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Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust Annual Review 2025/26

Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust's Annual Review 2025/26 reports healthy membership growth and a big step towards its 30 by 30 goal for nature. During the year 206 new members joined, bringing member households to 1,274 and individual members to 2,451. Volunteers donated 1,717 days of their time, valued at £129,805, and 22 new volunteers were recruited. Nine new Local Wildlife Sites were selected, bringing the county's total to 80 covering more than 2,000 hectares, and its ecotherapy programme reached young people, pupils and adults.

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About

Since 1982 Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust has been the leading voluntary organisation promoting wildlife conservation in Montgomeryshire, caring for 18 nature reserves totalling some 510 hectares, running the Dyfi Wildlife Centre and inspiring people about the natural world. It is a membership organisation supported by members and volunteers.

Key Metrics

2,451 individual members, with 206 new members joining in 2025/26
1,717 days of time donated by volunteers, worth £129,805
80 Local Wildlife Sites in Montgomeryshire, covering more than 2,000 hectares

Key Outcomes

  • Nine new Local Wildlife Sites or Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation selected
  • Over two years, 193 young people referred onto the ecotherapy programme and 195 high school pupils engaged in its activities
  • 18 youth engagement sessions delivered in Welshpool through Stand for Nature Wales

Geography

Wales

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5,999 active volunteers contributed 776,242 hours in 2025/26
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137 winter maintenance projects across 45 canals; 109 lock gates replaced
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101,640 children participated in Explorers/STEM outdoor learning, including 67,896 water-safety participants
Over 80% of the network kept fully open despite drought.
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The Eco-Schools programme reached over 1.4 million pupils, with 2,162 schools awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag in 2024/25
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326,000 volunteers pledged to the Great British Spring Clean, picking up 425,626 bags of rubbish, supported by 288 local authorities and parish councils
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2,227 Green Flag Awards given to parks and green spaces in the UK; 151 beaches given a Blue Flag and/or Seaside Award
98.3% of educators felt the Eco-Schools programme significantly supports young people's development of 'green skills'
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First known breeding success of spoonbills in the Norfolk Broads in around 400 years, recorded at Hickling Broads and Marshes
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Over 60 nature reserves managed across Norfolk, with land owned or managed for wildlife exceeding 5,000 hectares
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1,500 volunteers helped protect wildlife across the county during the year
New urban nature reserve co-designed with the local community, expanding accessible green space in Norfolk
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61,819 native oysters deployed across UK restoration projects in 2024/25
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15,064 people participated in the Beachwatch beach clean programme, submitting 1,256 litter surveys — the highest in the programme's 31-year history
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17,613 young people engaged through in-person or online youth programme sessions
£11.5 billion Ofwat investment package secured for storm overflow cuts in England and Wales following sustained MCS advocacy