The Government wants to ditch laws that require housebuilders not to harm rivers. But we know these rules work – they enable houses to be built and rivers to be protected. Here’s how, writes Ali…
Rivers Week is a time to celebrate our amazing waterways but also to think about what we can do to help our rivers. Assistant Conservation Officer Emma, provides an insight into her role…
Lakes, rivers, canals and streams are brimming with wildlife to discover!
It does not occur to many when looking at freshwater lakes and ponds, to consider what lays a little deeper.
Maddy Simmonds, zoologist and passionate science communicator, recently volunteered on a riverfly monitoring training day. Here, she tells us what the day entailed.
When I first started working for the Surrey Wildlife Trust back in 2013, I remember sitting in stunned silence when an officer from the Environment Agency suggested that one day beavers could be…
Kelly Hollings, Restoring Ratty Project Officer for Northumberland Wildlife Trust, explores the habits of these much-loved mammals.
We may be a ‘wet’ nation, but wetlands – wildlife-rich, carbon-capturing oases – are in shorter supply than you might think. Wetlands have largely been removed from our landscape, and this loss is…
Our rivers play host to a number of unwelcome invaders that have a negative effect on these delicate ecosystems.
