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The Wildlife Trusts are creating a British Rainforest Garden, designed by award-winning Zoe Claymore, for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025. The garden will evoke the lush, wet woodlands that once swathed vast areas of the west coast of the British Isles and is sponsored by grant giving charity, Project Giving Back, and supported by insurer, … Read more
The Wildlife Trusts are urging the public to nurture nature this June to celebrate the 10th birthday of 30 Days Wild. This year, the month-long nature challenge to do something wild every single day in June is backed by TV stars Dermot O’Leary, Liz Bonnin and Dr Amir Khan. Since 2015, over three million … Read more
The world’s largest garden wildlife survey – the RSPB‘s Big Garden Birdwatch – returns this month, with hundreds of thousands of people watching and counting the UK’s garden birds over the last weekend in January. Across the UK, over half a million people took part in Big Garden Birdwatch 2023, counting a whopping 9.1 million … Read more
Discover Animals’ Geoff Moore delves into the world of Pannage in this latest video, where pigs are released into the New Forest in Hampshire to eat the acorns from the many oak trees that grow there. This is a service which helps to save the lives of other animals as the acorns are very poisonous … Read more
Television presenters Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin will be live presenting a week of anarchic and inspiring autumn wildlife programmes called 8 Out Of 10 Bats from Trees for Life’s Dundreggan Rewilding Centre near Loch Ness in the Highlands from 23rd to 26th October. Chris, Megan and a team of talented young conservationists will be … Read more
In this video, Discover Animals’ Geoff Moore talks to Daphne Brace of Exmoor Wildlife Safaris about spotting red deer, Highland cows and the iconic Exmoor pony, which is allegedly rarer than the giant panda, on a wildlife safari. He also explores the bird life, which includes white-tailed eagles, red kites, harriers, kestrels, skylarks and green … Read more
Three years on from the ‘knitting together’ of 3,400 hectares of priority habitat to create the UK’s first-ever ‘super’ National Nature Reserve (NNR) on the Purbeck Heaths in Dorset, where the BBC filmed Springwatch this year, the National Trust is working with reserve partners on an ambitious project to create a 1,370-hectare open ‘savannah’ for … Read more
Last week, 38 rare hazel dormice were reintroduced into the heart of the National Forest by wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES), the National Trust and partners, in an attempt to save this endangered species from extinction in the UK. The golden-coated, bright-eyed dormice were released into a large, secluded woodland on the … Read more
The Wildlife Trusts and the Greener NHS programme at NHS England are encouraging people to go wild for wellbeing this June by participating in the UK’s biggest nature challenge, 30 Days Wild 2023. The month-long initiative invites people of all ages to connect with nature in an easy and accessible way every single day throughout … Read more
Easter is often associated with new arrivals and this year is no exception with the recent births of three wolverines at Wild Place Project in Bristol. The kits – a boy and two girls – are spending much of their time in the nests that their mother, Alice, has made for them. However, patient visitors … Read more
As the last episode of the new Wild Isles series, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, aired last night, a reminder that the National Trust, RSPB and WWF are urging everyone in society to come together to halt the destruction of UK nature and take urgent action in their Save Our Wild Isles campaign. Millions of people from … Read more
Discover Animals’ Geoff More visits the most southerly point in the UK, Lizard Point, home to colonies of seals and the much rarer to spot chough, Cornwall’s national bird: There are several sites around the rugged coastline and harbours of Lizard Point where you can see seals either swimming or resting up on the remote beaches. Grey … Read more
On World Wildlife Day, we bring you news that plans to create what could be England’s largest beaver enclosure at one of the country’s top garden attractions have been given the green light. Planning permission has been granted for Trentham, in Staffordshire, to build an enclosure within the historic 725-acre estate, which will shortly house … Read more
In this short film, Discover Animals’ Geoff Moore visits the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate on Exmoor in Somerset, to discover more about how beavers have been re-introduced. 📸 National Trust Images Nick Upton
On Sunday 22nd January 2023, wildlife charity Vincent Wildlife Trust will host a free, family-friendly online talk about one of Britain’s most elusive mammals – the pine marten. The 30-minute entertaining talk ‘Meet the Pine Martens’ is designed to appeal to families with children, young adults, and anyone wanting to discover more about conservation, nature … Read more
Wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is calling for people to take part in wildlife surveys both in their gardens and whilst out and about to help monitor the impact of the changing climate. ? Paul Saunders
BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine’s annual wildlife survey has revealed that butterfly sightings in the UK decreased again in 2021, with significant decline in regular sightings of every listed species.
Hedgehog Street, a nationwide campaign launched by wildlife charities People’s Trust for Endangered Species and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. To mark the occasion Hedgehog Street is asking members of the public to do 10 things to help hedgehogs in 2021.
To coincide with National Hedgehog Day this Sunday 2nd February ‘Hedgehog Street’ has launched a new app offering monthly advice on how to help Britain’s favourite mammal. The new ‘Hedgehog Street’ app sends its users interactive top tips every month, showing how to help wild, native hedgehogs, together with all sorts of other helpful hedgehog … Read more
Conservation charity The RSPB has released some top tips on helping wildlife this season, with spokesperson Beth Markey offering her advice on how to make our gardens nature-friendly in preparation for winter. Don’t tidy your autumn garden At this time of year, it’s really important to avoid the urge to cut back and tidy too … Read more
The Wildwood Trust near Canterbury is celebrating the arrival of four extremely rare wildcat kittens. Keepers are particularly pleased with how well first-time mum Jura is coping with her litter – the largest number bred to one mother at the charity. Wildcat Keeper Jack Poncé said; “We are so proud of our lovely kittens, two … Read more
Environmental organisation Friends of the Earth released a thought provoking film this week to ask the question: can we make space for nature? With 4 out of 5 members of the British public over-estimating how built-up the UK is, and 90% underestimating how many species of birds, animals, plants and fish are under-threat, it’s clear we … Read more
The RSPCA has launched its new #AnimalKindness campaign and encourages everyone to do their bit, however small, to help animals. The welfare charity has also produced a free Guide to Animal Kindness which gives advice on how to care for animals, keep them safe, protect their habitats, campaign for change and more. So if you’d … Read more
The Wildlife Trusts is encouraging us to get closer to bats and understand more about these fascinating little mammals. They suggest many ways to help them thrive, including going batty in your back garden. There are lots of little things that we can do that have a big impact on bats, from planting night-scented flowers … Read more
We interview Simon King about his new book, Nature Watch. Known to millions as a presenter of the BBC’s Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Big Cat Diary, he is one of the world’s leading experts in field-craft, wildlife watching and wildlife photography. Simon has worked as a natural history filmmaker for almost 30 years, on TV programmes … Read more
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