Blackbird
A much-loved garden bird, the blackbird is famous for its harmonious song. In winter, our resident birds are joined by migrants from Scandinavia and the Baltics.
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How to provide bushes for nesting birds
In the spring, birds choose the best locations to build nests, so why not offer them a safe place to settle?
Local Wildlife Sites
Local Wildlife Sites
Myth-busting
There is a lot of contradicting information out there about the latest Government announcements and what their impact on wildlife and our green spaces could be. On this page, we myth-bust some of the key comments that we've been sent or seen in MP and councillor response letters.
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust’s photo competition returns for 17th year with new youth category
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust’s (GWT) wildlife photo competition returns for 2026, introducing a brand-new youth category and inviting photographers across the county to celebrate the wildlife on…
Stinging nettle
The stinging nettle is a familiar and common plant, often firmly rooted in our memories after our first, hands-on experience - a prickling irritation that's not forgotten easily!
Living Landscapes
Living Landscapes
Biting stonecrop
Also known as 'Goldmoss' due to its dense, low-growing nature and yellow flowers, Biting stonecrop can be seen on well-drained ground like sand dunes, shingle, grasslands, walls and…
Visitor Gifting
Visitor Giving is a way of offering visitors to your business, the opportunity to give a little something back to looking after the places they love. It’s a way of tapping into that natural desire to help and a mechanism for collecting those small contributions which, collectively, add up to something really quite significant!
My board meeting
On their boards, Tom and Finn get to rub shoulders with mackerel, eels, crabs, bass, whiting and more. Very soon, they hope to add dolphins to that list too.
Ring ouzel
The blackbird of the mountains, ring ouzels can be found breeding on upland moors and rocky crags in summer.
The living dead
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,…