Blog: The Wildlife Trusts

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Phasia hemiptera on an umbellifer flower. It's a colourful orange and purplish-black fly with broad, irridescent wings

Pretty fly

From beegrabbers to comb-horns, discover five weird and wonderful flies.

Veteran oak tree in a field, The Wildlife Trusts

The essential nature of nature-friendly farming

It’s Nature Friendly Farming week and a moment to register the huge importance of a nature transition in farming. It’s critical for our climate, water and food. Vicki Hird looks at the facts, as…

A kingfisher perched on a branch in front of a green background. It's a compact bird with a strong beak, blue back and orange belly

Wild beginnings

As we get ready for this year’s 30 Days Wild, we asked some Wildlife Trust staff to share their earliest memories of nature.

Robin and blue tit on bird feeder

Feeding garden birds safely

Is it okay to feed our feathered friends? In light of a new evidence review from the RSPB, Tom Hibbert explains the best way to keep birds visiting your garden safe.

A pond skater floating on the water's surface, its long legs spread out to either side

Pond patrol

Discover some of the special species living in a garden pond, with entomologist Ben Keywood.

The white flowers of blackthorn blossom

All creation in a flower

Peter Scott, Samuel Ferguson Professor of Applied Theology and Director of the Lincoln Theological Institute at the University of Manchester, explores Christianity’s ecological credentials.