Many people perceive the Somerset coast as cloudy red water, acres of mud and shingle and a featureless, grey shore covered in a light coating of silt. Maybe because of this, naturalists have…

Like any conservation land management carried out on nature reserve quality habitats, the management of ragwort is quite a complex and nuanced subject, requiring many considerations to be balanced…

Dragonflies, damselflies, juicy blackberries and baby hedgehogs - what's not to love?!

After weeks of campaigning to pause Part 3 of the Government's proposed Planning and Infrastructure Bill, the Government has now released a set of amendments — but they don't go far…

If you’ve been lucky enough to have not had your hope of a liveable future destroyed by our current government, let me quickly destroy it for you now: earlier this year, the government introduced…

The sounds of summer: a rhythmic chirping from somewhere in the grass and buzzards calling overhead.

Birdwatcher Tom Hibbert explores the enigmatic world of the nightjar.

This week has been all about celebrating our wonderful volunteers, without whom we simply wouldn’t be able to do what we do.

With over 2500 recorded species of Moth across the British Isles, they are incredibly diverse but often overlooked. Falling into the order Lepidoptera, along with butterflies, they are just as…

There is a huge amount riding on the Government’s spending review due out in June. Many departments are having their budgets slashed. What if the Defra farm budget - much of which is paying a…