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How to plant a tree

It might surprise you, but even the smallest of gardens can accommodate a tree!

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Meet the Team

Our team is made of of committed conservationists, enthusiastic educators and support staff, all working hard to protect wildlife and wild places.
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#WILDFundraiser Corporate

Let your business lead by example by joining us as a #WILDFundraiser business. Ensure that you put nature first and advocate for a #WilderFuture.
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#WILDFundraiser Schools

Let your business lead by example by joining us as a #WILDFundraiser business. Ensure that you put nature first and advocate for a #WilderFuture.
Species

Thin tellin

Their empty, delicate pink or yellow shells can often be found washed up on beaches, but the animals themselves live buried in the sand all around the coasts of the UK.

My Wild Life

My garden

Nicolas is a farmer who loves wildlife. Through his passion he has grown a successful bird seed business, and in partnership with The Wildlife Trusts has helped to raise £1 million for…

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Sanderling

The sanderling scampers about the waves looking for marine crustaceans, fish and even jellyfish to eat. It visits the UK in winter from its Arctic breeding grounds, but can also be seen as it…

My Wild Life

My wild job

Hi! I’m Gemma and I am the Campaigns Assistant for Essex Wildlife Trust. In my job, I try to share my passion for nature with others, while encouraging people to love, care and take action for…

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Bell heather

Bell heather is our most familiar heather. In summer, it carpets our heaths, woods and coasts with purple-pink flowers that attract all kinds of nectar-loving insects.

Habitat

Calaminarian grassland

This is a strange, sparse habitat of grassland growing on old mining tracks and slag heaps, on river gravels and naturally exposed metal-rich soils in the mountains. Only the toughest metal-loving…