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Urgent: Help protect Local Wildlife Sites
Essex Wildlife Trust urges people to call for protection for Local Wildlife Sites
The nursery site
"Wildlife of the Tendring Peninsular" Talk with Liz Huxley
A presentation by Liz on a journey around some of the nature reserves and wildlife sites in Tendring and the key species that can be found there.
Langdon Ridge declared a new Site of Special Scientific Interest
Natural England has declared the Langdon Ridge in Basildon a new Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Land caddis
The Land caddis is the only caddisfly in the UK to spend its entire time on land, with no stage in water. Look in oak leaf litter over winter to see the grainy cases of the larvae, in which they…
Avocet
A key species in the story of conservation, the avocet represents an amazing recovery of a bird once extinct in the UK. This pied bird, with its distinctive upturned bill, can now be seen on…
An introduction to rivers
Find out about the general processes and features of rivers, key river species, and their relationship with humans.
Take part in an Essex coastal wildlife survey this summer
Essex Wildlife Trust needs your help to record sightings of five key coastal species
Field cow-wheat
Once widespread, this attractive plant has declined as a result of modern agricultural practices and is now only found in four sites in South East England.
Greater water parsnip
Large scale drainage in the UK has seen a massive reduction in the range of this sensitive aquatic plant which now only occurs in around 50 sites in England.