Highgate Common
An ancient lowland heath buzzing with rare wildlife
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100 Metres of Hedgerow at Highgate Common
Partnership work with Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and CPRE Staffordshire, the countryside charity, sees a 100 metres of new hedge laid at Highgate Common Nature Reserve.
Woodland
Woodlands are magical places, full of wildlife and full of history. Great spotted woodpeckers, nuthatches and jays flit between trees as butterflies dance in sunny glades. Badgers forage through…
Gentleshaw Common northern route
Welcome to Gentleshaw Common, a Site of Special Scientific interest (SSSI) and a rare lowland heathland. Download and follow the map below for a gentle walking route around the northern part of the site. The walk is just under 0.7miles or 1.1km and is a lovely gentle walk which takes you through some of the Common’s varied habitats.
Wet woodland
Wet woodlands in the UK can be wild, secretive places. Tangles of trailing creepers, tussocky sedges and lush tall-herbs conceal swampy pools and partially submerged fallen willow trunks, likely…
The woodland drummers
Meet the dawn chorus’s percussion section…
The election results are in! So, what’s next for nature?
Throughout the election campaign, it became clear that people know that our natural world is in crisis and want politicians to make the bold and ambitious commitments to reverse the decline. So…
Hibernation – wildlife’s winter survival strategy
The Wildlife Trusts’ youth activism manager, Arran Wilson, draws on his background as a lecturer in zoology to explore what exactly hibernation is, and which animals rely on it to get through…
Common scoter
The common scoter has suffered large declines in the UK, threatening its survival here. Look out for this duck feeding at sea in winter when its numbers are bolstered by migrating birds.
Common sorrel
Common sorrel is a common plant of grasslands, woodland edges, roadside verges and gardens. It is also known as 'sour ducks' because its leaves taste tart.
Common cotton-grass
The fluffy, white heads of common cotton-grass dot our brown, boggy moors and heaths as if a giant bag of cotton wool balls has been thrown across the landscape!
Common shrew
The diminutive common shrew has a distinctively pointy nose and tiny eyes. It lives life in the fast lane, eating every 2-3 hours to survive, and only living for a year or so. Look out for it in…