Ecology skills walk
Join us for a walk focussing on beginner ecology skills including collecting fields notes and species recording you can use when you’re enjoying walks with wildlife.
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My wild job
Hi! I’m Gemma and I am the Campaigns Assistant for Essex Wildlife Trust. In my job, I try to share my passion for nature with others, while encouraging people to love, care and take action for…
Ecological Consultancy
First Ecology is the consulting subsidiary of the Somerset Wildlife Trust; a rapidly developing practice committed to upholding best practice standards whilst also achieving pragmatic ecological project outcomes.
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.
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’…
Nature's undertakers
Discover the brilliance of burying beetles with Dr Ellie Bladon, an evolutionary ecologist based in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge.
Brush up on your thrushes!
Read our ecologist Anne's quick and easy tips to ID thrushes you might see over the winter months!
Fascinating flying ants
Sara Booth-Card, ecologist, peatlands and Action For Insects campaigner at The Wildlife Trusts, looks out for the telltale signs of flying ant days and shares her love for the underground world of…
Planning and the ecological and Nature Recovery Networks
Ecological networks are the basic, joined up infrastructure of existing and future habitat needed to allow populations of species and habitats to survive in fluctuating conditions.
The Environment Bill is currently passing through Parliament, but when passed in legislation will make it a statutory obligation for all Local Planning Authorities to have a Local Nature Recovery Plan based on the mapped Nature Recovery Network.
The Environment Bill is currently passing through Parliament, but when passed in legislation will make it a statutory obligation for all Local Planning Authorities to have a Local Nature Recovery Plan based on the mapped Nature Recovery Network.
Somerset barn owls hatch first two eggs live on wildlife webcam
Finn and Orla, stars of Somerset Wildlife Trust’s new barn owl livestream have had the first two of their four eggs hatch, with the next owlets due in the coming week.
First in a new series of Climate Adaptation Plans unveiled for Somerset
Somerset Wildlife Trust, Glastonbury Town Council, and Glastonbury residents create bespoke climate plan to meet the effects of climate change head on.
Government and developers must put nature recovery first, urges new report on England’s housebuilding drive
A new report published by The Wildlife Trusts urges the UK Government to put nature first, as it embarks on a housebuilding drive across England.