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Robinswood Hill work party Sept 23

Kate's volunteering experience

Here we have Kate, a regular on the Robinswood Hill work party, share her experience of volunteering with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.

A pine marten standing on a log, looking towards the camera

National Pine Marten Day

It’s true to say that every day is special, and nowadays it seems every date in the calendar is marked by some awareness day for one cause or another. Some are quite serious, others less so. But…

Elephant hawk-moth caterpillar

The elephant in the room

Late summer is the best time to discover one of the UK’s chunkiest caterpillars, the elephant hawk-moth.

Adder

The secretive adders who call Gloucestershire home

Gloucestershire is home to a range of wildlife and threatened species from large blue butterflies and water voles, to pine martens and curlews. One endangered species that calls this county home…

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Setting up a camera trap for 30 Days Wild

In Britain, many of us enjoy watching wildlife. Birds are a popular quarry, and you can easily get a good view with a pair of binoculars and a bit of patience, but many species are harder to spot…

A pine marten standing on a log, looking towards the camera

Pine marten breeding

Spring is often associated with new life; plants in flower, birds in full song, and adorable animal babies on adverts and Easter cards. Pine martens rarely seem to feature though, perhaps because…

A female blackbird staling through the long grass of a lawn, with a worm in her beak

Lions of the lawn

Discover some of the predators stalking through your garden’s grassland.

Pine marten

The search for scats

Keeping track of elusive mammals like pine martens can be tricky, but they do leave clues whenever they pause for a poo.

Lower Woods Ride

Five minutes with GWT's master strategist

To celebrate International Women's Day, Emily checks in with Dr Juliet Hynes, GWT’s Ecological Evidence Manager, and what drives her to take on large scale restoration projects.

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