The 1^st August is Yorkshire Day and a great chance to celebrate the beauty and wonders of Yorkshire.

It’s a stunning county, with gorgeous countryside and towns and villages that are full of character.

So why not give a membership to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust who are working hard to keep Yorkshire wild?  The Trust is committed to creating a Yorkshire which is rich in wildlife, saving both wildlife and wild places to bring people closer to nature.  And they have a vision of a wilder future!

The Trust has 45,000 members and membership is a way to help it give Yorkshire’s wildlife a voice, and to inspire future generations.

Discover all about the wildlife and wild places of Yorkshire

Find out about the wildlife of Yorkshire here – the birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fish, marine animals and invertebrates.  And discover too all about the the wildflowers, fungi, mosses, trees and shrubs. 

The county has habitats such as heathland and moorland, wetlands and woodland, rocky habitat and farmland, and both coastal and freshwater habitats. And of course there are hedgerows – find out why hedgerows are important here. – and stone walls.  Why are stone walls so important to wildlife?

See the amazing starling murmuration at Ripon City Wetlands



Give a membership to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
and help save Yorkshire's wildlife and wild places!
Image © Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Membership includes:

• Free entry to over 100 Yorkshire Wildlife Trust nature reserves
• Visit and watch wildlife at Yorkshire's amazing sites including Spurn Point and Potteric Carr.
• Four copies a year of our Wildlife Yorkshire magazine, packed with inspiring features and tips to help you live a wilder life.
• Discounts on some of the unforgettable wildlife watching experiences across Yorkshire
• Complimentary admission to many other Wildlife Trust venues.

This is surely a win-win gift – your membership will be helping to fund vital work and a brighter future for the wild places and wildlife of Yorkshire.

Gift memberships (£54.99) are delivered in a unique box, with a welcome pack, a copy of Discover Yorkshire’s Wildlife (the RRP is £14.99), a cuddly soft toy, a subscription to Wildlife Yorkshire, the quarterly membership magazine, and more!  Find out about it here.

Find out more about the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Memberships

By the way, the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts in the UK - why not find your local Wildlife Trust here and join them or give a membership to one of them?