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Volunteering with the Trust: Elaine's story
Back in September 2021, Elaine Brindley from Royal Holloway University, started as a placement student with Surrey Wildlife Trust.
Avoid an environmental horror story this Halloween
Halloween is an occasion celebrated by many, filled with the glow of carved pumpkins, the creativity of dress-up and the excitement of trick-or-treat!
Astronomy in 2021
What does the year have in store?
Spiked shieldbug
The spiked shieldbug has fearsome shoulder projections or 'spikes' and a predatory nature. This brown bug feeds on caterpillars and other insects in woodlands and on heathlands.
Show off your support in style
Our new online ethical clothing store is open!
Goose barnacle
Goose barnacles often wash up on our shores attached to flotsam after big storms.
Avocet
A key species in the story of conservation, the avocet represents an amazing recovery of a bird once extinct in the UK. This pied bird, with its distinctive upturned bill, can now be seen on…
Razor shell
Their long narrow shells are a common sight on our shores, especially after storms, but the animals themselves live buried in the sand.
My flood defence
Bev is grateful to live down the road from Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, a 210ha wetland site which stores excess water from the River Torne during times of high
rainfall. This saved her…
Channelled wrack
This yellow-brown seaweed grows in tufts at the very top of rocky shores. Its fronds curls at the sides, creating the channel that gives Chanelled Wrack its name.