A new report published by The Wildlife Trusts today reveals, for the first time, the vast scale of the destruction and impact that HS2 will cause to nature 'What's the damage? Why HS2…

The first ever otter caught on camera in Birmingham city centre, but plastic in poop raises new concerns

INSECT APOCALYPSE - WILL YOU TAKE ACTION FOR INSECTS PLEDGE?

Insects are dying out up to 8 times faster than larger animals and globally 41% of insect species face extinction. Insects…

The UK’s wildlife continues to decline according to the State of Nature 2019 report. The latest findings show that since rigorous scientific monitoring began in the 1970s there has been a 13%…

Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country awarded with its own plastic fishing boat to help tackle plastic pollution in local canal and river network

A touch of irony here: in the week that leaving the EU is dominating the news again, Birmingham City Council has announced their success in securing European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) to…

Magnificent Meadows

According to a recent UN report, based on thousands of studies of land, sea and freshwater life, a million species of plants, insects, birds and animals are threatened with extinction in the next…

One of the key areas of change when we leave the EU is the protection of wildlife and natural habitats, which includes supporting farmers and landowners who carry out conservation work. That…

Natural Prospects - a new paid traineeship programme – is challenging barriers to working within the conservation sector.

The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country is…