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More than one-third of the population - nearly 9.5 million households in England – are unable to access green places near their home.
Keeping Habitats Healthy and Wild
Our project has been to manage invasive species on our own reserves, but this is a threat that goes much wider, across Somerset and beyond. So we wanted to say goodbye on this project with some useful information on how to recognise these species for yourself in your garden or on your land, and what to do if you find them.
Green spaces and healthy places: how 'green infrastructure' can benefit us all
Jolyon Chesworth, Head of Engagement, explains the health and wellbeing benefits of 'green infrastructure' and how it can make our urban environments healthier for everyone!
Homes for hedgehogs - Hedgehog health
There’s a huge amount you can do in your garden to make it more hospitable to Hedgehogs. Small changes can make a big difference, and we plan to cover all these topics in more depth over the next three months.
Small heath
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.
Heath fritillary
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,…
Heath bumblebee
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…
Street Heath
Street Heath, just two miles from Glastonbury, is a combination of carr woodland and acidic mire with wet and dry heath. The great diversity of vegetation on the reserve is good for insect life…
Lowland heath
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…
Cross-leaved heath
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.