Waxwing winters
Every winter, millions of birds travel to the UK to escape the harsher weather that sets in at their breeding grounds. Families of whooper swans fly down from Iceland, thrushes and finches flee…
Every winter, millions of birds travel to the UK to escape the harsher weather that sets in at their breeding grounds. Families of whooper swans fly down from Iceland, thrushes and finches flee…
The waxwing is a colourful winter visitor. It can often be spotted in large flocks in berry-laden bushes in towns, car parks and gardens.
The distinctive rounded wings of the lapwing are displayed beautifully when it wheels around a winter sky in a massive flock. In spring, these flocks disperse and some birds breed in the UK.…
Volunteer and mentor Lesley Jenyns gives her advice on how to go for a walk to alleviate a stressed or anxious mind.
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Would you like to get stuck into some outdoor conservation work?
Join us for a practical conservation task day of dry stone walling at Chafer Wood Nature Reserve.
Spurn National Nature Reserve is a sandy peninsula jutting out, 3.5 miles from the end of the Holderness Coast, into the mouth of the Humber Estuary. This unique and iconic landscape may be ever…
A wildfire on Fen Bog nature reserve has damaged a third of the reserve's nationally-important valley mire. Ahead of a warm and dry bank holiday weekend, the Trust is asking the public to be…
This tiny wading bird is most often seen in autumn, feeding on the muddy margins of wetlands.
These beautiful and energetic creatures are seen swimming around our ponds but we will be taking a closer look at these little beings and how to identify them.
Warning - this does involve…
This elegant wading bird is a rare visitor to the UK, though occasionally one or two of pairs will nest here.
This glossy wading bird is a scarce visitor to the UK, though records have become more common in recent decades.