Livestock Checker Volunteer
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Do you fancy keeping fit whilst getting some fresh air? Would you like to help us check our ‘udderley’ brilliant Dexter Cattle and our mischievous Hebridean Sheep to make sure they’re in good health? The our Livestock Checker Volunteer role would be perfect for you!
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust manages over 100 reserves, restoring biodiversity, protecting habitats and wildlife and providing wonderful opportunities for visitors to get close up and see some of our most enthralling wildlife. Part of the management of many of our grassland, fen and heathland reserves is carried out by grazing animals.
Grazing helps control competitive ‘rough’ plant species that can out-compete the finer, more interesting species of grass and wildflower that we seek to encourage. Livestock on the reserves need to be checked on three to four times a week to ensure that their health is good, and that they are still all there.
We are looking for Volunteer Livestock Checkers to commit a couple of hours per week or fortnight at the following reserves:
- Cali Heath Nature Reserve near Pocklington - East Yorkshire
- Allerthorpe Nature Reserve near Pockington - East Yorkshire
- Low Carr Farm near Malton - North Yorkshire
- Staveley Nature Reserve near Harrogate - North Yorkshire
About Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is a charity dedicated to conserving, protecting and restoring wildlife and wild places in Yorkshire.
We were established as a charity in 1946, and are part of The Wildlife Trusts movement. We look after over 100 nature reserves right across Yorkshire, and are involved in hundreds of other conservation-related projects. Our work inspires people to understand the value of nature and to take action for it.
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is a charity dedicated to conserving, protecting and restoring wildlife and wild places in Yorkshire. We were established as a charity in 1946, and are part of The Wildlife Trusts movement. We look after over 100 nature reserves right across Yorkshire, and are involved in hundreds of other conservation-related projects. Our work inspires people to understand the value of nature and to take action for it.
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