LWT Membership
The Trust's membership is now over 25,700 (July 2008), including the junior wing, the Wildlife Watch Club. If you care about your environment and want to help protect wildlife and wild places please support the Trust by becoming a member.
The benefits of Trust membership are:
 | | Free access to around 100 Trust nature reserves |
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| | Colour magazines - LWTs 'Lapwings' and the national Wildlife Trusts' magazine, 'Natural World' - three times a year, incorporating conservation news and information, details of events and members' activities |
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| | Access to Local Area Group activities and events |
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| | The opportunity to help with reserve management, surveys, sales stalls and other voluntary work |
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| | Participation in the national network of Wildlife Trusts (Patron HRH The Prince of Wales) |
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| | The opportunity to learn more about wildlife and its habitats |
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| | The satisfaction of knowing that you are helping to maintain biodiversity in Lincolnshire |
Nature Reserves
Together, we manage over 8,500 acres of nature reserves in the county. These protect all sorts of wildlife and wild places, such as kingfishers, otters and bitterns on wetlands; rare butterflies and flowers on heathlands; little terns and thousands of wading birds on the coast; and flowery meadows buzzing with insects. All these nature reserves are open to members, amd many are also open to the public or for educational purposes.
Other issues
Our work also includes wider wildlife conservation and planning issues, lobbying, campaigning and offering advice to landowners. Education is a high priority, both formal and informal, and we run three visitor centres around the county which have experienced staff offering schools and other organisations a wide range of exciting and lively activities.
Area Groups
Membership of the Trust helps to support all the Trust's work for wildlife and also gives you the chance to take part in local activities and events. There are 17 members' Area Groups around the county which organise indoor and outdoor meetings. You can also take part in nature reserve management, research or recording, working out in the fresh air and in good company. Opportunities exist to help in our wildlife gift shops and to take part in the running of the Trust.
Lapwings magazine
Members of the Trust also receive a colour magazine, "Lapwings", three times a year which keeps them in touch with Trust news, and also the Wildlife Trusts' national magazine – "Natural World".
Membership Card
When you join the Trust you will also be sent a membership card, which is your permit to visit all our nature reserves as well as those managed by many other Wildlife Trusts.
Wildlife Watch
Wildlife Watch is our junior club and is open to anyone between the ages of 8 and 15 (approximately) who is interested in wildlife and the environment.
Wildlife Watch members receive the local "Earthwatch" magazine and also have the opportunity to take part in local events and projects, in safety, under the guidance of registered Wildlife Watch leaders.
Wildlife Watch is also a national club so, as well as the above local opportunities, Watch members receive a national colour magazine – "Watchword" (3 times a year) - plus other information throughout the year.
If you have children in your family, you do not need to join them to Wildlife Watch separately – you can join the Trust as a family (see application form).
By joining the Trust you are helping Lincolnshire's wildlife
