The Environment Bill
For much of my career, getting airtime with politicians and other decision makers to talk seriously about the environment has been a largely depressing experience. In the face of devastating…
For much of my career, getting airtime with politicians and other decision makers to talk seriously about the environment has been a largely depressing experience. In the face of devastating…
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust calls for major improvements to draft Environment Bill
The Small heath is the smallest of our brown butterflies and has a fluttering flight. It favours heathlands, as its name suggests, as well as other sunny habitats.
The rare heath fritillary was on the brink of extinction in the 1970s, but conservation action turned its fortunes around. It is still confined to a small number of sites in the south of England,…
The Heath bumblebee is not only found on heathland, but also in gardens and parks. It nests in small colonies of less than 100 workers in all kinds of spots, such as old birds' nests, mossy…
Cross-leaved heath is a type of heather that likes bogs, heathland and moorland. It has distinctive pink, bell-shaped flowers that attract all kinds of nectar-loving insects.
This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.
Heathlands form some of the wildest landscapes in the lowlands, where agriculture and development jostle for space, containing and limiting natural processes. Once considered as waste land of…
Dozens of young people from across Gloucestershire are calling on local politicians to take urgent action for the environment following a ground-breaking event held on 6 December.
Lots of people get in touch with the Wildlife Trust with concerns about wildlife or habitats near to them being disturbed, damaged or destroyed. Most assume that such acts must be prohibited by…
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust's CEO Andrew McLaughlin reacts to the latest news that the government could be delaying the introduction of key environmental measure Biodiversity Net Gain.