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<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">I'm walking 21 miles on the 21 December - the longest walk on the shortest day! - to make one of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's most fantastic nature reserves even better for wildlife and people! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">I'll be walking the Harrogate Ringway footpath in a race against the clock to finish the route before it gets dark.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has recently doubled in size Staveley nature reserve near Knaresborough by buying adjacent land. But the Trust needs to raise additional funds to turn the extension into a wildlife haven. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Your generous support will help the Trust to turn ex-quarrying land into a beautiful wildflower meadow, supporting bumblebees and butterflies. Thanks to your sponsorship YWT will also be able to plant reedbeds for warblers and buntings to nest in; and create muddy areas for wading birds to feed in. The Trust will also install two new bird hides and create a new footpath so that you can get the most out of visiting this stunning green space.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Already a wonderful place to see butterflies, dragonflies, bee orchids, and yellowhammers, and to catch a glimpse of a barn owl or an otter, with your help YWT can make Staveley an even better place for Yorkshire's wildlife! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Thanks for reading and please give whatever you can - if I reach my target, I'm sure I'll be able to make the 21 miles before dark!</span></p>