Spring is arriving at Abberton, albeit slowly. The weather is cloudy and blustery. There is the beginnings of leaves on Hawthorn and blossom on Blackthorn showing in the young woodland.

We are lucky to have some breath-taking spring flower displays in Essex! We explore some of the best places to visit over the next few months to make the most of our nature wonders…

The Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) is the largest of the three woodpeckers found in the UK.

The Redwing (Turdus iliacus) is the UK’s smallest true thrush that you’ll be able to spot feeding in fields, hedgerows and orchards this winter.

January has finally turned colder, with some frosty mornings. Tree planting is still going well, and our running total now stands at 2,775, we should be finished in the next 3 to 4 weeks unless…

January can be a difficult time of year for wildlife, as the long cold nights continue and natural food sources become harder to find. Lorna Shaw, Biological Records Centre Co-ordinator at Essex…

After a long hot summer and a spectacularly colourful autumn, the temperatures and the leaves have finally dropped. Along with the cooler weather, wintering birds have arrived on our shores, one…

The dry weather has finally broken and we have had some days of heavy rain at last.

The hot dry weather has continued through July

June has so far been a pretty dry month. The warm, sunny weather has brought out the butterflies, including Ringlet, a lovely dark colour butterfly with ring shaped patterns on the underside of…