Planning Applications and Neighbourhood Plans
The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust receives many enquiries about planning applications and also requests for help with Neighbourhood Plans.
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Wildlife Trust highlights its dismay following local badger cull application
Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust is expressing its sadness and disappointment following an application for a local badger cull for the purpose of controlling Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB…
Common chickweed
Look for the small, white, star-shaped flowers of Common chickweed all year-round. Sometimes considered a 'weed', it is still a valuable food source for insects.
Quaking-grass
As its name suggests, quaking-grass can be seen quivering or 'quaking' in a breezy, summer wildflower meadow. Its purple-and-green, heart-shaped flower heads hang from delicate stems.…
Wildlife Trust calls for clarity as badger cull licence application threatens to undermine local vaccination scheme
Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, which has been working in partnership with the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust to deliver a part Government funded badger vaccination project on the South…
Forest School brings smiles to their faces
In our latest blog, Senior Education Officer Martha tells us all about a Forest School session she attended recently at Hazel Primary School in Leicester. Martha speaks with the Forest School…
Two spotted goby
These colourful little fish are a delight for snorkellers or shallow water divers to photograph, rarely being scared off by their presence!
My therapy
Albie has had a love of nature from a young age. He first started getting out in nature as a Scout. He became a Scout leader and outward bound instructor, mostly working as a volunteer youth…
Common brittlestar
This large brittlestar can be found in rockpools around much of the UK, but be gentle - its arms are very brittle and will break off if disturbed.
My sofa
Alfie has bucket loads of energy and needs the freedom and space to burn it off. A visit to his local nature reserve, Siccaridge Wood, with his two younger brothers is the perfect place for this…
Mistletoe
Kissing under the mistletoe is a much-loved Christmas tradition, making this plant familiar to us all. It actually grows as a parasite on trees - look for it hanging off branches in large balls…
Elephant hawk-moth
The elephant hawk-moth is a pretty, gold-and-pink moth that can be seen at dusk in gardens, parks, woods and grassy habitats. The caterpillars look like elephant's trunks and have eyespots to…