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Wilder Landscapes
Living Rivers
Within Hertfordshire and Middlesex, over 600km of intertwining rivers, streams, brooks and canals flow across the landscape; connecting people, places and most importantly natural spaces for…
Living Rivers
The Living Deadwood
Discover the remarkable biodiversity that thrives in rotting wood!
Nursery web spider
A common spider of heathland and grassland, the Nursery web spider has brown and black stripes running the length of its body. It is an active hunter, only using its silk to create a protective…
Colne Valley - A landscape on the edge
Local Wildlife Sites and the planning system explained
Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) are havens for wild species. In this blog, we explain how they are protected.
The Largest Landscape Creation Project in Over a Decade
A transformative project has created a rare and diverse habitat for wildlife at Hilfield Park Reservoir Nature Reserve in Hertfordshire.
HMWT Wildlife Survey June 2023
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…
Common gorse
Windy, open moors covered in bright yellow, spiky common gorse bushes and purple heathers are synonymous with what we call 'wild' landscapes, but it can be seen in many habitats, from…