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Living with spiders
Every autumn, headlines warn about spiders invading our homes. But what’s the real story with our eight-legged neighbours?
Thousands wade-in to protect UK seas
The Wildlife Trust's Marine Review 2019
Help bring our seas back to life
Essex Wildlife Trust backs new form of protection for the sea and call on Government for ambitious delivery plan for Highly Protected Marine Areas within a year
Great diving beetle
The Great diving beetle is a large and voracious predator of ponds and slow-moving waterways. Blackish-green in colour, it can be spotted coming to the surface to replenish the air supply it…
How to identify diving ducks
The arrival of thousands more ducks to our wetlands is one of the highlights of winter. Learn about the more widespread species and some of the rarer diving ducks that can be spotted during this…
Surprising sea life
Discover ten surprising species found in the UK’s seas.
Biting stonecrop
Also known as 'Goldmoss' due to its dense, low-growing nature and yellow flowers, Biting stonecrop can be seen on well-drained ground like sand dunes, shingle, grasslands, walls and…
Tawny mining bee
The Tawny mining bee is a furry, gingery bee that can often be seen in parks and gardens during the springtime. Look for a volcano-like mound of earth in the lawn that marks the entrance to its…
Diving into National Marine Week
Campaigns Assistant, Gemma, shares some of her most captivating marine encounters from tropical waters and how our local marine life might not be so different...
Pink sea fan
Did you know we have colourful corals in UK seas? Pink sea fans are a type of horny coral - related to the sea fans found in the tropics. Don't be fooled by their name though, pink sea fans…