My flood defence
Bev is grateful to live down the road from Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, a 210ha wetland site which stores excess water from the River Torne during times of high
rainfall. This saved her…
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Book review: The Biology and Management of Animal Welfare
A new book is telling us to think again when we are dealing with wild and farmed animals.
Nature reserves helping to control flood waters
North West nature reserves have played their part in preventing catastrophic flooding of homes as well as providing habitats for wildlife.
Why Does Lunt Meadows Flood?
Lunt Meadows is best known as a wetland nature reserve, but it has another extremely important function: to protect nearby communities from the devasting effects of flooding.
What are natural climate solutions?
The climate crisis now regularly makes the headlines, and rightly so. But there’s another crisis – inextricably linked – lurking too often unnoticed in its shadow: the massive, ongoing loss of…
Nature Well - Connecting with the Natural World in Alder Hey CAMHS
My name is Carl Dutton and I am a Nature Well Practitioner and Trainer at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust as well as a Nurse, Psychotherapist and Forest School Leader.
Anne leaves a natural legacy for future generations
When Anne Selby arrived at The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside, it was based in a ramshackle shed in Cuerden Valley Park
Naturally slowing flow to prevent repeat of floods
Work to wiggle a river, leaky dams and new ponds are being introduced to help safeguard Wigan towns hit by devastating floods that caused widespread damage and evacuations in 2025.
Wet Willow Wildlife: End of project blog
Senior Project Officer, Fiona Sunners, sums up the achievements of the two-year Wet Willow Wildlife project – for both nature and people.
Carbon Landscape end of project blog
After five amazing years the Carbon Landscape project has come to an end. Find out what we have achieved and enjoy some of our highlights.
My nature prescription
To kick off Mental Health Awareness Week 2023, Kirsty Tyler from our Nature and Wellbeing team talks about how nature has helped her manage her anxiety.
Nature Recovery Network
Nature reserves alone aren't enough for wildlife’s recovery. We need to stitch back together Britain’s tattered natural fabric of wild land and create more space for wildlife.