Biodiversity Action Plan
Biodiversity is the variety of life in all its forms and the habitats where it occurs.
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Action for Insects
Insects are dying out up to 8 times faster than larger animals says a new report showing the devastating and serious decline in insect populations happening right now across Britain. But it's not too late act.
Action for Insects
Our Insects are in trouble
Free Biodiversity Training available for Parish Councillors
An exciting new course aims to equip Leicestershire Parish councillors and staff with vital knowledge needed to address the biodiversity crisis in their local area.
Climate action needs nature. Nature needs climate action. Neither will succeed if we don’t prepare for a changing world
The Wildlife Trusts’ COP26 report says it’s time to tackle the twin crises at speed
What we do
Our purpose is to bring wildlife back, to empower people to take meaningful action for nature, and to create a society where nature matters.
My recovery plan
Michelle was diagnosed with breast cancer in the summer of 2014. After undergoing a life-saving operation and an intensive chemotherapy course, she is on the road to recovery.
Wildlife…
Back to basics: What is an insect?
In the sixth of a series of Action for Insects blogs, Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust volunteer and amateur entomologist Kate Nightingale explains what defines an insect.
Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust and Leicestershire County Council are running Biodiversity Training for local Parishes.
The free online course aims to equip Leicestershire Parish councillors and staff with vital knowledge needed to address the biodiversity crisis in their local area.
What is a Nudibranch?
Nudibranchs, also known as sea slugs, are much like their land-based relatives that you may spot in your garden. But, unlike your regular garden slug, the nudibranch can incorporate the stinging…
Wildlife Trusts call for urgent action as new report reveals true impacts of unnoticed insect apocalypse!
A new report, Insect Declines and Why They Matter, commissioned by a group of Wildlife Trusts in the south west has revealed conclusively that drastic declines in insect numbers look set to have…
WOW Day 1: What is an Osprey?
This blog is part of a series of five, which are aimed at our younger audience for World Osprey Week! This blog is all about what an Osprey is and why they are such special birds.