Protecting marine wildlife for the future and for the people of Essex.

We work with pupils and staff to assess your site for wildlife and work with children and staff to plan, design and plant up areas. We can also come in to rejuvenate existing areas. Planting may include living willow structures, orchards, ponds, invertebrate habitats, hedgerows, wildflower meadows, a sensory garden, wildlife borders, bug hotels, habitat logs, stag beetle pyramids and a nectar border. We will leave you with a management plan to enable you to look after it.

Essex is blessed with a rich and varied wildlife heritage and the county is famous for its coastline, arguably the longest in England; the coastal wetlands of Essex are renowned for their extensive areas of grazing marsh, lagoons, shingle, mudflats, saltmarsh, fresh water pools and reedbeds. In addition, there are extensive river systems, tracts of ancient woodland, mosaic and grassland, and important brownfield sites, with heaths, wetlands and important wildlife corridors scattered throughout the county within the wider farmed countryside. These beautiful wild places are vulnerable and many are under threat from development.

The UK Government's new Planning and Infrastructure Bill currently threatens nature's recovery in England. Take action to ensure wilder, healthier homes for all.

How we're protecting and restoring marine wildlife and habitats.

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Protecting Wildlife for the Future and for the People of Essex