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Tucklesholme entrance

Walking with Water at Tucklesholme

Walking by water is good for the soul. But we often overlook the connection between what comes out of our taps and to the lakes, streams and rivers we walk by. Join guest blogger Tom Kwei,…

The elephant in the room

Late summer is the best time to discover one of the UK’s chunkiest caterpillars, the elephant hawk-moth.

Introducing Biodiversity Net Gain

The Trust is pulling out all the stops to get ready for a new piece of legislation which is coming into force in January 2024. Called Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), the legislation was introduced in…

You're still needed in wildlife's corner

For almost a year you've helped us to defend nature by urging your elected representatives to protect crucial environmental laws put at risk from the UK Government’s Retained EU Law Bill.

A common spotted orchid. It's a tall tower of bright pink flowers, frowing from a sturdy green stem

Glorious grasslands

A summer meadow is a beautiful sight, but there’s so much more to it than gently waving grass heads and fabulous flowers.

A common blue butterfly perched on a grass head, with its blue wings spread open

Beguiled by blues

Butterfly expert Alan Sumnall offers a thorough guide to one of our most enchanting groups of butterflies – the blues.

Great crested newt

If you go down to the ponds tonight

Join me as I share my latest late-night endeavours to find out how our habitat work at Brankley Pastures is fairing for one of our protected amphibian species.

A view of a plant nursery jam-packed with plants

Wonderful Wolseley Volunteers

Volunteer April Knight walks us through the wonderful work the Wolseley Volunteers have done to create our plant nursery and how the project is doing several years in.

A man with dark hair and glasses, wearing a navy top stands with trees and bushes behind him

Why we still need to defend nature

Retained EU laws protecting our natural world are safe for now – but we must keep up the pressure on Government to scrap the damaging Bulldozer Bill