Essex Wildlife Trust, Abbotts Hall Farm, Gt Wigborough, Colchester, Essex CO5 7RZ
Welcome to Essex Wildlife Trust
We have 7 Visitor Centres, 87 Nature Reserves, 1 Nature Park and manage 7,200 acres of land. We educate 25,000 children and adults every year. For more about us click here.
Our volunteers
Volunteers are the lifeblood of the trust. We have over 1,000 doing a wide range of jobs – for details click here.
What does Essex Wildlife Trust have planned for the future?
For a summary of our strategic plan (PDF, 957k) click here.
Why Not Join Us Today?
Essex is a diverse county with many major developments already starting or being planned. Click here to join us today and help protect Essex wildlife for the future.
Essex Wildlife Trust is also supported by the business sector. For details of joining our Corporate Scheme click here.
Fantastic Forest Schools
Essex Wildlife Trust now has 3 education officers who have completed their Forest School Level 3 Practitioner Award. Forest Schools involves regular visits to a local area of woodland where activities are planned in conjunction with the school curriculum. Research has shown this inspirational approach helps develop confidence, self-esteem, emotional and social skills whilst developing a connection and respect for the natural environment.
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Get closer to nature with Essex Wildlife Trust
The BBC has initiated a campaign over three years called Breathing Places. A Breathing Place is somewhere you can escape the hassles of everyday life, get your hands dirty, listen to birdsong and admire the natural world. Essex Wildlife Trust is extremely grateful to Aggregate Industries who have funded the Breathing Places campaign, and here in Essex have allowed us to produce a new leaflet promoting Essex Wildlife Trust.
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Essex Wildlife Sites Project
The Essex Wildlife Sites Project is finding and protecting fundamental areas of land, which represent the minimum habitat we need to protect, in order just to maintain the current wildlife resource in Essex.
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Essex Wildlife Trust - 2008 Photograph Competition
For all budding photographers and members of Essex Wildlife Trust.
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Explore Wild Essex - Pre-publication offer
Explore Wild Essex, a guide to the nature reserves and country parks of Essex and East London. Including all Essex Wildlife Trust nature reserves.
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