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Helicopters help with Roaches recovery
The county’s largest nature conservation charity has called in the use of helicopters to help the recovery of land at The Roaches following the large moorland fire at the reserve earlier this year…
Roaches recovery continues
Signs of life are beginning to show at one of Staffordshire’s most well-known nature reserves – less than two years after a fire devastated a large swathe of land.
Winter work at The Roaches
During winter 2024 into early 2025 a large number of larch trees will be felled due to being diseased. The work is being undertaken following instruction from the Forestry Commission, in an effort to contain the disease and also to ensure public safety.
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust celebrates 10 years of management at the iconic Roaches
On May 1 2013, the Trust began its 125-year lease of the Roaches, a magnificent 975-acre area on the edge of the Peak District National Park.
Roach
The silvery roach can be seen gathering in large shoals in lowland ponds, lakes and slow-flowing rivers. It is a member of the carp family and looks very similar to the dace, chub and rudd.
Learn more about curlews at Roaches walk
People are being invited to learn more about one of one of our unmistakable birds at an iconic nature reserve in Staffordshire.
Just a few weeks left to sign up to take part in Trust’s Ride the Roaches cycling sportive
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is inviting cyclists of all abilities to sign up now and register their place for its annual fundraising Ride the Roaches cycling sportive – which takes place in just…
Take a Big Wild Walk at The Roaches with Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
The county’s largest nature conservation charity is asking people in North Staffordshire to tackle the nature and climate emergency by challenging themselves to a Big Wild Walk this October half-…