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Our Impact
Our land                                 Our people                       Our reach

           We manage 87 nature                      25,136                           15,000 planning
           reserves covering                        memberships                      applications screened
           2,644ha of land                          support our work                 prompting 143
           We care for 10% of the                   Over 1,800                       in-depth responses
           remaining floodplain                     volunteers support               12 additional
           meadows (MG4) in                         our work                         decision-makers
           the UK                                   24,278                           directly influenced for
           997ha of woodland,                       volunteer                        the benefit wildlife
           of which 479ha are                       sessions                          3,214ha of privately
           ancient woodland                         11 trustees oversee               owned land
           351ha cut for hay to                     governance and                    influenced for the
           encourage wild flower                    strategic leadership              benefit of wildlife
           diversity in meadows                     150 members of                    through our advice
           Over 1,100ha grazed                      staff dedicated to               4 education centres,
           by livestock to                          nature’s recovery                2 visitor centres and 1
           maintain wildlife-rich                   19,208                           environmental centre
           habitats                                 followers                        10,287 schoolchildren
           330 biological surveys                   on social media                  visited our education
           carried out on our                                                        centres
           nature reserves                                                           Over 400 public
                                                                                     events attracting
   ha=hectare                                                                        39,000 people
   (which is the size of a rugby pitch)                                              22 Investors in
                                                                                     Wildlife corporate
                                                                                     partners
                                                                                     578,000
                                                                                     unique website
                                                                                     views
                                                                                     373 media
                                                                                     broadcasts or
                                                                                     articles
                                                                                     194,000 visitors
                                                                                     to College Lake
                                                                                     and the Nature
                                                                                     Discovery Centre

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