Our Wild Solutions team are thrilled to be in the delivery phase of our ambitious and impactful project in partnership with Northern Rail!

Together, we’ve developed an estate-wide biodiversity strategy, identifying strategically significant interventions that will bring tangible benefits to biodiversity and the community, turning small spaces into mini nature hubs and transforming platforms from grey to green. 

One year after Biodiversity Net Gain was introduced to ensure that new developments leave the natural environment in a better state than they found it, Wild Solutions, owned by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and the wider group of 46 Wildlife Trusts are proving that restoring nature alongside development is entirely possible.  

Are you a business in Derbyshire looking to make positive change for wildlife? Read on or reach out to us at Wildsolutions@derbyshirewt.co.uk to find out more about how you can help.

The Wilder Delivery team have been stationed at Witches Oak Water, (a private, no public access site - owned by Seven Trent Water), felling willow to restore the wetland, protecting the reedbed.

Since becoming mandatory, this legislation has been great news for wildlife and communities and has given us the opportunity to leverage our experts to support this new approach, while remaining true to our charitable status and strategic goals. Here our Wild Solutions team take a look back at the first 200 days of BNG.

Wild Whittington is an area of former arable farmland in the northernmost area of Chesterfield. Having recently been acquired by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, it has seen a dramatic change in management- but not quite in the way you might expect.

Our team of passionate, skilled ecologists are getting ready for the upcoming 2024 survey season! Find out more about Local Wildlife Sites and surveys in our latest blog.

Wild Solutions has opened a second habitat bank in the heart of the Amber Valley. The 83-acre site, known as Common Farm, will now be rewilded to create a mosaic of habitats, with the resulting Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) available for purchase now.

At Wild Solutions, we recognise how important this season is for data collecting and informed habitat management.

Join us as we discuss the importance of spring surveys, where detailed observations provide essential insights on habitat health and biodiversity. From woodland floor evaluations to thorough documentation of breeding bird activity, every survey conducted this season provides critical data for informed conservation efforts.

Wondering what it’s like to be part of the ecology team at Derbyshire Wildlife Trust? This blog follows Issy’s story within the Wilder Solutions Team and how they’ve made a real difference in nature conservation around Derbyshire, working on a range of exciting and innovative conservation projects!

Following a delay to the original deadline in November 2023, Biodiversity Net-Gain becomes mandatory today (12 February 2024). In order to gain planning permission, developers are now required by law to deliver a minimum of 10% net-gain in biodiversity with newly created or enhanced habitats secured, for at least 30 years, on all new sites.

Knowing what’s present within your land is key to finding out what ecological value an area has. The process of assessing what is on an area of land is key in finding out the best way to enhance an area for nature’s benefit. This information can also assist in finding out what ways you can fund any habitat enhancement/creation, once you know what you’re creating!

Wild Whittington, located 5km north of Chesterfield City Centre, has just become the first habitat bank in Derbyshire to be secured with a Section 106 agreement with the local planning authority (LPA), Chesterfield Borough Council.

The site is owned by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and managed by Wild Solutions, the trust’s in-house ecological consultancy and ecosystem services provider.

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust has secured the purchase of 60 acres of land for nature and local people to enjoy thanks to overwhelming support from the public, generous grants and philanthropic loans.