Environment & Climate Community & Social Justice 2025
Northumberland Wildlife Trust

Annual Report & Accounts 2024–2025

Northumberland Wildlife Trust manages 69 nature reserves covering 6,193 hectares across Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle. In 2024–25, the Trust made significant progress on the £30m Rothbury Estate acquisition — the largest land sale in England for 30 years — advanced peatland restoration across 14 sites, contributed 14,449 volunteer hours, launched a five-year red squirrel project and expanded community nature programmes to reach underrepresented groups.

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Wildlife conservation and nature recovery across 69 reserves; peatland and habitat restoration; species projects (red squirrel, water vole, pine marten, orchids); marine conservation; community nature engagement; green finance and biodiversity net gain; land acquisition including the 3,800 ha Rothbury Estate as part of a £30m two-phase purchase

📊Key Metrics

69 nature reserves managed across 6,193 hectares in Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle Key Metric 1
14,449 volunteer hours contributed to practical conservation on reserves and partner sites Key Metric 2
Peatland restoration underway across 5,000 ha at 14 sites, including 250 ha completed at The Wou and Moss Peteral Farm Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Secured first tranche of the Rothbury Estate — the largest land sale in England in 30 years — creating a 40-mile nature recovery corridor from the coast to Kielder
  • Over 2,000 peat dams and baffles installed at Whitelee as part of ongoing peatland restoration, improving water quality in the River Rede catchment and increasing carbon storage
  • Expanded nature and communities programme connecting under-resourced and underrepresented communities with wildlife, with therapeutic nature activities developed to support health and wellbeing

📍Geography

North East

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