Blog: The Wildlife Trusts

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An illustration of a large marsh grasshopper gripping a grass seedhead. It is a green grasshopper with wings reaching just short of the abdomen tip, and black and yellow bands on the hind legs

Hop into summer

Get to know grasshoppers with Peter G. Sutton, author of Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Allies of Great Britain and Ireland

Lapwing in soil on farm

When the rain stops, food stops

Across the UK, the impacts of climate change are no longer a distant warning for future generations. Gemma Lane, Land Use Policy Manager, discusses how the summer's heat and drought is…

A garden snail crossing on a damp tarmac path. On the right hand side are cars parked on the side of the road. The snail is moving towards what looks like a green area on the left

Too many people are stuck without access to nature

In a joint blog, Matt Browne of The Wildlife Trusts and Elliot Chapman-Jones of Liberal & Democrats for Nature & Climate publish new data analysis laying bare England’s lack of access to…

A swallow-tailed moth resting on a bright green leaf. It's a pale yellow moth, with delicate dark lines across the wings and a long, pointed tail on each hindwing

Moths in the mail

As moths get the Royal Mail stamp of approval, we celebrate the ten special species they’ve chosen to spotlight.

Phasia hemiptera on an umbellifer flower. It's a colourful orange and purplish-black fly with broad, irridescent wings

Pretty fly

From beegrabbers to comb-horns, discover five weird and wonderful flies.

Veteran oak tree in a field, The Wildlife Trusts

The essential nature of nature-friendly farming

It’s Nature Friendly Farming week and a moment to register the huge importance of a nature transition in farming. It’s critical for our climate, water and food. Vicki Hird looks at the facts, as…