Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is delighted to announce the resounding success of the Seeing is Believing 2024 CEO Conference, held last month in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight....
BCT launches our first manifesto, created so that evidence-based conservation policy ideas are available for political parties and decision makers. Now we’d like your support to get these ideas out there....
The Bridestone boulders are an iconic set of giant, gritstone rock formations in West Yorkshire, popular with climbers and boulderers. Right now, there is a chance to secure access to this land for all and protect the wildlife for future generations by supporting the not-for-profit, Community Interest Company (CIC) Bridestones...
Invasive Asian hornets have survived a UK winter for the first time, DNA analysis has confirmed, suggesting that they could make the UK one of their permanent homes....
One of the UK’s favourite garden birds, the Blackbird, is in rapid decline, and members of the public are being asked to help scientists find out why....
Natural Resources Wales is investigating after almost 21 hours of storm overflow sewage was discharged over 48 hours during the Bank Holiday weekend at two North Wales beauty spots....
A coalition of the UK’s major nature and climate groups, including Chester Zoo, The Wildlife Trusts and Wildlife & Countryside Link, have joined forces to stage a landmark General Election event, to put the major political parties in the hot seat on their nature and climate policies. The ‘Big Nature & Climate Debate’ will...
It is a much-loved stretch of Celtic coastline, revered by poetry lovers as the place where Dylan Thomas lived his final years and by thrill seekers as a spot for breaking land-speed records....
If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big… treat. Britain’s ancient forests are magical realms, carpeted with nodding bluebells and gleaming galaxies of anemones and celandines in spring, festooned with butterflies and dragonflies in summer, studded with mushrooms and toadstools in autumn....
Once again, the Young Country Diary series is open for submissions! Every three months, as the UK enters a new season, we ask you to send us an article written by a child aged 8-14....
The A9 and nature are not, you might think, obvious bedfellows. Every day cars roar north and south along this tarmac spine of Scotland, the country’s longest road, releasing carbon dioxide into the air from their exhausts....
Since winning the title of Farmers Weekly Environmental Farmers of the Year, Emma and James Loder-Symonds have been busy trialling the impact of grazing cover crops....
CEO Conference by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust celebrates conservation success (onthewight.com)
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is delighted to announce the resounding success of the Seeing is Believing 2024 CEO Conference, held last month in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight....
Support our first manifesto for bats - News - Bat Conservation Trust (www.bats.org.uk)
BCT launches our first manifesto, created so that evidence-based conservation policy ideas are available for political parties and decision makers. Now we’d like your support to get these ideas out there....
Help protect the Bridestones boulders (www.thebmc.co.uk)
The Bridestone boulders are an iconic set of giant, gritstone rock formations in West Yorkshire, popular with climbers and boulderers. Right now, there is a chance to secure access to this land for all and protect the wildlife for future generations by supporting the not-for-profit, Community Interest Company (CIC) Bridestones...
Nature Can’t Wait (rspb.org.uk)
Get nature on the agenda...
Asian Hornets survive UK winter for first time, DNA testing shows (www.bbc.co.uk)
Invasive Asian hornets have survived a UK winter for the first time, DNA analysis has confirmed, suggesting that they could make the UK one of their permanent homes....
Badger culls to continue in England despite lack of scientific evidence (www.theguardian.com)
Badger cull licences have been issued by the government despite its own scientific adviser saying there is “no justification” for doing so....
Four peregrine falcon chicks born at Lincoln Cathedral (www.bbc.co.uk)
Four peregrine falcon chicks have hatched at Lincoln Cathedral....
Platforms covered in native plants released in Bristol Harbour (www.bbc.co.uk)
Two large floating platforms covered in 500 native plants have been launched in a city harbour to help improve the water quality....
Rescue of rare Club-tail dragonfly causes excitement at nature reserve (www.theargus.co.uk)
A rare dragonfly caused much excitement when it was rescued from the water of a nature reserve....
Estimated million tonnes of sewage pumped into North Sea at Whitburn (www.bbc.co.uk)
More than one million tonnes of raw sewage is estimated to have been released from a pumping station into the North Sea in 2023....
Much-loved songbird threatened by mosquito-borne virus (www.bto.org)
One of the UK’s favourite garden birds, the Blackbird, is in rapid decline, and members of the public are being asked to help scientists find out why....
Bank holiday sewage discharges at Gwynedd beauty spots investigated (www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk)
Natural Resources Wales is investigating after almost 21 hours of storm overflow sewage was discharged over 48 hours during the Bank Holiday weekend at two North Wales beauty spots....
Main parties to go head-to-head on plans to recover nature and tackle climate crisis at major hustings event | The Wildlife Trusts (www.wildlifetrusts.org)
A coalition of the UK’s major nature and climate groups, including Chester Zoo, The Wildlife Trusts and Wildlife & Countryside Link, have joined forces to stage a landmark General Election event, to put the major political parties in the hot seat on their nature and climate policies. The ‘Big Nature & Climate Debate’ will...
Watch as Cheshire Wildlife Trust spot white stork flying over Cheshire (www.warringtonguardian.co.uk)
A BIRD that went extinct in the UK hundreds of years ago has been spotted in the Cheshire skies....
Green, green seagrass of home: Welsh nursery growing to save marine habitat (www.theguardian.com)
It is a much-loved stretch of Celtic coastline, revered by poetry lovers as the place where Dylan Thomas lived his final years and by thrill seekers as a spot for breaking land-speed records....
Eleven ways to help birds in towns and cities (www.nhm.ac.uk)
Many birds are struggling not only due to the spread of urban areas but because of how we now construct our buildings....
Right to roam? Well, up to a point (archive.is)
While walkers might enjoy exploring Britain’s untrodden paths, landowners and farmers have long questioned whether they can be trusted....
Why Scotland’s most powerful climate tool is struggling for investment (www.bbc.co.uk)
One of Scotland’s most powerful weapons in tackling climate change is not being properly recognised, experts have claimed....
10 British woodland wonders to discover this summer (archive.ph)
If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big… treat. Britain’s ancient forests are magical realms, carpeted with nodding bluebells and gleaming galaxies of anemones and celandines in spring, festooned with butterflies and dragonflies in summer, studded with mushrooms and toadstools in autumn....
C’mon kids! Here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Once again, the Young Country Diary series is open for submissions! Every three months, as the UK enters a new season, we ask you to send us an article written by a child aged 8-14....
Free trees on offer across Solihull (solihullobserver.co.uk)
SILHILLIANS can get free trees as part of a scheme to boost and protect the borough’s rural landscape....
How the A9 central reservation became a haven for wildlife (archive.is)
The A9 and nature are not, you might think, obvious bedfellows. Every day cars roar north and south along this tarmac spine of Scotland, the country’s longest road, releasing carbon dioxide into the air from their exhausts....
Cover crop trial reveals impact of grazing on nitrates - Farmers Weekly (www.fwi.co.uk)
Since winning the title of Farmers Weekly Environmental Farmers of the Year, Emma and James Loder-Symonds have been busy trialling the impact of grazing cover crops....
UK Nature and Environment summer banner competition - submissions request
We are into June and the solstice is not so far away, so it is time for our seasonal banner competition....