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Lancashire Wildlife Trust (LWT) - FAQs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Who
are you? | |||||||||||||||||||||
| How
are you funded? In order to continue our work we depend on income from a number of sources, including membership subscriptions, charitable funders, donations, appeals, legacies, fundraising events and corporate sponsorship. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| How
can I become a member? You can contact us direct or visit our Join Us page. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| What
area do you cover? We operate throughout Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside, north of the Manchester Ship Canal. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Are
your reserves open to the public? Most of our reserves are open to everyone. Some are restricted to LWT members, in order to protect fragile habitats or species and occasionally for safety reasons. If you want to visit a particular reserve, refer to the Reserves page, contact us if appropriate and we will help. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Is
it possible to do conservation work on LWT reserves? Volunteers do vital work on most of our reserves. Find out about volunteering opportunities. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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there any other ways I can help? You can also make a commitment to our future work by remembering LWT in your will. To find out more visit our pages on Volunteering and Legacies. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Can
I take pictures at a reserve? Visitors to our reserves are welcome to take photographs as long as the wildlife is not disturbed. For this reason and for your own safety, please keep to paths and hides, observe any local notices and be careful during breeding and nesting seasons. Please do not record images of people as this would require written permission. If you are a specialist wildlife photographer and wish to get closer to your subjects at an LWT reserve, then please contact us. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Can
I film on a reserve? Visitors to our reserves are welcome to use personal video cameras with the same requirements as for still photography above. If you are wish to film at a reserve as part of a student or professional production, you must contact LWT. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Can
you give me some advice on attracting wildlife to my garden?
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| Do
you provide wildlife information for schools? We're very happy to do so. Go to the Education page for details. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Where
can I get advice on objecting to a planning application? Consult the planning department at your local council. Some councils have advice on how to submit objections on their websites. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Do
you help with planning issues? We monitor planning applications for possible damage to wildlife habitat and make suggestions or objections where necessary. We also offer appropriate advice to developers and land management services on a consultancy basis. Go to the Standing up for Wildlife or Consultancy page for details. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Who
deals with wildlife matters at my local council? Many local councils now have a nominated biodiversity officer, ecologist or countryside manager. Contact your local Council offices for help. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Who
should I get in touch with about the felling of trees? Contact the planning department at your local council. If you live in an area with a Parish Council, ask your Parish Councillor for details of your local Tree Warden. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Is
it possible to be buried on an LWT reserve? In order to avoid disturbing natural habitats, we do not allow burials on our wildlife reserves, but the scattering of ashes in a sensitive manner may be permitted. In exceptional circumstances a memorial may be considered | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Who
should I contact about a sick or injured animal?
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| Who
should I contact about wildlife crime? Contact your local police wildlife liaison officer through any police headquarters. More information is available at www.defra.gov.uk/paw | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Who
should I inform about sightings of rare species? Incredibly, there has been no integrated Local Biological Record Centre or network for our area since the local government reforms of 1974! A project has just been launched (July 2006) to develop one for Merseyside. There still isn't one for either Greater Manchester or for Lancashire County, though we are working with partners to try to revive networks for both areas. For details of national biological recording schemes see the National Biodiversity Network website http://www.nbn.org.uk. |
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| What
is biodiversity? Biodiversity is an abbreviation of biological diversity and only came into use after the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. It doesn't just mean the number of species and the variation amongst them, but also the interactions between species and their relationships within complex ecosystems. A very useful definition of biodiversity is "the variety of life". | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The
Lancashire Wildlife Trust is a Registered Charity (No. 229325)
and a Registered Company (No.731548) Website designed and created by Craig Smith |