About Stephen Mace

Lead Project Officer for Norfolk and keen wildlife photographer - framingwildlife.com

August 2024

Thames to Lincolnshire project; From inception to now

2024-08-15T13:08:48+01:00

The Thames to Lincolnshire (TtL) project commenced in August 2023, when WRT were awarded a £500,000 grant by Natural England. The areas included in the grant ran from the Thames in the south to mid-Lincolnshire. With additional match funding from partnering trusts, the TtL project was able to extend to include South London, Essex [...]

Thames to Lincolnshire project; From inception to now2024-08-15T13:08:48+01:00

July 2024

Heading South for the Winter

2024-07-29T08:22:04+01:00

For the first time, the Waterlife Recovery Trust (WRT) has demonstrated the possibility of eradicating, rather than simply controlling, American mink. This is exciting news for the conservation community and anyone who is passionate about protecting our native wildlife from invasive species. Right now, the WRT is rolling out its eradication project across South [...]

Heading South for the Winter2024-07-29T08:22:04+01:00

September 2023

NEW FUNDING SUCCESS: VOLUNTEER CITIZEN CONSERVATIONISTS URGENTLY NEEDED!

2023-09-14T05:42:28+01:00

The Waterlife Recovery Trust is delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding from Natural England's Species Recovery Programme. The new grant of £500,000 will allow us to expand our work outwards from East Anglia to cover an area from the Thames to mid Lincolnshire (see map above). Better still, the Essex Wildlife [...]

NEW FUNDING SUCCESS: VOLUNTEER CITIZEN CONSERVATIONISTS URGENTLY NEEDED!2023-09-14T05:42:28+01:00

April 2022

Waterlife Discovery Day

2023-04-25T09:10:12+01:00

There is such a thing as a free lunch! Join us for a celebration of the achievements made during the Green Recovery Challenge Funded phase of our campaign to make East Anglia’s waterways a safe place for our native wildlife! We will be having an afternoon learning about the recovery of water voles, otters [...]

Waterlife Discovery Day2023-04-25T09:10:12+01:00

March 2022

Creation of artificial nesting bank for kingfishers

2023-04-25T09:11:48+01:00

Back in July 2021 I was contacted by Matthew Plummer, who was referred to me by a landowner with a smart raft on their land. Matthew told me about a mink that had raided their pond earlier in the year although luckily they managed to trap it. His pond is surrounded by an electric [...]

Creation of artificial nesting bank for kingfishers2023-04-25T09:11:48+01:00

February 2022

The Countryman’s Weekly Article – By Nigel Housden

2023-04-25T09:12:30+01:00

The Countryman’s Weekly is carrying an article by Nigel Housden, featuring Stephen Mace the Lead Project Office for the Mink Eradication project. Below is a video that Nigel and Stephen made to show the equipment we use, and how to use it. Nigel Housden's website can be viewed here - https://www.pinsharpstudios.com/. Below [...]

The Countryman’s Weekly Article – By Nigel Housden2023-04-25T09:12:30+01:00

July 2021

Dust-bathing otter

2023-04-25T09:13:03+01:00

Otters are making a very welcome return to the waterways of East Anglia, having been persecuted to near-extinction in our region. They and American mink often occupy the same stretch of river or drain, and otter families are frequent visitors to the mink rafts we deploy, which is why the raft tunnels are fitted [...]

Dust-bathing otter2023-04-25T09:13:03+01:00

Kingfisher vote of approval

2023-04-25T09:13:37+01:00

A blur of electric blue is all that we normally see of a kingfisher, and even this is a rare encounter for most of us, but one of these delightful creatures gave Cliff Carson a very pleasant surprise when he downloaded one of the cameras he employs to monitor mink raft activity. The camera [...]

Kingfisher vote of approval2023-04-25T09:13:37+01:00

December 2020

Green Recovery Challenge Fund grants nearly a quarter of a million pounds to save threatened East Anglian wildlife

2023-05-02T09:01:17+01:00

Norfolk Rivers Trust has received a Green Recovery Challenge Fund grant of £229,200 for Waterlife Recovery East’s ‘Restoring biodiversity: building a mink-free East Anglia’, a partnership project including local charities Norfolk Rivers Trust, Suffolk Wildlife Trust and Countryside Restoration Trust. Waterlife Recovery East is one of the first environmental projects awarded a grant from [...]

Green Recovery Challenge Fund grants nearly a quarter of a million pounds to save threatened East Anglian wildlife2023-05-02T09:01:17+01:00
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