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A Greener Future: UK Nature Needs Us

The UK is one of the most biodiversity depleted countries in the world, with 1 in 6 UK species at risk of extinction. Over 40% of species have declined in abundance in the UK in the past 40 years. Please donate to our UK Nature Needs Us appeal today.

Every donation to our UK Nature Needs Us appeal helps to ensure that we can continue our vital wildlife conservation work to protect vulnerable UK wildlife. Please donate today.

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Chester Zoo is at the forefront of protecting UK wildlife - starting here in the north west. We’re creating new spaces for UK wildlife such as otters, kingfishers, hedgehogs, bees and secretive birds such as snipe and water rail to thrive. We’re also helping to recover species and lost biodiversity by transforming a 10-mile stretch of habitat between Chester and Ellesmere Port - planting new wildflower meadows, orchards and hedgerows, and creating new ponds and wetlands.
Our nature reserve is home to a wide range of incredible local and national wildlife, including kingfishers, hedgehogs and harvest mice. It is designated as a ‘Local Wildlife Site’ for the important plants, birds and invertebrates that live here – providing a protected habitat for vulnerable species, as well as a corridor of habitat that allows them to move through the landscape when they need to. Over the years, we have been monitoring the different species that use the nature reserve, including those that use it as a permanent home, as a feeding ground or even a place to breed.
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We urgently need your support

Your support will enable us to create, restore and enhance habitats across the Northwest. From ponds to meadows, waterways to hedgerows, woodlands to orchards - UK wildlife is relying on us to save their habitats and give species recovery a chance. Donate to our UK Wildlife Needs Us appeal and help to protect the green spaces we love from further biodiversity loss.

Your support will help us to protect UK wildlife from a multitude of threats

Please support today

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£5

Could help to buy helps to buy 25 grams of yellow rattle seed perfect for restoring wildflower meadows

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£15

could help us to provide a safe home for birds like robins and tits.

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£50

can help to provide a safe home for barn owls.

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£100

could help us to buy a specialist camera to monitor wildlife on our site.

Our charity is leading Networks for Nature - a project in which we're creating a thriving, more connected, wildlife-rich landscape across Northwest Cheshire for the benefit of nature and people. Covering 60 square miles from Ellesmere Port to Chester, this work will drive nature recovery, make nature more accessible, and empower communities to protect and restore nature.

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Why your donation matters

As a conservation charity we rely on donations to continue all of our vital species-saving work and to ensure nature can survive and thrive.

The UK is one of the most biodiversity depleted countries in the world, with 1 in 6 UK species at risk of extinction. We must act now before it's too late for UK nature.

Please support our UK Nature Needs Us appeal today.

Find out more about our work

Your support directly helps to fund our work - in the zoo and across the world. Find out more about the areas of conservation work our experts carry out every day.

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There are so many ways to support our work

Our species-saving conservation work - both in the zoo and across the world - is only made possible thanks to our supporters.

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Our Conservation Masterplan

Preventing extinction can't be done alone – it is complex and requires a collaborative approach to resolve inter-related threats.

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Our pioneering science research

Our dedicated team of scientists, data analysts and technologists work together with partners across the world.

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Our conservation work across the globe

Our team of experts work in six regions around the globe- representing some of the planet's most biodiverse habitats.

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Our International Conservation Academy

Chester Zoo is a hub for conservation education and we're committed to inspiring future conservationists