The Great Big Nature Survey
In 2023 The Wildlife Trusts launched The Great Big Nature Survey. We still want the public to have their say on important issues affecting nature and wildlife, and so far, 21,000 people have done…
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London deer survey
Have you spotted deer in London?
eDNA surveying with the Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum's Biodiversity Officer Katy Potts tells us more about an exciting new survey method being used for the Brilliant Butterflies project.
Lesser sea-spurrey
Traditionally a coastal species, Lesser sea-spurrey has spread inland, taking advantage of the winter-salting of our roads. Its pink-and-white flowers bloom in summer.
Nature: the cure to all ailments by Keeping it Wild alumni Adam
As I note down the final species on my butterfly transect survey, I give the little boy who used to chase butterflies around his parents’ garden a big hug and tell him to keep going.
A dry summer brought purple rain: the butterflies of the Great North Wood in 2018
Great North Wood, project officer Edwin Malins looks back at the summer of 2018 as efforts to survey butterflies across the area were stepped up and hot weather saw purple hairstreaks leave their…
Ponds help Dragonfly Detectives crack the case
Garden ponds prove fruitful for London Wildlife Trust’s citizen science survey of dragonflies and damselflies
Small mammals find a home in west London’s woods
Capital’s woodlands are providing a lifeline for secretive shrews, voles and wood mice, a remarkable new survey reveals
Survival strategies
Discover the different ways that moths and butterflies spend the winter.
Will a ‘good growth’ plan serve London’s nature?
The London Plan is designed to shape London's growth - and you can have your say.
My classroom
Passionate about the oceans and the diverse life that they hold, Bex is lucky enough to be able to teach scuba diving to university students at Plymouth University. This provides her with the…
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,…