Maddy Simmonds, zoologist and passionate science communicator, recently volunteered on a riverfly monitoring training day. Here, she tells us what the day entailed.

Thanks to a dedicated group of volunteers, Unstead nature reserve is a wetland once more.

An exciting new partnership that reflects The Wildlife Trusts’ call for at least 30% of our land and sea to be connected and protected for nature’s recovery by 2030.

In 2010 we helped launch one of the largest single-site conservation projects in southern England: the return of red deer to 720 hectares of heathland in Surrey. Over a decade later, we assess its…

Working with nature is the key to ecological and economic recovery

In a rapidly urbanising world, I feel outdoor education is a vital tool that can be utilised to nurture environmental connections and potentially change the way people interact with the natural…

Leave caterpillar food plants to grow and see butterflies thrive

Heather Lewis, conservation manager, planning

Take children outdoors and see them thrive

Controlling fire is essential to preserving Surrey’s unique heathland wildlife