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My wild life started before I was old enough to walk, being regularly taken by my mother across the Epsom Downs to enjoy fresh air. Moving to rural Staffordshire aged 3, I was incredibly lucky to…
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Five ways to wellbeing during lockdown
For Mental Health Awareness Week, Lorna Fox, GWT’s Head of Community Programmes, takes a closer look at our connection to nature during lockdown and reveals how we can continue to enhance our…
Restoring Our Future
Restoring Our Future is a fully funded primary school project supporting children's mental health and wellbeing through increasing their nature connectedness and supporting schools in embedding outdoor learning in their curriculum.
Roots for a Wilder Future
Roots for a Wilder Future is a fully funded primary school project supporting children's mental health and wellbeing through increasing their nature connectedness and supporting schools in embedding outdoor learning in their curriculum.
Small heath
The small heath is the smallest of our brown butterflies and has a fluttering flight. It favours heathlands, as its name suggests, as well as other sunny habitats.
What we do
Our work ranges from on-the-ground conservation work to engaging communities, from working with schools to ecological consultancy and more. Find out more about what our work entails.
Heath fritillary
The rare heath fritillary was on the brink of extinction in the 1970s, but conservation action turned its fortunes around. It is still confined to a small number of sites in the south of England,…
Heath bumblebee
The Heath bumblebee is not only found on heathland, but also in gardens and parks. It nests in small colonies of less than 100 workers in all kinds of spots, such as old birds' nests, mossy…
What is a Nudibranch?
Nudibranchs, also known as sea slugs, are much like their land-based relatives that you may spot in your garden. But, unlike your regular garden slug, the nudibranch can incorporate the stinging…
Cross-leaved heath
Cross-leaved heath is a type of heather that likes bogs, heathland and moorland. It has distinctive pink, bell-shaped flowers that attract all kinds of nectar-loving insects.
What Flies in July?
I’m back with another blog to tell you all about what moths you can find in July, and how to get children interested in moths. It is currently National Moth Week while I am writing this (18th-…
Large heath
This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.