The Wildlife Trusts’ 2025 marine review
A year of disasters, discoveries and determination around UK shores, with a celebration of all that we’ve achieved here in North Wales
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Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
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Welcoming our new Marine Futures Interns for 2026!
Our Marine Futures internship is now in its third year, and we’re pleased to welcome Amy and Sion aboard. In their first blog, find out more about them both and their journey to date.
Welcoming our new Marine Futures Interns for 2025!
The Marine Futures Internship is back! Following a successful programme last year which resulted in interns, Rhys and Dylan, staying with us as Living Seas project officers, we can't wait to…
My quiet life
Jane is the Quality Manager at Sutton in Ashfield based business nmcn one of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust’s Business partners. She has kindly shared with us her inspiring wild life story.…
A farewell and final word from our former Marine Futures interns
After finishing their Marine Futures internship at the end of 2025, Bron and Greg have been busy working closely with the Wales Coasts and Seas Partnership (CaSP Cymru) on the Y Môr a Ni…
My new life
Working full time in a windowless room cut Sonja off from the natural world around her; but spending time in wild places has helped her to discover herself since a shock diagnosis two years ago.…
Picnics, rocky shores and friendships for life
Three of our Living Seas Champions have developed a firm friendship through their love of the rockyshore and the need to be a part of helping to conserve the special patch of nature that is…
Pine marten
Largely confined to the north of the UK, the rare pine marten is mostly nocturnal and very hard to spot. Reintroductions are helping it make a comeback.
Sand martin
The tiny, brown-and-white sand martin is a common summer visitor to the UK, nesting in colonies on rivers, lakes and flooded gravel pits. It returns to Africa in winter.
House martin
As its name suggests, the house martin can be spotted nesting in the eaves of houses in our towns and villages. Its intricate mud nests take days to build and are often returned to and used in…
How to identify swifts, swallows, sand martins and house martins
Learn how to identify swifts, swallows and martins. These birds are all summer visitors to the UK. Here's how you can find the difference between a swift and a swallow or work out what kind of martin you could have spotted!
Meadows for Life – have a go and make your own!
Anna Williams, Education and Community Officer, encourages you to have a look at your green patch through the eyes of an insect!