Barn owl conservation
The project works with landowners, installing nest boxes and monitoring wild barn owl populations across Essex.
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Conservation projects
Find out how we are taking action for nature and restoring wildlife in Essex.
Barn owl
The beautiful barn owl is, perhaps, our most-loved owl. With its distinctive heart-shaped face, pure white feathers and ghostly silent flight, it's easy to identify. Look out for it flying…
Nature Recovery in the Making - 5 years of the Wildfell Project
Nature Recovery Director Chris Bawtree shares five years of the Wildfell project in Wethersfield, a centre for environmental recovery.
Sixty years of leading wildlife conservation in Essex
Sixty years of leading wildlife conservation in Essex.
The Naze celebrates 10 years
Free weekend events mark a decade of discovery at The Naze Nature Discovery Centre
My project
Craig gives up his time volunteering in the Bluebell Community Garden. Transforming the garden into a positive space for local people to enjoy, Craig has felt himself become relaxed and happier,…
Barn owl webcam
Meet our pair of adult barn owls happily nesting at our Blue House Farm nature reserve in North Fambridge.
Beautiful Barn Owl
Barn Owls are such beautiful birds that just to glimpse one in car headlights is a thrill, a saintly soul whose fleeting flight of fancy instantaneously makes your world a wondrous place. All too…
Project connects Tendring people with wildlife
Tendring Loves Conservation launches this summer, a two year National Lottery Heritage Fund project led by Essex Wildlife Trust, working in partnership with the University of Essex.
House Sparrow Project
Help us understand why house sparrows are declining.
Little Tern Project
Little terns are the UK’s smallest tern and one of our rarest breeding seabirds. Weighing the same as a tennis ball, they migrate here from Africa to breed – some undertaking a journey of 5,000km.