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Wildlife Watch - Information for grown-ups
Living with spiders
For some people, the slightest glimpse of a spider is enough to inspire shrieks of fear and the fear in being bitten. In reality, very few spiders here are capable of biting a person, and the…
'Living by the Ash Tree Waters': A Retrospective
When it comes to chalk streams, exploration and learning go hand-in-hand. In Andover, Appleshaw, and Vernham Dean, residents have taken a journey of creative discovery.
Nursery web spider
A common spider of heathland and grassland, the Nursery web spider has brown and black stripes running the length of its body. It is an active hunter, only using its silk to create a protective…
London plane
The London plane tree is, as its name suggests, a familiar sight along the roadsides and in the parks of London. An introduced and widely planted species, it is tough enough to put up with city…
Water pollution
Living downstream of beavers - residents’ perspectives five years on from release on mainland Britian
This international beaver day we are celebrating the effect beavers can have on downsteam communities.
Beavers are back in Britain, with upwards of 25 releases of these industrious rodents…
Just how safe are our designated sites?
Many of our most precious wildlife sites have legal protections, but what does this mean in practice?
Communities living on Test and Itchen rivers in line for National Lottery support
A new project working with communities to celebrate and protect the headwaters of our Test and Itchen rivers has been given the green light
Virgin Money London Marathon 2021
Some protection reinstated for at-risk Local Wildlife Sites
Thanks to a Wildlife Trust campaign, Local Wildlife Sites have been reinstated in the National Planning Policy Framework as sites on which development should be restricted.