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Lower Thames Crossing to impact wildlife in Essex
Essex Wildlife Trust has fundamentally opposed the plans for a Lower Thames Crossing. Help us raise awareness of the potential damage to wildlife and register your views before 24 February.
Local Wildlife Sites
Essex Coastal Challenge Week One: Thames Estuary
Conservation coalition calls for immediate review of Lower Thames Crossing
A coalition of conservation organisations and groups have written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Mark Harper, calling for an immediate review of the Lower Thames Crossing.
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
Urgent: Help protect Local Wildlife Sites
Essex Wildlife Trust urges people to call for protection for Local Wildlife Sites
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
Wild thyme
The delightful fragrance of wild thyme can punctuate a summer walk over a chalk grassland. It forms low-growing mats with dense clusters of purple-pink flowers.
Large thyme
The aromatic fragrance of Large thyme can punctuate a summer walk over a chalk grassland. It is an evergreen that grows low to the ground, with erect spikes of tiny, lilac flowers appearing over…
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.…