Water rail
From grunts and groans, to 'purring' and 'piglet squealing', the water rail is more often heard than it is seen! This shy bird lives in reedbeds and wetlands, hiding among the…
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Damaging fishing activities prohibited to protect threatened habitats
A sea change has come for Marine Conservation Zones, as threatened habitats are protected in the Irish Sea – proving that even complex marine protected areas can be more than just ‘paper parks’.…
High Speed Rail (HS2) - stop and rethink!
Proposals for a new high speed railway between London and Manchester puts wild landscapes including ancient woodlands and rare peat bogs under threat. The Wildlife Trusts believe the current route is too damaging to proceed, and that national development projects, including HS2, should be used to create and restore more wild places.
Huge disappointment at limitations of Bovine TB Strategy Review led by Sir Charles Godfray
The Wildlife Trusts' response to the Bovine TB Strategy Review.
Spring 2020 magazine UK News
Updates from the Wildlife Trusts
Natural path to happiness gets results
Sunshine for the soul: 30 Days Wild benefits health and wellbeing
Bad news for bees: Government reverses ban on bee-killing neonicotinoids
The Government has bowed to pressure from the National Farmers Union and agreed to authorise the use of the highly damaging neonicotinoid thiamethoxam for the treatment of sugar beet seed in 2021…
Great news for Gwent Levels as motorway plans scrapped
The Welsh Government has shown its commitment to a wilder future today, after rejecting plans to build an M4 relief road across the Gwent Levels.
Joint route map launched to boost ethnic diversity in the environment sector
• Sector-wide research and engagement has led to the development of a route map
which environment groups will use to boost ethnic diversity over the next 5 years
• 39 organisations…
£8 million internationally-important wilderness in Suffolk gets the go-ahead after National Lottery Funding donates large sum
Creation of a 1,000 acre wetland as gateway to the Broads National Park
Cycle Routes
Grab your bike and head out on a cycle route at a Wildlife Trust near you!
Yet again World Oceans Day is a good news day for our seas!
Joan Edwards of The Wildlife Trusts reflects on being a member of the HPMA panel and is calling on Government for an ambitious delivery plan for Highly Protected Marine Areas within a year.