Advice for landowners
We work beyond the boundaries of our nature reserves by advising landowners who own and manage important sites for wildlife.
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Water for Wildlife
Our waterways connect many habitats. Read about our work to restore rivers and improve water quality and habitats for wildlife.
Wildlife Gardening for Beginners: Adding Water
Un-green-fingered Rebecca Neal, Communities and Wildlife Officer, took a website dive into wildlife gardening advice to research for a presentation, and wrote a series of blogs based on what she…
Wild about Water: Strawberry Hill
Water is essential to all living things. The availability of water within an ecosystem can change the landscape dramatically, both within and between the seasons, impacting life up and down the…
How to provide water for wildlife
All animals need water to survive. By providing a water source in your garden, you can invite in a whole menagerie!
Water mint
Water mint grows in damp places and has aromatic leaves that can be used to flavour food and drink. Gathering wild food can be fun, but it's best to do it with an expert - come to a Wildlife…
Rotary ditcher update - Water and wildlife has started moving in
The features dug by the rotary ditcher in the Nene Valley last summer have been filling up with water and attracting wildlife. Helena gives us an update.
About us
Our work is returning wildlife to our towns and fields and is touching the lives of people, young and old, from a wide range of backgrounds and all walks of life.
Just add water: helping wildlife in heat and drought
Taking small actions can help animals and plants cope in hot weather
Wild About Gardens
The Wildlife Trusts and the RHS set up Wild About Gardens to celebrate wildlife gardening and to encourage people to use their gardens to take action to help support nature. Many of our common garden visitors – including hedgehogs, house sparrows and starlings – are increasingly under threat. But together we can make a difference.
Water spider
There are several species of spider that live in our wetlands, but the water spider is the only one that spends its life under the water. In its pond habitats, it looks silvery because of the air…
Wildlife Gardening for Beginners: The Left-overs
Un-green-fingered Rebecca Neal, Communities and Wildlife Officer, took a website dive into wildlife gardening advice to research for a presentation, and wrote a series of blogs based on what she…