Nature news, events and conservation opportunities in the Manifold Valley
Great UK WaterBlitz
ManifoldCAN plans to sign up with one of the water quality testing schemes, to allow the community to monitor water quality on a long term basis. However, in the meantime, there is a great opportunity for individuals to have a go at some simple testing as a one-off: FreshWater Watch is running a Great UK WaterBlitz from 25-28th April.
South West Peak Wader Wardens
Curlew, Lapwing & Snipe are of conservation concern in the UK due to dramatic reductions in their populations and breeding ranges. The RSPB runs a ‘Wader Wardens’ project, in partnership with local farmers and landowners, in which volunteers monitor breeding pairs of the three species between March & July, and help protect nesting curlew nests.
Volunteers - RSPB are recruiting volunteers to join their Wader Warden project, to help with breeding wader (Curlew, Lapwing and Snipe) surveys between March and July.
New wader farms for 2025 - RSPB are also looking for new wader monitoring locations in the South West Peak during 2025, and would love to hear from you if you own land or a farm in the South West Peak where you know that these waders are present, and are not currently being monitored.
Whether your interested in volunteering as wader warden or have curlews on your land, contact us at ManifoldCAN and will will pass on your details.
Water Vole Recovery Project
Derbyshire and Staffordshire Wildlife Trusts are collaborating to deliver a Water Vole Recovery project on the Dove catchment (including the Manifold River), tackling threats to Britain's fastest declining mammal.
They are asking landowners to give permission to access the water, and volunteers to help with monitoring, and are currently looking for people to get involved in the Swainsley area of the Manifold.
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