Environment & Climate Health & Wellbeing 2025
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust

Annual Review 2024-2025

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust's 2024/25 annual review covers its management of 93 nature reserves across the county. Wildlife highlights include record-breaking bittern and little tern breeding seasons. The Trust reviewed 1,987 planning applications, engaged 5,000+ young people and families at education centres, and concluded its Nextdoor Nature programme having supported 15 communities. Agri-environment payments were uplifted from £147k to £501k annually. Income for FY2023/24 (most recent filed) was £5.25m.

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Nature reserve management and habitat restoration; agri-environment and peatland restoration schemes; marine and coastal conservation (Wilder Humber programme); education and youth engagement (Nature Tots, Wildlife Watch, Junior Wardens); community nature recovery (Nextdoor Nature); Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership; planning and biodiversity net gain advice; environmental records management (12 million+ records); policy influencing and advocacy

📊Key Metrics

93 nature reserves managed across Lincolnshire; 1,987 planning applications reviewed with 58 full responses covering 536 hectares Key Metric 1
5,000+ young people and families visited education centres at Gibraltar Point, Far Ings and Whisby Nature Park, including 3,109 schoolchildren and 200 university and college students Key Metric 2
Agri-environment scheme payments uplifted from £147,000 to £501,000 per year following renewal of four Countryside Stewardship agreements across 43 reserves Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Little terns at Gibraltar Point had their best year in a decade (14 nests, 23 fledged young); bitterns set a new county record with 5 booming males and 10 fledged young at Far Ings
  • Nextdoor Nature project (National Lottery Heritage Fund) supported 15 communities to manage local green spaces, with Community Officer now appointed permanently to continue this work
  • Wilder Humber programme (with Ørsted and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust) progressed oyster, saltmarsh, dune and seagrass restoration; Trust's e-newsletter achieved 50–55% open rate reaching 9,000+ subscribers

📍Geography

East Midlands

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