Nurturing Natural Connections

Cumbernauld: A model for urban wildlife conservation
With a blend of ancient woodlands, meadows, and wetlands, Cumbernauld provides the perfect conditions for an array of wildlife.

Badgers, pine marten, common blue butterflies and even Daubenton’s bats and tawny owls have been spotted here.

But the town’s biodiversity is under threat. Climate change and encroaching urban development are impacting green spaces.

For over 30 years, we’ve been safeguarding Cumbernauld’s habitats; managing wildlife reserves and launching conservation and community initiatives.

Now, Nurturing Natural Connections is taking this work further. Alongside our partners, we are restoring habitats, training future conservation leaders and giving nature a voice in the face of rapid change.

With your help, we will:

Restore over 100 hectares of native woodlands

Plant 2,125 trees

Create 20 hectares of species-rich grassland

Revive 6.2km of waterways

Tackle invasive non-native species

Provide training, education and employment opportunities for local people

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A blueprint for urban initiatives across Scotland

Cumbernauld is home to an array of habitats, from pollinator-rich wildflower meadows to environmentally critical peatlands. With your help, we can revitalise them to their full potential, creating a healthy and thriving haven for biodiversity.

As this initiative progresses, we’ll share our success to inspire similar initiatives across Scotland. These important blueprints could then be used for generations to come, creating brighter futures for urban wildlife across the country.

But we need your help to expand this vision. To unlock substantial foundation funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, we still need to raise £61,261.

Will you donate now and help us reach our goal?

Cumbernauld Living Landscape is a landscape scale partnership led by the Scottish Wildlife Trust, working with North Lanarkshire Council, The Conservation Volunteers and Sanctuary Scotland.

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