HS2: One Year On
A year ago HS2 was given the green light. It is fair to say the world has changed a great deal in the last year, and the facts surrounding HS2 have altered dramatically. So what now? Here, Matthew…
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Badger vaccination restarts one year on
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust has defied the odds to resume badger vaccination one year after vaccine supplies dried up
One year on, The Wildlife Trusts set to be one of the largest providers of Biodiversity Net Gain
Gold standard of nature recovery proposed across 75 sites in England
Spring 2020 magazine UK News
Updates from the Wildlife Trusts
Green hairstreak
The green hairstreak is the UK's only green butterfly. Look out for the vibrant, metallic sheen of the undersides of its wings on grassland and moorland, and along woodland rides.
Survey of top retailers: only one of 20 says they will eliminate peat this year
Government voluntary target to stop peat compost sales was missed in 2020
The Wildlife Trusts call for an immediate end to peat sales
Green tiger beetle
A ferocious and agile predator, the green tiger beetle hunts spiders, ants and caterpillars on heaths, grasslands and sand dunes. It is one of our fastest insects and a dazzling metallic green…
Allimore Green
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This may be one of our smallest reserves but with over 140 species of plants to be found it's also one of our most botanically diverse
Green woodpecker
The laughing 'yaffle' call of the green woodpecker can be heard in our woodlands, parks and gardens. Look out for it hopping about your lawn, searching for ants to eat.
Green charities deliver verdict on stalled “super year” for marine protection
UK charities issue a new scorecard report which shows the Government has made no demonstrate progress in 11 out of 17 important steps for action on ocean recovery.
Green Sandpiper
The green sandpiper is a very rare breeding bird in the UK, and is mainly seen on migration in autumn. Look out for it feeding around marshes, flooded gravel pits and rivers. It even likes sewage…
Green Down
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One of the best examples of limestone downland and scrub in Somerset. One of the jewels in the crown of this reserve is the Large Blue Butterfly, declared extinct in Britain in 1979, it has since…