Volunteer Week 2023
Essex Wildlife Trust gives thanks to the dedicated team of volunteers that help conservation happen.
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Volunteer stories - championing inclusion
This Volunteers' Week, we're shinning a spotlight on the incredible story of June Lambert - an inspiring volunteer whose passion, persistence, and positivity have helped make Essex…
Corporate team volunteer days
Our corporate volunteering days provide a fantastic opportunity to get out in nature and to help make our reserves the best possible homes for wildlife.
Meet Wilder Learning Volunteer Andrew Jacobs
We interviewed Andrew Jacobs, Wilder Learning Volunteer about his passion for working with children and young people in nature.
Thank you, volunteers!
Essex Wildlife Trust gives thanks to their loyal, growing team of volunteers this National Volunteers Week.
National Volunteers' Week
Essex Wildlife Trust is celebrating its 2,000 dedicated volunteers.
Thank you to our volunteers!
Last week, we celebrated our wonderful volunteers at the annual Volunteer Thank You Event, hosted this year at Thameside Nature Discover Park.
River rights
Learn about the movement for river rights in the UK.
Colchester volunteers turn gardens into wildlife havens
The Greener Garden Group, or 3G, is a team of volunteers based in Colchester and Brightlingsea, making a difference for wildlife.
Thanks to our volunteers for their amazing 2024 work
Read more about how our volunteers have made a huge difference to wildlife this year.
An introduction to rivers
Find out about the general processes and features of rivers, key river species, and their relationship with humans.
River lamprey
The river lamprey is a primitive, jawless fish, with a round, sucker-mouth which it uses to attach to other fish to feed from them. Adults live in the sea and return to freshwater to spawn.