As the light begins to fade on warm spring evenings, a remarkable migrant returns from Africa to woodlands and heath. The nightjar, a master of camouflage and one of Britain’s most intriguing…

Buzzing meadows and humming heathlands come alive in summer with the sounds of grasshoppers and crickets. These tiny insects form a part of the season’s soundtrack, filling warm days with their…

As spring sunshine warms our gardens and woodlands, one of the earliest and most energetic pollinators to appear is the tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum). With its distinctive ginger brown thorax,…

Among the many butterflies that grace our countryside each spring and summer, few are as instantly recognisable, or as dearly loved, as the striking peacock butterfly (Aglais io).

Communities in Portsmouth can now apply for funding to create Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), helping manage rainwater more naturally while boosting wildlife and improving local spaces.

The call of the cuckoo ‘cuck-oo, cuck-oo’ is one of the most evocative sounds of spring, carrying over open countryside, reedbeds and edges of woodland. Males are the first to return and they…

Few sounds define the English countryside as powerfully as the song of the nightingale. Arriving in southern Britain from West Africa each spring, this small, unassuming migratory bird transforms…

The last six months of the Trust's partnership with Abri have now passed. A shift in community action towards to nature is evident and the project has left Mansbridge a greener, more…

An in-depth look into how communities have taken on the responsibility and are now leading the way for nature.

One of the most heart lifting sounds of spring is the clear, ringing voice of the song thrush (Turdus philomelos).