Survey of 27 farms across 14,600 hectares shows increases in rare orchid and red-listed nightingale Pond restoration, native ...

The Wildlife Trusts launch a vision for the future of food and farming - Food & Farming in a Nature & Climate Crisis - ...

The Wildlife Trusts’ National Marine Week (26 th July to 10 th August) is uncovering the mysterious world of our seabeds: the ...

A caterpillar is the larval stage of a moth or butterfly. It is the second part of their four-stage life cycle: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Many caterpillars look very different as they grow, so we've ...

Have you found some animal poo? Droppings, dung, spraints and scat - animal poo goes by many names. Knowing how to identify poo can be a great way of finding some of Britain's more elusive mammals.

EC Birds Directive The Birds Directive is the EU's oldest piece of nature legislation and was adopted in 1979, in response to 1979 Bern Convention on the conservation of European habitats and species.

Why are gardens important for birds? Over recent years, numbers of our once-common birds have dropped dramatically in the wake of increased development, intensification of farming, and habitat loss.

The water vole is a much-loved British mammal, known by many as ‘Ratty’ in the children’s classic The Wind in the Willows. Unfortunately, the future of this charming riverside creature is in peril; ...

Whether you are looking for a hike that lasts until sunset, a yomp through dense vegetation or a trek through some of the most remote and wild trails – our nature reserves have it all! Explore the map ...

Waders can be a tough group to define. The term is used to describe members of a number of bird families, all from the order Charadriiformes (which also includes gulls, terns, skuas, and auks). As the ...

Update: [26th July 2023] On Tuesday (25th July 2023), we travelled to London joined by colleagues across The Wildlife Trusts and ambassador, Cel Spellman. We headed to Number Ten Downing Street to ...

According to insect experts at the two organisations, nature can be canny: what you think is a hornet may be a hoverfly ...