The Big Give Christmas Challenge - Wilder Whitelee

We're thrilled to report that the Whitelee Moor Big Give Christmas Campaign was a total success, we hit 100% of our funding early on in the campaign thanks to many very kind donors. 

Together, we can continue to protect Whitelee Moor for generations to come!

Read on to learn about its incredible landscapes, diverse wildlife, and why it’s such a vital space to protect.

Covering over 15km², Whitelee Moor is one of Britain’s most important upland nature reserves, a site of European conservation importance and NWT’s largest reserve. We recently changed focus, switching to cattle grazing using NoFence collars. This allows us to protect sensitive habitats, while targeting areas that will benefit from the cattle’s presence. Now we want to help this awesome site achieve its full potential as a spectacular haven for wildlife. Over half of the reserve is blanket bog, a huge store of carbon and water, vital to mitigate future climate change, and reduce potential flooding downstream in the Rede and Tyne.

We want to improve habitats, especially peatland, woodland and wildflower meadows, so that wildlife can thrive and move freely across this vast landscape, adapting to climate change. With the help of volunteers, we want to repair and then speed up the recovery of the peatland by helping specialist plants colonise restored areas. We want to add species missing from the wildflower meadows and plant and care for native woodland in river valleys. 

This year we are taking part in The Big Give Christmas Challenge to raise £17,600 towards this vital work.

Every donation made during this time will be doubled thanks to generous donors and The Reed Foundation. One donation, twice the impact.

Find out more about the magnificent habitat at Whitelee Moor by watching the following video:-