Ivy has had a long-standing association with winter celebrations throughout history, like holly, a splash of evergreen colour in a landscape that may appear otherwise lifeless.

One of our most distinctive winter plants, holly has a long-standing association with Christmas, but is also an important source of food and shelter for wildlife during the harsh winter months.…

Nature Restoration Trainee, Niki Overtoom, writes about recent efforts to restore and protect this beautiful woodland site with volunteers and colleagues in the East of the county.

University placement student, Sophia Ilou, shares her recent experiences volunteering on SWT reserves and community spaces with practical conservation tasks and harvest mouse surveys.

Despite valiant efforts by nature champions in the House of Lords, last night saw the Government bulldoze the wildlife-harming Planning & Infrastructure Bill through its last remaining hurdles…

Why are populations of this once-common butterfly getting smaller?

Tim Hill, Conservation Manager with Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust, is an enthusiast for dead and rotten wood and the animals that depend on it. Read on and find out why decaying trunks,…

This autumn we started to update our records for the fungi at Newdigate Brickworks.

Citizen scientists hunt for Harvest Mouse nests in Guildford

Forget ghosts and vampires! The most frightening thing about Halloween is the amount of plastic and pumpkin waste.