Rocky habitat
Rocky habitats are some of the most natural and untouched places in the UK. Often high up in the hills and hard to reach, they are havens for some of our rarest wildlife.
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Create a habitat pile
Welcome insects into your garden with a habitat pile.
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.
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…
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.
Creating new habitat along out coastline
How unused dredged sediment can actually become a wildlife refuge and natural flood barrier.
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…
Tiptree Heath Wild Wanderers
Explore, learn and connect with nature with a like-minded community in the relaxed environment of Tiptree Heath.
Tiptree Heath Wild Wanderers
Explore, learn and connect with nature with a like-minded community in the relaxed environment of Tiptree Heath.
Tiptree Heath Wild Wanderers
Explore, learn and connect with nature with a like-minded community in the relaxed environment of Tiptree Heath.