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Katrina Martin, 2020VISION

Bringing you closer to nature

We know that experiencing nature is important for our health and wellbeing - but the combination of lockdown and colder weather approaching is likely to make it harder to get outdoors. That's why we wanted to bring the outdoors, indoors with our range of videos. 

Take a tour of a nature reserve  Learn about wildlife  Take a closer look at a species Loose yourself in nature

Tours of wonderful nature reserves

Across the UK we have over 2,300 nature reserves - beautiful places for people and for wildlife. We have a suite of these tours available on YouTube, but we've picked a couple of our favourites for you to enjoy.  Want to watch more? Tune in to out YouTube playlist. 

A tour of the Innisidgen burial chamber walk on St Mary's, from the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust

A tour of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust's, Idle Valley Nature Reserve

Learn about wildlife

We've got some great videos, for children and adults alike, that will not only bring you closer to wildlife, but also teach you more about nature in the UK. 

Join Chantelle from London Wildlife Trust, to learn about decomposers!

Join Josh as he explains how Lancashire Wildlife Trust are bringing plants back to their peatlands.

Join the FUNgi guy at a tree nearby as he tells us all about a remarkable springtime fungus - the unmistakable Chicken of the Woods!

Species in focus

Find out more about the weird and wonderful species that we share our wild spaces with.

Guy Broome tells us a little bit about moth trapping and shows some of the moths he's trapped at Natural England's Glasson Moss Nature Reserve in Cumbria.

People and Wildlife Officer Catherine Leatherland shares her passion for these amazing marine mammals.

Follow farmer Chris Jones and the Cornwall Wildlife Trust team as they travel to Bavaria, Germany to meet farmers and local residents living alongside beavers fifty years after they were reintroduced there. A film by Nina Constable.

Getting lost in nature

Watch these immersive videos and see wildlife from a different perspective.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly like a kingfisher?

Learn about all things red squirrel from Senior Conservation Officer, Katy.

Stunning aerial footage of Durham Wildlife Trust's Hawthorn Dene nature reserve in Seaham.

Discover our Wildlife Watch YouTube channel

Watch the latest wildlife videos made for kids and families