[1] It covers five of the seven districts of the West Midlands county: Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
It was responsible for the first ever International Dawn Chorus Day event, held at Moseley Bog in 1984.
In 2012 the Trust built a partnership that was successful in getting Birmingham and the Black Country declared as one of the UK's first tranche of Nature Improvement Areas.
[4][5] The organisation had a 40 hectare reserve at Park Hall near Minworth but despite opposition this was taken possession of by HS2 under powers granted by the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017.
The trust carries out a wide range of activities to protest and develop biodiversity and engage with local people and various nature conservation, community and education projects.