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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Ray Island photo wins the public vote!
Essex Wildlife Trust’s Photography Competition 2018 winner announced
Urgent: Help protect Local Wildlife Sites
Essex Wildlife Trust urges people to call for protection for Local Wildlife Sites
Chicken of the woods
Chicken of the woods is a sulphur-yellow bracket fungus of trees in woods, parks and gardens. It can often be found in tiered clusters on oak, but also likes beech, chestnut, cherry and even yew…
Breakfast With Santa
Come and celebrate the spirit of Christmas here with us.
Breakfast with Santa
Join “the man in red” for a pancake breakfast at Belfairs Woodland Centre.
Breakfast with Santa
Join “the man in red” for a pancake breakfast at Belfairs Woodland Centre.
Breakfast with Santa
Join “the man in red” for a pancake breakfast at Belfairs Woodland Centre.
Santa visits Essex Wildlife Trust
Santa has managed to squeeze in a visit to several of Essex Wildlife Trust’s visitor centres during his busy schedule, so make December magical and come along to a centre near you. Create…
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.…
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.
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.