Great crested grebe
The graceful great crested grebe is a familiar sight on our lakes and reservoirs, and is well-known for its elaborate courtship dance, during which it rises vertically out of the water and shakes…
The graceful great crested grebe is a familiar sight on our lakes and reservoirs, and is well-known for its elaborate courtship dance, during which it rises vertically out of the water and shakes…
With its prominent, wavy crest, the great crested newt, also known as the 'warty newt', looks like a mini dinosaur! This protected species favours clean ponds during the breeding season…
The UK is home to three species of newt, the largest and rarest of which is the great crested. Here’s just a few reasons why we love this awesome amphibian...
Growing in tufts, Crested dog's-tail is a stiff-looking grass, with a tightly packed, rectangular flower spike. Look for it in lowland meadows and grasslands.
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is one of the UK’s fastest growing nature conservation organisations and seeks to appoint a Species Recovery Engagement Officer
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge, and want to make a real difference to the fortunes of Dorset’s wildlife?
You will be leading the delivery of our major new initiative ‘Making…
Join staff from The wildlife Trust of South and West Wales along with experts to discover as many species at Ystradfawr Nature Reserve as possible in one day.
You’ll be part of our team on the ‘Making Space for Nature in Dorset’ project, to increase wildlife abundance across 18 of our sites and influence surrounding areas. Working alongside contractors…
Save our Species
The rare Slavonian grebe is an attractive diving bird with distinctive, golden ear tufts that give rise to its American name - 'horned grebe'.
More than 30 conservation NGOs issue an open letter to oppose a review of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which could undermine decades of work to restore and protect threatened species