Somerset Wildlife Trust responds to new badger cull licences
The new licenses will allow badgers to be shot and killed over the next four years, despite a lack of evidence that killing badgers reduces the spread of bovine TB in cattle.
The new licenses will allow badgers to be shot and killed over the next four years, despite a lack of evidence that killing badgers reduces the spread of bovine TB in cattle.
The Wildlife Trusts cheer long fought-for arrival of first ever sea sanctuaries where all damaging activities will be banned
Somerset Wildlife Trust, Somerset Badger Group, Avon Wildlife Trust and Devon Wildlife Trust have joined forces to raise concern to local MPs about the extension of badger culling licenses in…
For almost as long as the Trust has been operating, we have had the support and enduring commitment from Local Area Groups. Here we explain the legacy and future of those groups as we move forward…
This shiny beetle is common in wooded areas throughout the UK. As the name suggests, it specialises in hunting snails.
This beautiful bumblebee favours upland areas, but has declined in recent decades and is now nationally scarce.
Look for the small, pink, pea-shaped flowers of Common restharrow on chalk and limestone grasslands, and in coastal areas, during summer.
Considered Britain's most threatened butterfly, the high brown fritillary can be only be found in a few areas of England and Wales.
Herb-robert is a low-growing plant, with small, pretty, pink flowers. Look for it in shady spots in woodland, hedgerows and coastal areas.
The flowers of Opposite-leaved golden saxifrage form 'trickles of gold' along riverbanks and streamsides in shady areas like wet woodlands.
A breeding bird of fast-flowing, upland rivers, the grey wagtail can also be seen in lowland areas, farmyards and even towns in winter.