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Chancellor visits Cheshire nature reserve to see conservation work in action

Chancellor visits Cheshire nature reserve to see conservation work in action

The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Cheshire MP George Osborne has met with the region’s leading wildlife and environmental charity - the Cheshire Wildlife Trust, at a natu... Full Story
The Wildlife Trusts welcome new UK Marine Protected Areas

The Wildlife Trusts welcome new UK Marine Protected Areas

The Wildlife Trusts are celebrating the Government announcement of the designation of fifteen new Marine Protected Areas around the UK coast, but believe further protection is still n... Full Story
Don’t ‘wing’ it at Birdfair – flock to see The Wildlife Trusts!

Don’t ‘wing’ it at Birdfair – flock to see The Wildlife Trusts!

Visitors to the 22nd British Birdwatching Fair listening out for unusual song may not expect to hear the call ‘two little ducks’ but it’s likely they will, if they visit The Wildlife Trus... Full Story
Story by RSWT
From breast stroke to brush strokes for marine wildlife

From breast stroke to brush strokes for marine wildlife

An artist has won a unique bursary to fund diving lessons to explore life under the UK’s waves. The Wildlife Trusts’ Underwater Award has been presented to Anna Kirk-Smith, in association with Th... Full Story
Story by RSWT
Spotted: newborn beavers for the Scottish Beaver Trial

Spotted: newborn beavers for the Scottish Beaver Trial

The first beaver kits to be born in the wild as part of the Scottish Beaver Trial have now been spotted in Knapdale Forest, Mid-Argyll, Scottish Beaver Trial staff announced today (Friday 13 Aug... Full Story
Story by Scottish WT
Global goodbyes for ‘Lady’ – the UK’s most famed osprey

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Global goodbyes for ‘Lady’ – the UK’s most famed osprey

The departure of the UK’s oldest breeding osprey, known as ‘Lady’, from its annual breeding ground at the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve and Visitor Centre has spark... Full Story
Story by Scottish Wildlife Trust
Funding plea to restore landfill to Country Park

Funding plea to restore landfill to Country Park

A unique plan to restore a landfill site into a nature park needs £40,000 to be raised before the middle of August to guarantee the transformation. Essex Wildlife Trust has successfully raised £61,000 ... Full Story
Story by Essex WT
Look what’s living in our seas!

Look what’s living in our seas!

Exciting sightings of marine creatures are being reported in the run up to The Wildlife Trusts’ National Marine Week, which kicks off on Saturday 31 July. Within three weeks, Dorset Wildlife Trust has reported new rec... Full Story
Story by RSWT
New era for restoring the natural environment

New era for restoring the natural environment

The White Paper on the Natural Environment provides a real opportunity to lay the foundations of nature conservation for the 21st century, according to The Wildlife Trusts. The conservation organisation m... Full Story
Story by RSWT
If you go down to the bog today...

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If you go down to the bog today...

There are mind ‘bog’gling creatures lurking in the UK’s peat bogs – and The Wildlife Trusts are urging people to get out and discover them this International Bog Day, Sunday 25 July. Acidic and low in nutrients, so... Full Story
Story by RSWT
Listen up! Children to tune in to the sounds of nature

Listen up! Children to tune in to the sounds of nature

Most of us can picture a hedgehog, blue tit, or grasshopper, but what does one sound like? Members of Wildlife Watch, The Wildlife Trusts’ network of groups for children, are now able to find out ... Full Story
Story by RSWT
Wildlife Trust urges Ministers to revise TB eradication strategy in light of appeal judgment

Wildlife Trust urges Ministers to revise TB eradication strategy in light of appeal judgment

The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales has today welcomed the announcement that the appeal brought by the Badger Trust against the Welsh Assembly Governme... Full Story
Story by The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales
Pioneering podcast offers bus users wildlife insights

Pioneering podcast offers bus users wildlife insights

A new way for urban people to get closer to nature has been created with the launch of Britain’s first free-to-download podcast introducing bus passengers to the nature points of intere... Full Story
Story by RSWT
Endangered thresher shark sighted

Endangered thresher shark sighted

One of our most magnificent and endangered fish has been sighted catching mackerel off Bournemouth this week. Anglers Ben March and Mark Linzner were fishing from their 13 foot double kayak just half a mile out from B... Full Story
Story by Dorset Wildlife Trust
Wading birds find west Dorset haven

Wading birds find west Dorset haven

There is cause for celebration at a west Dorset nature reserve, with news of the first ringed plovers to breed in the area. A pair of the small but striking wading birds has nested at Chard Junction Quarry, raising ... Full Story
Story by Dorset Wildlife Trust

Latest News

Sep 10

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Aug 10

The Wildlife Trusts welcome new UK Marine Protected Areas
Chancellor visits Cheshire nature reserve to see conservation work in action
Don’t ‘wing’ it at Birdfair – flock to see The Wildlife Trusts!
From breast stroke to brush strokes for marine wildlife
Spotted: newborn beavers for the Scottish Beaver Trial
Funding plea to restore landfill to Country Park
Global goodbyes for ‘Lady’ – the UK’s most famed osprey

Jul 10

Look what’s living in our seas!
New era for restoring the natural environment
If you go down to the bog today...
Listen up! Children to tune in to the sounds of nature
Wildlife Trust urges Ministers to revise TB eradication strategy in light of appeal judgment
Pioneering podcast offers bus users wildlife insights
Wading birds find west Dorset haven
Endangered thresher shark sighted
Grass, glorious grass!
Buttercup delights botanists

Jun 10

Cumbria hosts UK's first reintroduction of white-faced darter dragonfly
First flight for protected peregrine chicks
The Wildlife Trusts welcome planning announcement
Nature writing competition launches
Survival hopes for UK’s most famed osprey
Pint-sized butterfly beats extinction in Hertfordshire
Escape to the County
Fears mount for survival of UK’s most famed osprey
Carwardine to become vice president for Avon WT
A brighter future for Berkshire's rare pale dog-violets
Records of violet carpenter bee in Worcestershire needed
A great ‘spore’ for England!
Wildlife Trust gets grant for green talent
Defra Secretary of State visits Wildlife Trust event
Wildlife festival to take over Plymouth city centre
Wild events with Sheffield Wildlife Trust
Big Biodiversity Watch
Springwatch Festival at Stanmer Park
Volunteers help give otters a home
Opening up the underwater landscape
Osprey chicks hatch at Rutland Water
Blink and you’ll miss it…
Globe-trotting birds fly onto the net

May 10

Be part of a BioBlitz!
Beavering away one year on
Rediscover your wild side
It’s Time To Save Salford’s Rainforests!
Handy new guides for nature lovers
Signs of change
Take your shot!
Coalition government urged to have higher ambition for nature
Slippery and secretive species is ‘catch’ of the day
Scotland's first wild beaver population gets a boost, as Trial's fourth family is released
Hung parliament is historic opportunity for climate

Apr 10

Natural election
Lift your spirits with nightingale song
Get up with the larks
Good things come to those who wait…
Turn detective and learn about wildflowers
Green groups assess parties’ manifestos
New stamps highlight plight of UK’s mammals
The Wildlife Trusts call for White Paper on Nature
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