Durham Wildlife Trust

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The Durham Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering County Durham, England.

Durham Wildlife Trust manages 25 Nature Reserves and covers an area from the Tyne to the Tees, encompassing the County of Durham, the City of Sunderland, and the Boroughs of Gateshead, South Tyneside and Darlington. Nature Reserves managed by the Trust include Bishop Middleham Quarry, Hawthorn Dene and Low Barns and include a range of habitats such as limestone grasslands, upland hay meadows and coastal denes. Species conservation work includes projects to conserve great crested newts and water voles.

The Trust's Hedleyhope Fell Reserve is one of the largest remaining examples of recovering mid-altitude heathland in the county and is a rare habitat in County Durham. The site is very important because it supports a range of rare and uncommon flora and fauna, including lesser skullcap, stag’s-horn clubmoss and the velvet ant, which hasn’t been recorded anywhere else in the County. It is also home to breeding Short-eared Owls, Badgers and Brown hares and is an important site for the green hairstreak butterfly.

The Trust's President is David Bellamy.

The work of the Trust is supported by its members and a large team of volunteers. It is a registered charity.