Beginning your bird-watching journey? Volunteer and bird-enthusiast, April, shares her top tips.

Campaigns Volunteer, Sue, explores speedwells - a family of blue trailing flowers growing across Essex.

Ambassador Andrew Millham explores the folkore behind your favourite wildflowers.

Find out which of our nature reserves are best for native orchids.

Our guide to identifying the small brown birds in your garden.

Volunteer Sue's House Sparrow Project 2024 trial experience.

Wild deer are some of the most iconic mammals of the countryside.

Find out about Essex's pollinators, from bees and beetles to moths and ants.

Welcome insects into your garden with a habitat pile.

Provide local pollinators with a space to shelter in your garden.