Wildlife laws under threat: Habitats Regulations
With a second reading of the Retained EU Laws Bill expected soon, we're sharing a series of blogs about the laws and regulations designed to protect nature that are under threat. Today, Sue…
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Wildlife Walks at Kingcombe Meadows
This link will open on the Dorset Wildlife Trust website.
Step into nature in 2026 and experience the wildlife, habitats, and seasonal changes of Kingcombe Meadows National Nature Reserve on our monthly guided walks.
Wildlife Walks at Kingcombe Meadows
This link will open on the Dorset Wildlife Trust website.
Step into nature in 2026 and experience the wildlife, habitats, and seasonal changes of Kingcombe Meadows National Nature Reserve on our monthly guided walks.
Wildlife Walks at Kingcombe Meadows
This link will open on the Dorset Wildlife Trust website.
Step into nature in 2026 and experience the wildlife, habitats, and seasonal changes of Kingcombe Meadows National Nature Reserve on our monthly guided walks.
Northern hay meadow
These beautiful, herb-rich meadows are at their best between late-May and mid-July (after which they are cut for hay, weather permitting). Later, after the haycut, pale fields with geometric…
Upland birch wood
Elegant, airy woodlands of silver-barked birches found across the northern uplands. Often transient in feel, with scattered trees growing over the heathy field layer of the surrounding moorland,…
Weobley Wildlife Meadows
This link will open on the Herefordshire Wildlife Trust website.
Meadows in the heart of Weobley village which are being managed as traditional hay meadows to increase biodiversity.
Creating a pond ecosystem and other habitats in your garden for wildlife - with Stuart Merchant
This link will open on the Norfolk Wildlife Trust website.
Discover how Stuart transformed his garden for wildlife, creating ponds, meadows and habitats for birds, mammals and insects.
Upland calcareous grassland
Limited in distribution, this sweetly-scented, short-cropped, springy grassland is famed for its abundance of rare and scarce species.
Upland acid grassland and rush pasture
These grasslands, occupying much of the UK's heavily-grazed upland landscape, are of greater cultural than wildlife interest, but remain a habitat to some scarce and declining species.
Upland spring, flush and fen
These tiny habitats, the source of our streams and rivers, are fundamental to the well-being of whole water catchments.
Changes to the Habitats Regulations: will they truly deliver a brighter future for wildlife?
Our most threatened wildlife and important wild places are at risk. Don’t mess with the crown jewels - aka Habitats Regulations, writes Joan Edwards.