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Essex Wildlife Trust’s Photography Competition 2018 winner announced
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St Mark's fly
The St Mark's fly is small, black and shiny. It is so-called because it emerges around St Mark's Day, April 25th. Large numbers of adults can be found in woodland edges, hedgerows,…
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.
The Green Bell Jar exhibition
New paintings by Dan Llywelyn Hall inspired by the trees of Bottengoms Farm: where art, nature, and Ronald Blythe’s legacy meet.
Dipper
The chocolate-brown, plump dipper can often be seen bobbing up and down on a stone in a fast-flowing river. It feeds on underwater insects by walking straight into, and under, the water.
Exhibition: A year at Fingringhoe Wick nature reserve
Inspired by Essex Wildlife Trust’s Fingringhoe Wick nature reserve, the award-winning arts and education charity, Signals, worked with young people aged 11-25 on over 50 creative workshops…
Common darter
The Common darter is a red, narrow-bodied dragonfly that can be seen throughout summer and autumn. It is hovers around all kinds of waterbodies, darting out to surprise its prey.
Black darter
The Black darter is a black, narrow-bodied dragonfly that can be seen throughout summer and autumn. It is hovers around damp moors, heaths and bogs, darting out to surprise its prey.
Urgent: Help protect Local Wildlife Sites
Essex Wildlife Trust urges people to call for protection for Local Wildlife Sites
Ronald Blythe-inspired pop up exhibition to open at Essex Wildlife Trust site
The nature writer’s home was gifted to the Trust last year.
On land and at sea, the UK Government’s planning policy is a mess
As the Planning and Infrastructure Bill is set to be debated by Parliament next week, Joan Edwards takes stock.
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.…