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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…
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 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…
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…
White-tailed eagle
The huge white-tailed eagle is our largest bird of prey. Persecuted to extinction in the UK, it has been successfully reintroduced in Scotland. Look for it on the Isle of Mull and off the west…
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…
Melancholy thistle
As its name suggests, the Melancholy thistle was once used to treat 'melancholia' (depression). Today, it can be found in upland hay meadows showing off its single, purple, thistle-like…