Arctic cowrie
One of the UK’s smallest and most delicate sea snails and an absolute favourite find for avid shell collectors when washed upon the shore empty!
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Spotted cowrie
This small sea snail is easily identifiable by the 3 brown spots on the top of its shell.
Phyllis Currie Nature Reserve
Sloping down to a tributary of the River Ter, this varied landscape is a great place to see Kingfishers and Dragonflies
Essex wildflowers and the folklore they carry
Ambassador Andrew Millham explores the folkore behind your favourite wildflowers.
Worrying records of sick Hares
Essex Wildlife Trust is urging the public to record and send any sightings of hares in Essex.
Hooded crow
The hooded crow was thought to be the same species as the carrion crow, but they have now been separated. Less widespread than its cousin, look for it in North Scotland, Northern Ireland and the…
Anti-nature rhetoric damaging voter confidence in Labour, new poll finds
19% less likely to vote Labour because Starmer threatens to remove nature rules
My recovery
After undergoing brain surgery, Simone suffered from severe headaches and was worried that she would find volunteering with Durham Wildlife Trust too strenuous; in fact, she has found that the…
Little Haven Nature Reserve
A rich mosaic of woodland, meadows and flower-rich acid grassland that forms an important wildlife corridor in an urban area
Get the drop on COP
COP26 is nearly upon us, having been delayed from 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. You may have heard it referenced in the news or even in passing on the street, but the name gives little away.…
Tile Wood Nature Reserve
One of the earliest ancient woods recorded in south-east Essex, this woodland is an important wildlife corridor in the Daws Heath woodland landscape
My regeneration
30 years ago, if Jeremy had fallen in the river then he’d have been more worried about being poisoned than drowned! A 1980s trawl survey found just one fish in the Billingham reach of the Tees,…