Planning for a wilder future or planning to fail?
The planning system is broken. Not only is it failing to create the type of sustainable, healthy communities that we all need but new development continues to tear up valuable habitat and further…
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Get some green therapy for Mental Health Awareness Week
The warm weather, combined with all the wonderful sights of spring, makes May a fantastic time to get outside and with this week being Mental Health Awareness Week there is no better time to take…
Taking the sting out of nettles
The stinging nettle is, thanks to its sting and vigorous growth, a much-maligned weed by both gardeners and visitors to the countryside, but it has not always been that way.
Wild about hedgehogs
Hedgehogs are disappearing from our countryside as fast as tigers are worldwide – a shocking situation for a species that was once common. However, with around fifteen million gardens in the UK,…
Feel the buzz
Bumblebees are one of our most familiar and endearing garden insects. Hearing their distinctive buzz and watching them dance from flower to flower epitomises a perfect summer’s day, and they are…
Wonderful Wetlands
Update from Morton Marsh on the Isle of Wight
Nature Therapy: Use of the Great Outdoors in these Challenging Times
The Wildlife Trust's Reserves while we are in "lockdown".
The great rush north: Spring migration
Spring migration is known as the great rush north, as birds race back to their more northerly breeding grounds having spent the winter in milder regions further south.
Woodlands in spring
Celandines, wood anemone, ramsons, violets and bluebells are now all in full bloom in Eaglehead and Bloodstone copse nature reserve, making this morning’s walk to check up on our sheep an absolute…
Covid and the Countryside
How are the COVID-19 restrictions on access to the countryside affecting wildlife