Wildlife laws under threat: Habitats Regulations
With a second reading of the Retained EU Laws Bill expected today, we're sharing a series of blogs about the laws and regulations designed to protect nature that are under threat. Today, Sue…
With a second reading of the Retained EU Laws Bill expected today, we're sharing a series of blogs about the laws and regulations designed to protect nature that are under threat. Today, Sue…
The Scots pine is the native pine of Scotland and once stood in huge forests. It suffered large declines, however, as it was felled for timber and fuel. Today, it is making a comeback - good news…
Thanks to a generous funding boost from the Environment Agency, Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is able to undertake a large-scale restoration project to improve and conserve a number of…
Rocky habitats are some of the most natural and untouched places in the UK. Often high up in the hills and hard to reach, they are havens for some of our rarest wildlife.
Discover the invaluable work of Herts Environmental Records Centre (HERC) and how they are currently contributing to a national survey, The Ancient Woodland Inventory (AWI).
Able to regenerate limbs, eyes, jaws and organs, this is no alien, this is a newt – discover more about these amazing creatures!
A huge national survey is taking place to update the data held on ancient woodland sites – those which have had continuous woodland cover since 1600AD.
Largely confined to the north of the UK, the rare pine marten is nocturnal and very hard to spot. However, it can be enticed to visit a peanut-laden birdtable.
Our woodlands are a key tool in the box when addressing climate change for their carbon storage potential, but are less well known for their potential to limit flooding events, with wet woodlands…
Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
Wet woodlands in the UK can be wild, secretive places. Tangles of trailing creepers, tussocky sedges and lush tall-herbs conceal swampy pools and partially submerged fallen willow trunks, likely…