Local Wildlife Sites
Local Wildlife Sites are areas of land that are especially important for their wildlife. They are some of our most valuable wildlife areas.
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Essex school children discover the importance of the Thames Estuary
4,000 local school children took part in Essex Wildlife Trust’s workshop this year
Ray Island photo wins the public vote!
Essex Wildlife Trust’s Photography Competition 2018 winner announced
Pioneering ‘Nature Friendly Schools’ to boost children’s learning and well-being at a critical time
Almost 30,000 school children from disadvantaged areas are set to enjoy classes in nature this spring in a ground-breaking outdoor learning project spearheaded by The Wildlife Trusts.
Urgent: Help protect Local Wildlife Sites
Essex Wildlife Trust urges people to call for protection for Local Wildlife Sites
Outdoor activity sessions for adults and children in Tendring
Want to get into nature but not sure where to start? Bring your child along to our free Nature Tots or Nature Babies sessions, or join one of our adult winter work party sessions!
Local residents and school children to become Thames Estuary champions
Essex Wildlife Trust launches two exciting projects to engage and connect communities with their local Estuary
Primary school children take part in oyster restoration project
Native oyster workshops run by Essex Wildlife Trust and Blue Marine Foundation teach Year 5 pupils importance of local wildlife.
Children find rare fossilised tooth belonging to prehistoric ocean giant
The enormous tooth was brought into Essex Wildlife Trust’s The Naze Centre to identify what species it belonged to
Chiltern gentian
Considered to be one of the prettiest gentians, the Chiltern gentian is a rare plant in the UK. It likes chalk grasslands, its purple, trumpet-shaped flowers blooming from August.
Lapwing
The distinctive rounded wings of the lapwing are displayed beautifully when it wheels around a winter sky in a massive flock. In spring, these flocks disperse and some birds breed in the UK.…
Planning
Essex is blessed with a rich and varied wildlife heritage and the county is famous for its coastline, arguably the longest in England; the coastal wetlands of Essex are renowned for their extensive areas of grazing marsh, lagoons, shingle, mudflats, saltmarsh, fresh water pools and reedbeds. In addition, there are extensive river systems, tracts of ancient woodland, mosaic and grassland, and important brownfield sites, with heaths, wetlands and important wildlife corridors scattered throughout the county within the wider farmed countryside. These beautiful wild places are vulnerable and many are under threat from development.