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.
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Ray Island photo wins the public vote!
Essex Wildlife Trust’s Photography Competition 2018 winner announced
Urgent: Help protect Local Wildlife Sites
Essex Wildlife Trust urges people to call for protection for Local Wildlife Sites
Coastal Creations Art Competition
Coastal Creations Art Competition
The Art of Leaves
As the changes in our seasons are reflected in the colours of our wildlife, I stopped to think: Why do leaves change colour?
Marine art competition winners revealed
The second year of Coastal Creations Art Competition has come to an end, with three new fin-tastic winners announced.
Coastal Creations Art Competition Entry Form
Our marine art competition is back for its second year, with brand new categories and prizes.
Lapwing
The distinctive rounded wings of the lapwing are displayed beautifully when it wheels around a winter sky in a massive flock. In spring, these flocks disperse and some birds breed in the UK.…
Coastal Creations Art Competition winners announced
The first ever art competition celebrating National Marine Week has come to an end. Take a look at our magnificent winners and runners up below.
Art competition celebrates National Marine Week
This year we are celebrating UK marine life in a creative and artistic way. From 16 July, we are inviting everyone in Essex to create a piece of art inspired by the coast.
Planning
Essex is blessed with a rich and varied wildlife heritage and the county is famous for its coastline, arguably the longest in England; the coastal wetlands of Essex are renowned for their extensive areas of grazing marsh, lagoons, shingle, mudflats, saltmarsh, fresh water pools and reedbeds. In addition, there are extensive river systems, tracts of ancient woodland, mosaic and grassland, and important brownfield sites, with heaths, wetlands and important wildlife corridors scattered throughout the county within the wider farmed countryside. These beautiful wild places are vulnerable and many are under threat from development.
Finding fungi
Here's a selection of our spectacular mushroom species and how you can identify them.