Small heath
The small heath is the smallest of our brown butterflies and has a fluttering flight. It favours heathlands, as its name suggests, as well as other sunny habitats.
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Heath fritillary
The rare heath fritillary was on the brink of extinction in the 1970s, but conservation action turned its fortunes around. It is still confined to a small number of sites in the south of England,…
Heath bumblebee
The heath bumblebee is not only found on heathland, but also in gardens and parks. It nests in small colonies of less than 100 workers in all kinds of spots, such as old birds' nests, mossy…
Street Heath
Street Heath, just two miles from Glastonbury, is a combination of carr woodland and acidic mire with wet and dry heath. The great diversity of vegetation on the reserve is good for insect life…
The Somerset Peatland Partnership: Helping to Forge Farming Futures
Our peatlands store more than all the world's forests combined. That's why we're working with local communities to protect our peatlands and forge a new future for Somerset.
Cross-leaved heath
Cross-leaved heath is a type of heather that likes bogs, heathland and moorland. It has distinctive pink, bell-shaped flowers that attract all kinds of nectar-loving insects.
Large heath
This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.
Lowland heath
Heathlands form some of the wildest landscapes in the lowlands, where agriculture and development jostle for space, containing and limiting natural processes. Once considered as waste land of…
Bunny Hop - thank you
Thanks for applying for a free charity place at the Shapwick Bunnyhop!
Landowner Stories: In conversation with Alex Learmont
Thibaud recently sat down with Alex Learmont from the Hawk and Owl Trust to talk about their land at Shapwick Moor Nature Reserve.
My observatory
Bill has spent much of his life on Hampstead Heath. Although he feels like he's miles away from anywhere, a break in the trees offers one of the best views of London City - when it's…
Honeygar FAQs
Honeygar is located between the Trust’s Westhay Moor NNR, Westhay Heath and Catcott nature reserves in the Avalon Marshes, one of the largest and most important wetland areas in the UK.