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European badger

Badgers are the UK’s largest land predator and are one of the most well-known British species. They are famed for their black and white stripes and sturdy body, using their strong front paws to…

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Woodland

Our woodlands are a key tool in the box when addressing climate change for their carbon storage potential, but are less well known for their potential to limit flooding events, with wet woodlands…

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Badgers

The Wildlife Trusts are firmly opposed to the badger cull on scientific grounds. Find out more about how we'd like to see the government move forward to tackle the issue of bovine tuberculosis.
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Flawed badger cull expands across England

The Wildlife Trusts call on government: invest in medicine not marksmen.

The government has given permission for badger culls to go ahead in England for another year. This year, badgers are…

Habitat

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…

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Autumn Woodland

Autumn is a time of hunting for conkers, kicking through great drifts of fallen leaves, roasting chestnuts, and roaring bonfires.
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Woodland Butterflies

See some of the rarest butterflies in Britain. Look to the skies for canopy-dwelling butterflies like purple emperor and purple hairstreak, scanning the treetops for the chance to spot them in flight.