Wading into autumn
For many birdwatchers things are just hotting up! We might be reaching the end of summer, but this is when a group of birds known as waders start to appear on our shores. Here are ten waders to…
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Autumn gentian
A late-flowering plant, Autumn gentian displays pretty, mauve, tube-like flowers atop its reddish stems. It favours dry, chalk grassland and sand dune habitats.
Top autumn reserves
Our top 12 Essex Wildlife Trust nature reserves to visit this autumn.
Woodland
Woodlands are magical places, full of wildlife and full of history. Great spotted woodpeckers, nuthatches and jays flit between trees as butterflies dance in sunny glades. Badgers forage through…
Autumn and winter plants for pollinators
Plant with pollinators in mind this autumn and winter.
Autumn in the wildlife garden
With autumn now upon us, we thought it would be useful to share some interesting and useful advice from our bird food partner, Vine House Farm, for anyone with a wildlife garden – or indeed anyone…
Create a leaf hedgehog for autumn
Create your own hedgehog out of leaves for autumn.
Wet woodland
Wet woodlands in the UK can be wild, secretive places. Tangles of trailing creepers, tussocky sedges and lush tall-herbs conceal swampy pools and partially submerged fallen willow trunks, likely…
Autumn spectacles in Essex
Essex Wildlife Trust share some of their top nature reserves to visit this season.
The woodland drummers
Meet the dawn chorus’s percussion section…
Bluebell and Woodland Walk
Join Bill Godsafe, Reserve Ranger, for an amble around Hanningfield's lovely woodland when we hope that the Bluebells will be at their best.
Local Wildlife Sites
Local Wildlife Sites are areas of land that are especially important for their wildlife. They are some of our most valuable wildlife areas.