Legacy giving: Nurturing nature forever
Learn more about the impact leaving a gift in your will, even the smallest legacy can have a big impact for Essex Wildlife Trust.
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Help Save Arena Essex
Essex Wildlife Trust is supporting Buglife's urgent campaign to protect one of Thurrock's most important wildlife sites from destruction.
Tile Wood Nature Reserve
One of the earliest ancient woods recorded in south-east Essex, this woodland is an important wildlife corridor in the Daws Heath woodland landscape
Latest News
Read our latest news stories and find out what we’re doing to protect wildlife and wild places across Essex.
Brentwood & Billericay News
Event reports and news from Brentwood & Billericay local group.
How to help marine life
By taking small actions and making small changes, we can help to protect and conserve our beautiful coastline.
Please help secure Fir Tree Wood
Please help us raise £200,000 to protect the future of this beautiful woodland in the heart of Essex.
Wild News email sign up
Our monthly email newsletter is a regular round-up about our work to protect wildlife and ways to support the work we do.
Wood warbler
Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive, bright yellow throat and eyestripe.
Save grasslands through grazing appeal
Appeal to raise £125,000 for conservation grazing to restore threatened grasslands and boost biodiversity across Essex.
wood anemone
A spring delight, the wood anemone grows in dappled shade in ancient woodlands. Traditional management, such as coppicing, can help such flowers by opening up the woodland floor to sunlight.
Help wildlife in the cold
The colder months can be a tough time for wildlife, food is scarce and hibernators are looking for shelter. That's why we’ve put together our top tips for maintaining your garden for wildlife…