Living Landscapes
Protecting Wildlife for the Future and for the People of Essex
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Nature in Watercolours – ‘Atmospheric Landscapes’
Join Watercolour Artist, Vivien McGuinness, for a relaxed morning exploring techniques to bring atmosphere to simple landscapes.
Living Seas
Protecting marine wildlife for the future and for the people of Essex.
Living with spiders
Every autumn, headlines warn about spiders invading our homes. But what’s the real story with our eight-legged neighbours?
Landscape Conservation
The Landscape Conservation team are implementing the Trust's vision for the future through optimum management of our own land.
Great diving beetle
The Great diving beetle is a large and voracious predator of ponds and slow-moving waterways. Blackish-green in colour, it can be spotted coming to the surface to replenish the air supply it…
King diving beetle
Britain's largest 'diving beetle' is an impressive creature, though it's not easy to find.
New Cowbridge Woods
The Billericay Living Landscapes group has been working to improve this 2.5 hectare site that acts as a magnet to a wonderful array of wildlife.
How to identify diving ducks
The arrival of thousands more ducks to our wetlands is one of the highlights of winter. Learn about the more widespread species and some of the rarer diving ducks that can be spotted during this…
Biting stonecrop
Also known as 'Goldmoss' due to its dense, low-growing nature and yellow flowers, Biting stonecrop can be seen on well-drained ground like sand dunes, shingle, grasslands, walls and…
Live Bat-cam!
Hang out and follow the secret lives of breeding Pipistrelle Bats.
Tawny mining bee
The Tawny mining bee is a furry, gingery bee that can often be seen in parks and gardens during the springtime. Look for a volcano-like mound of earth in the lawn that marks the entrance to its…