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1. Client Research
(Yorkshire Wildlife Trust)
About Us
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is a local charity working to create a
Yorkshire rich in wildlife for everyone.
The Trust believes Yorkshire should be rich in wildlife for the benefit
of everyone with more wildlife, more wild places and more people
having a strong connection to nature.
The charity was established in 1946 and is part of The Wildlife Trusts
movement. Find out more about our work below.
How we are funded
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is a charity (and therefore not-for-profit)
which means every penny raised is spent on delivering our charitable
work - nature conservation in Yorkshire. As a charity we are unable
to make a profit like a commercial business. “For every £1 that you
donate, 74p goes directly into conservation work right here in
Yorkshire- this means that money is invested in things like managing
nature reserves, defending wildlife against poorly-planned
development and inspiring people about wildlife.” Yorkshire Wildlife
Trust receives two main types of income: restricted (for specific
projects) and unrestricted (for the ongoing delivery of our charitable
objectives). It is important to distinguish between these two types of
income. The vast majority of grant schemes restrict their funding and
if we are successful in securing funding, we are completely restricted
to spending it on the items as dictated by the funding contract. If we
choose to spend the money on something else, we would be in
breach of our contract and would have to return the money.
The Trust draws on a variety of funding sources to cover the costs of
conservation projects, education and awareness work, and to
manage our network of nature reserves.
What does YWT have to offer?
“Nature Reserves, we look after over 100 nature reserves across
Yorkshire.”

2. Askham Bog
Magnificent royal ferns, rare gingerbread sedge and spectacular
displays of water violets are to be found in this mosaic of fen,
woodland and meadow. Askham Bog is remarkable survivor of the
ancient fenlands of Yorkshire. It occupies the site of an ancient lake,
left behind by a retreating glacier 15,000 years ago - the low hill to
the south of the Bog, along which the A64 road runs, is the terminal
moraine from that glacier. Located just off the A1036, York, North
Yorkshire, YO23 2UB.
Things to know before you go
Size, 44 hectares. Entry fee, free. Parking information, car park
available at the entrance of the reserve. Grazing animals, Exmoor
ponies grazing, Walking trails, the boardwalk is a short loop which
can be accessed at all times. Wellies are required for the rest of the
site which is boggy with deep pools and ditches. Access, Permissive
footpaths. The boardwalk which loops around the reserve is
accessible to wheelchairs and pushchairs. Dogs, on a lead.
Best times to visit
Opening times, open at all times. Best time to visit, June to
September.
Habitat
Wetlands and woodlands
About
The edges of the Bog, kept alkaline by water draining from the
moraine, harbour the greatest diversity of plants and insects,
including marsh orchids, marsh violet and meadow thistle. The
colony of gingerbread sedge in Far Wood is the largest in England
and some of the royal ferns are huge and probably very old.
The site is home to rare species of water beetle and moth fauna is
exceptional, with rare species such as the fen square-spot. Birds are
abundant, including woodcock, buzzard, willow and marsh tits,
grasshopper and reed warblers. In winter huge twittering flocks of
goldfinch, lesser redpoll and siskin feed on birch and alder seeds.

3. Roe deer and foxes are seen regularly, and the pond is a great place
to watch water voles, while overhead many dragonflies including the
spectacular emperor can be seen on warm summer days.
Seasonal Highlights
Spring: Invertebrates - Brimstone butterfly; Large red damselfly;
Broad-bodied chaser; Amphibians - Common frog Birds - Willow tit
Summer: Plants - Marsh orchid; Marsh thistle; Water violet;
Invertebrates - Migrant hawker; Birds - Spotted flycatcher
Autumn: Plants - Royal fern; Gingerbread sedge; Invertebrates-
Common darter; Birds - Redwing
Winter: Plants - Bog myrtle; Woodcock; Lesser redpoll, Siskin;
Mammals - Roe deer
History
Askham Bog was purchased in 1946 by the famous sweet
manufacturers Francis Terry and Arnold Rowntree and the Yorkshire
Naturalists' (now Wildlife) Trust was formed to receive it as a gift.
The site has been managed ever since to restore it to the haven for
wildlife it once was.
Dating back to Roman times Askham Bog was used by local
communities as a source of peat for fuel, resulting in a mosaic of
habitats and a legacy of ditches, probably originally used for peat
extraction.