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The trees may be bare and the skies a little grey, but there’s still plenty to see and do at this time of year. To inspire you to wrap up warm and get out there and make the most of nature, the RSPB has put together a guide to winter walks and hotspots to visit during … Read more
The 1,000th hazel dormouse has been released into the wild as part of a reintroduction programme to help boost numbers of the native mammal within the UK. Wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES), Natural England and the University of Cumbria have been working together to help save the endangered species from extinction. They … Read more
If you are passionate about wildlife and looking for the job of a lifetime Kent Wildlife Trust and Wildwood Trust are looking to recruit the UK’s first-ever bison rangers. The unique post – set to begin in Spring this year – forms part of the Wilder Blean rewilding project and will involve looking after and … Read more
UK conservation charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species marks the 30th anniversary of its National Dormouse Monitoring Programme (NDMP) this year – the longest-running small land mammal survey in the world. Established in 1990 to monitor how the UK’s hazel dormouse populations are faring, results for the 2019 report revealed that, although some populations are thriving, … Read more
Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust will lead a groundbreaking conservation project to introduce bison into a British woodland over the next two years. The £1 million project, funded by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, will take place in Blean Wood near Canterbury with the aim of restoring the ecosystem of the area’s ancient … Read more
A herd of forty-five British White cattle is being returned to ancient woodland on the Blenheim Estate in Oxfordshire for the first time in more than a century. The modern British White cattle breed has direct links with the ancient indigenous wild white cattle of Great Britain. It is hoped that by grazing the land … Read more
A new multi-million-pound woodland exhibit has opened at Wild Place Project near Bristol. Bear Wood – the largest project of its kind in the UK – is home to brown bears, wolves, lynx and wolverine, who all coexist in ancient woodland together, just as they would have done thousands of years ago. Entering Bear Wood … Read more
Longleat’s most famous residents enjoyed the warm weather last week as their woodland home became carpeted with a stunning display of native bluebells. The welcome sunshine prompted tens of thousands of the beautiful wildflowers to start flowering in woodland across the Wiltshire estate. The majority of native bluebells are found in old and ancient woodlands – … Read more
Today is Squirrel Appreciation Day and a chance for us to celebrate and raise awareness for the red squirrel – one of our most iconic and much loved woodland creatures. The red squirrel is the UK’s only native squirrel species and was once a common sight in the UK. However, since the larger more invasive grey … Read more
An ambitious project to return bears to ancient woods on the outskirts of Bristol has been given the go ahead by South Gloucestershire planners. The £5 million scheme at Wild Place Project, named Bear Wood, is likely to open next summer and will house brown bears, lynx, wolves and wolverine in the woodlands for the … Read more
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