There’s a MASSIVE appeal for £30 million by the Wildlife Trusts coming to its target in the UK.It is HUGE – I can’t ever recall there being such a big appeal in the UK – and it’s to secure the Rothbury Estate. In short, a stunning piece of Britain stretching over 3,800...
Have you heard the very exciting news from the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust?They have secured 600 acres at Eyam Moor, their largest single land acquisition to date!Very kind landowners who have donated the land to them, motivated by an ambition to restore nature at scale. The Trust will manage it...
I had never heard of data centres until I started to see a lot of news about communities in the US putting a halt to their construction. This sparked my curiosity and I decided to find out more. A quick search in Google (no, not using AI), and I arrived at Global Action Plan’s...
Amidst all the tragic scenes we’ve seen on the news about the terrible wildfires sweeping many parts of the world, it is good to hear some great news.The RSPB are celebrating: ospreys have bred at one of their nature reserves for the first time! The parents hatched three chicks at...
The National Trust’s Dunwich Heath in Suffolk has had a terrible wildfire. The area is home to wildlife such as nightjars, Dartford warblers and adders. 100,000 people visit it a year. And the National Trust point out that wildfires are becoming more frequent and...
I don’t know about you, but I’ve found sight of the wildfires in Europe and Northern America really, really frightening. I can’t remember a summer with news so often on the subject of wildfire at every broadcast time and every day. My thoughts and prayers are with those...
There’s amazing news from the Koala Clancy Foundation in Australia.They’ve just planted 200,000 trees!!! A fantastic achievement!The story of how the Koala Clancy Foundation started is told here by Eliza in the video below, and it’s quite incredible. Back in 2006, a...
The Trump Administration has really done it this time. I do not live in America, though I had five very happy years there back in the 80s, and look back on my time there with great affection and love. But I care deeply about the natural world and those who live there very much indeed....
Be a citizen scientist! Take part in Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count!Butterfly Conservation need as many of us as possible to take part in the Big Butterfly Count! It’s a UK wide survey and it helps the charity Butterfly Conservation to assess the health of our environment –...
If you want to know more about the state of the world's forests and land use, there's an amazing resource online which - I think - is quite amazing.Global Nature Watch (previously called Global Forest Watch) is fascinating. It offers the latest data, technology and tools to help us better protect...
There’s great news from the Koala Clancy Foundation in Australia. They are working frantically to plant 300,000 trees for koalas by 2030. They set themselves this goal back in 2020. This is because koalas need new habitat urgently, habitat that’s climate...
Well, what a week it has been for the Dartmoor pony breed. They have really hit the headlines - which has given them lots of publicity. You may have seen the coverage in the press about Natural England and their proposal with regards to the beautiful Dartmoor ponies roaming wild in the stunning...
It’s a big day for the working animals of the world on 15th June 2026. It’s International Working Animal Day. A bit of brief background:The day was founded by Working Animals International (previously known as SPANA, and I’ll refer to it as WAI for brevity sake here) in...
I had a letter through the post from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and was so horrified by what I read that I had to let you know about it.PETA has a petition to Pope Leo XIV as head of the Catholic Church, urging him to end the Church’s complicity in...
This site is primarily about wildlife - I hope and pray you find it useful! But there are times when I want to raise awareness of issues animals face and how we can help improve things for them. And one of these is Long Distance Transport.The 14th June is Long Distance Transport Day and...
Save habitat for orangutans in Borneo – a new Appeal from the World Land TrustFor the Bornean orangutans need our help!The World Land Trust – who are based in the UK and who work tirelessly to save tropical rainforest acre by acre – are urgently appealing for help. They need to raise...
Calling all tiger lovers! There’s a new two-part series starting on BBC1 on Sunday, 7th June (7:15pm GMT) called Tiger Island. The two episodes follows two Bengal tiger mothers and their cubs. They’re on an island in the forests of western Nepal. You can meet the...
I was reading about the new Bank of England bank notes today. You may recall (or actually you may not know) that a new series of bank notes with pictures of British wildlife is on its way to our wallets and purses, pockets and piggy banks.The Bank of England explains that it does issue a...
Free the Bears have achieved a tremendous thing for bears this week. It was all hands – or paws – on deck to rescue 27 – yes, twenty seven – bears from an illegal bear bile farm in Laos. This was no small undertaking. They had to go in a rescue all 27 moon bears, and...
The RHS is probably best known for its world-famous flower shows – RHS Chelsea Flower Show being one of them.They draw people to visit from all over the world, and during the week of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, BBC2 has provided daily coverage. (You can see these programmes on BBC iPlayer...