Badger Watching Evenings
Thursday 6th July, 2017
Book now for our 2017 Badger watching evenings
Photography Competition
Thursday 15th June, 2017
Welcome to our Photography Competition 2017!
Welcome to our Swallow nest live webcam!
Monday 22nd May, 2017
The nest is at our Fingringhoe Wick nature reserve, on the Colne Estuary, south-east of Colchester, among the wooden beams of the garage next door to our visitor centre - and there are two chicks in the nest!
Our Barn Owls are back!
Monday 22nd May, 2017
Our live Barn Owl webcam, from our Blue House Farm nature reserve, is back, for the sixth year in a row.
The Exmoor Ponies are back!
Monday 15th May, 2017
The Exmoor ponies have returned to Tiptree Heath once again, to help sustainably manage the vital heathland by grazing, browsing and trampling on invasive scrub species.
Savory snaps and chats
Thursday 27th April, 2017
Talks and workshops with acclaimed wildlife cameraman, Russell Savory We have joined Russell Savory – celebrated wildlife photographer and film maker, whose beautiful footage has featured on BBC TV’s Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch and The One Show – to bring you a series of exclusive photography workshops and talks.
Join us to savour the Nightingale concert
Tuesday 25th April, 2017
The Nightingale’s astonishing song is back serenading visitors to our Fingringhoe Wick nature reserve, which is one of the best sites in the country to see and hear this famous bird.
Enjoy our stunning bluebell displays
Thursday 20th April, 2017
Now is the time to savour Essex’s wonderful carpets of bluebells – they are expected to reach their peak over the next week or so. Several of our nature reserves provide the perfect habitat for these unmistakable woodland flowers of bending flower stems, heavy with nodding, purple-blue bells. We are holding events to celebrate the bluebell spectacular this weekend and next, as follows:
Lower Thames Crossing
Friday 14th April, 2017
Initial response to the confirmed route of the Lower Thames Crossing
Help us Bee Creative in the Garden!
Monday 27th March, 2017
The Wildlife Trusts and The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) have joined forces to urge gardeners to do more to help protect bumblebees and solitary bees, heroes of the pollinator world.
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