Severn Trent’s Tittesworth Water, near Leek in Staffordshire, has today been awarded The Wildlife Trusts’ Biodiversity ...

The plan should set out how government intends to meet its commitment to protect and manage 30% of England's land for nature by 2030 (30 by 30) - yet falls short of showing how they will deliver this ...

Horseshoe vetch is a member of the pea family, so displays bright yellow, pea-like flowers and seed pods. Look for this low-growing plant on chalk grasslands from May to July. The perennial horseshoe ...

Wildlife can sometimes be hard to spot, especially if it is nocturnal. But the signs that animals frequent an area can be a good start to discovering all kinds of species, from rare otters to common ...

Despite its name, the large blue is a fairly small butterfly, but the largest of our blues. It was declared extinct in 1979, but reintroduced in the 1980s and now survives in southern England.

The elegant little egret was once a rare visitor to our shores, but can now regularly be spotted around the coastline of England and Wales. Look out for its beautiful neck plumes that herald the ...

The Wildlife Trusts’ vision is of a thriving natural world, with our wildlife and natural habitats playing a valued role in addressing the climate and ecological emergencies, and everyone inspired to ...

This is the biggest people and nature survey covering England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The Wildlife Trusts want to hear your opinions on some of the biggest questions surrounding nature ...

The song thrush is a familiar garden visitor that has a beautiful and loud song. The broken shells of their blue, spotty eggs can often be found under a hedge in spring. Classified in the UK as Amber ...

The National Water Vole Database Project (NWVDP) is the only project of its kind in the UK. By bringing together and mapping water vole and mink data, we can inform conservation efforts to give ratty ...

The male purple emperor is a stunning butterfly with a brilliant purple sheen. Look for it feeding around the treetops in woodlands, or on damp ground, animal droppings or even carrion in the morning.