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Adapting the Levels Landscape Recovery Project
Sea mat
These mat like growths found on kelp and seaweed are actually colonies of tiny individuals animals.
Create Priority Landscapes
My vocation
Always fascinated by wildlife, Sophie has pursued a career in nature conservation through formal education and traineeships.
She now works as an ecologist, working to conserve Herefordshire’…
Common cotton-grass
The fluffy, white heads of common cotton-grass dot our brown, boggy moors and heaths as if a giant bag of cotton wool balls has been thrown across the landscape!
Brand new look for Somerset Wildlife Trust’s ecological consultancy arm
First Ecology unveils a new modern look to operate within a changing commercial landscape.
Common hawthorn
In May, our hedgerows burst into life as common hawthorn erupts with creamy-white blossom, colouring the landscape and giving this thorny shrub its other name of 'May-tree'.
Common gorse
Windy, open moors covered in bright yellow, spiky common gorse bushes and purple heathers are synonymous with what we call 'wild' landscapes, but it can be seen in many habitats, from…
Bracken
Our most familiar fern, bracken can be found growing in dense stands on hillsides, moorland, heathland and in woodlands. It is very large and dies back in winter, turning the landscape orangey-…
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Brush up on your thrushes!
Read our ecologist Anne's quick and easy tips to ID thrushes you might see over the winter months!