our first Living Landscape initiative, creating a network of wetland habitats.
   
The North West Wildlife Trust's Irish Sea Project
is working to protect the fabulous wealth of wildlife in the Irish sea.
   
Small tortoiseshell butterfly on lavender Gardening for Wildlife
Across the UK, we look after more than two million acres of gardens. With our countryside increasingly under threat, every garden is a potential haven for wildlife.
 


NorthWest Lowlands Water Vole Project
Is working to promote the conservation of Water Vole populations
   
The common or hazel dormouse

The Dormouse Project
Cheshire Wildlife Trust has successfully reintroduced this attractive animal to Cheshire, where it become extinct around the turn of the last century. Find out more about the life of the dormouse and the dormouse reintroduction. Read the latest in our Spring 2006 Update

Sites of Biological Importance Recording our SBIs is vital to protect rare species and habitats

   
European polecat Polecat Project
This distinctively-marked small carnivore had almost disappearing from our countryside. CWT is monitoring the remarkable recovery of the polecat
   

Countdown
Countdown is a program to conserve biodiversity by creating Action Plans for threatened species and habitats in Cheshire

   
Harvest mouse with it's nest Harvest Mouse Project
This tiny and illusive mouse has been disappearing from our countryside, due to changes in agricultural practices. CWT is working alongside Chester Zoo to bring back the harvest mouse .
 

A Living Landscape is aimed at creating robust, resilient and connected landscapes on a vast scale

Our Conservation Grazing project and the
Gowy and Mersey Washlands scheme both contribute to our vision of a
Living Landscape for Cheshire


 

 


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