Bugs Matter survey finds 70% decrease insects in less than 20 years
A citizen-science survey has found that the abundance of flying insects in Essex has plummeted by over 70% over the last 17 years.
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Essex Wildlife Trust secures funding to create wetland haven
Essex Wildlife Trust secures over a quarter-of-a-million-pound funding to transform habitat.
A wetland creation to benefit threatened bird species is underway at Blue House Farm nature…
Communities across the UK empowered to let nature flourish thanks to £5m National Lottery funding
Nextdoor Nature – a new natural legacy to mark the Queen’s Jubilee
Hope for hedgehogs?
New report by the People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS), reveals hedgehogs have declined by between 30% - 75% across different areas of…
Government puts bees at risk
The Government has again put bees at risk by permitting the use of the banned pesticide thiamethoxam on sugar beet in England in 2022.
Tales of whales and Wally, orca and oyster, and world’s largest flapper skate appear in The Wildlife Trusts’ 2021 marine review
Conservation successes undermined by increasing disruption to UK seas
Governments set low bar on phase out of gardeners’ use of peat
The Wildlife Trusts call for immediate ban on all peat sales, peat extraction and peat imports to help address the nature and climate crisis
COP26: Baby steps forward, when giant leaps were needed
The Wildlife Trusts respond to the closing of COP26.
Long-awaited Environment Act passed
The Wildlife Trusts respond to the passing of the Environment Act.
Sir David Attenborough calls for role of nature to be recognised in fight against climate change in new film
The Wildlife Trusts say ambitious nature recovery should be focus at COP26