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Welcome to The Wildlife Trusts wildNEWS section, here you will find all the latest news stories about our work concerning Water and Wetlands, including: conserving water; protecting peatbogs; managing floods and saving wetland wildlife.
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 ... Full Story
Story by RSWT
Volunteers help give otters a home

Volunteers help give otters a home

Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Wild Penwith Volunteers have spent an enjoyable day building an otter holt near Drift Reservoir, near Penzance. The holt has been created to help this magnificent animal as i... Full Story
Story by Cornwall Wildlife Trust
Beavering away one year on

Beavering away one year on

A year ago, on 29 May 2009, Scotland’s first wild beavers for over 400 years were released into Knapdale Forest, Mid-Argyll. This marked the start of the Scottish Beaver Trial, a five-year time-limite... Full Story
Story by Scottish Beaver Trial
Scotland's first wild beaver population gets a boost, as Trial's fourth family is released

Scotland's first wild beaver population gets a boost, as Trial's fourth family is released

An additional breeding pair of two beavers, one male and one female, has now been released into the wild in Scotland as part of the Scottish Beaver Trial (SBT). The Trial, which is a partnership proje... Full Story
Story by SBT
The Wildlife Trusts call for White Paper on Nature

The Wildlife Trusts call for White Paper on Nature

Leaders of the three main political parties will today receive a letter from The Wildlife Trusts - urging them to introduce a White Paper on nature and ecological restoration in their manifestoes. ... Full Story
Enthusiasm for wetlands won’t dry up

Enthusiasm for wetlands won’t dry up

Despite the hardest winter for 30 years, birdwatchers have been thrilled to hear Cetti’s warblers singing on a wetland nature reserve at its northernmost limit - ahead of World Wetlands Day (Tuesday... Full Story
Story by RSWT
Nature needs to be at the heart of flood prevention

Nature needs to be at the heart of flood prevention

Although the Floods and Water Management Bill featured in today’s Queen’s Speech (Wednesday 18 November) – The Wildlife Trusts are urging Government to allocate sufficient resources and work with na... Full Story
Scotland’s wild beavers build their first lodge

Scotland’s wild beavers build their first lodge

The first beaver lodge to be constructed in the wild for over 400 years has now been built in Scotland, it has been revealed by the Scottish Beaver Trial (SBT) today (4 November 2009). The Scottish B... Full Story
Story by Scottish Beaver Trial
Putting £4 million worth of squelch back into the countryside

Putting £4 million worth of squelch back into the countryside

Swathes of England’s lost or degraded wetlands will be restored to their boggy beginnings, thanks to £4million worth of funding from Natural England for almost 2000 hectares of wetland recovery projec... Full Story
Story by RSWT
City wetland project launched one year since floods hit

City wetland project launched one year since floods hit

The first phase of a major wetland restoration and flood alleviation project is underway at the Ulster Wildlife Trust’s Bog Meadows Nature Reserve in Belfast, thanks to a funding boost from Biffawar... Full Story
Story by Ulster WT



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If you go down to the bog today...

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The Wildlife Trusts call for White Paper on Nature
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