Celebrating 2023: A Year in Review
It’s been another amazing year for Somerset Wildlife Trust! Our brilliant team has been working harder than ever to help make a difference for Somerset's wildlife and wild places, and we…
It’s been another amazing year for Somerset Wildlife Trust! Our brilliant team has been working harder than ever to help make a difference for Somerset's wildlife and wild places, and we…
Discover how our 30 Days Wild challenge can breathe new life into your relationship with nature.
Joanna Foat explores the hidden exchange between nature and those who take part in 30 Days Wild. Personal stories of sorrow to joy, stress to inspiration and sadness to happiness come to the fore…
The mass of white, frothy blossom on a wild cherry is a sight to behold. Planted as an ornamental tree, it also grows wild in woods and hedges. Its red fruits are the edible cherries we know and…
The red-tinged, flower clusters of Wild angelica smell just like the garden variety, which is used in making cake decorations. Wild angelica likes damp places, such as wet meadows and wet…
The Wild strawberry produces miniature, edible versions of the juicy red fruits we so enjoy. Gathering wild food can be fun, but it's best to do it with an expert - come along to a Wildlife…
I was appointed to the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust on 20th July 2020, as Head of Nature Recovery South, after being interviewed on two Zoom meetings, a very odd experience in these strange…
An inconspicuous tree for much of the year, the Wild service tree comes to life in spring, when it displays pretty, white blossom, and autumn, when its Maple-like leaves turn bright crimson.
Wild carrot does, indeed, smell of carrots, but the roots are not like our cultivated, dinnertime favourite. Look for this umbellifer on chalk grasslands and coasts.
The delightful fragrance of wild thyme can punctuate a summer walk over a chalk grassland. It forms low-growing mats with dense clusters of purple-pink flowers.
Wild privet is a shrub of hedgerows, woodlands and scrub, but is also a popular garden-hedge plant. It has white flowers in summer and matt-black berries in winter that are very poisonous.