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The Wildlife Trusts. We are a grassroots movement that believes we need nature and it needs us. More than 900,000 members and 39,000 volunteers work together with their Wildlife Trust to make their local area wilder and make nature part of life, for everyone. Every Wildlife Trust is an independent charity. We’d love you to join us. More about us.
Identify UK woodpeckers - The Wildlife Trusts
It’s our largest species, but hardly ever drums. Instead, green woodpeckers communicate with a loud call that sounds like a crazy laugh and is known as a ‘yaffle’. The green woodpecker is olive-green, with a yellow rump, red crown and black around the face. Males have a red 'moustache' edged by black, but females have an all-black moustache.
Identify poo | The Wildlife Trusts
Foxes produce dog-like droppings that are usually pointy at one end and full of fur, feathers, tiny bones, seeds and berries. In rural areas, fox poo is quite dark, but in urban areas, where foxes eat human food waste, it can be lighter. Fresh droppings have a distinctively musky or ‘foxy’ smell. Rabbit and hare droppings ©Darren Tansley.
Identify British butterflies | The Wildlife Trusts
Speckled wood. Description: Dark brown with creamy yellow spots. The best way to identify the 'brown' butterflies is by looking at the eyespots on their wings. The speckled wood is the only brown butterfly with three small, cream-ringed eyespots on each hindwing and one on each forewing. When: March - October. Read more.
Identify birds of prey | The Wildlife Trusts
The UK’s birds of prey come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes: Hawks and eagles: medium to very large; hooked bills; rounded or broad wings; sharp talons; tend to soar. Falcons: small to medium-sized; tapered wings and tails; fast and agile; often hover. Owls: small to large; rounded heads; small, hooked bills; forward-facing eyes; mainly ...
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Find the perfect gift and help wildlife. Great gifts for every occasion and budget! Wildlife-themed eCards, books and eco-friendly clothing. Every time you buy something, you're helping our wildlife and wild places thrive.
Landmark report shows UK wildlife’s devastating decline
Sep 26, 2023 — The UK’s wildlife is continuing to decline according to a new landmark study published today. Already classified as one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries, nearly one in six of the more than ten thousand species assessed (16%) are at risk of being lost from Great Britain 1.. However, this figure is much higher for some groups such as birds (43%), amphibians and reptiles (31% ...
Volunteer - The Wildlife Trusts
Volunteer to help wildlife in your local area. Volunteering opportunities range from community gardening, species surveying, caring for nature reserves, dry stone walling, hedge laying, habitat management, to running Wildlife Watch groups. You could volunteer organisational, IT, administrative or financial skills too. Both regular and casual volunteers are needed.
Jobs - The Wildlife Trusts
Reserves Officer. Spurn Nature Discovery Centre, Kilnsea, Yorkshire. £27,021 - £30,060 per annum. Closing date: Sunday 17 November 2024. Reserves Officer - Spurn. 35 hours per week. £27,021 - £30,060 per annum. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is one of the UK’s fastest growing nature conservation organisations and seeks….
Identify garden birds | The Wildlife Trusts
Look out for chiffchaffs, siskins, yellowhammers, bullfinches, nuthatches, treecreepers, lesser redpolls, tawny owls, sparrowhawks, jays, cuckoos, mistle thrushes, blackcaps, goldcrests and pied flycatchers. Winter garden visitors may also include migrant bramblings, waxwings, redwings and fieldfares. If you have a pond in the garden, you might ...