This month I’m hoping for some cold, crisp days when I can get out to the mosses.

With the shorter days and colder weather, December is perhaps a month for staying nearer home, so this month I’m looking at gardens as a wildlife habitat. It’s a good time to plan what you might…

In celebration of National Tree Week we explore The Hollies as winter begins to take hold. This nature reserve contains a scattered grove of holly trees, some of which are three or four centuries…

This month I’m rambling along the hedgerows. The pastoral landscape of England is defined by hedges – something rarely seen in the rest of the world – and Shropshire is well-blessed with them.

It is deeply disappointing, but not surprising, that Shropshire Council’s planning committee have voted by the narrowest of majorities to go ahead with the North West Relief Road. SWT submitted a…

This Halloween, discover some of our most spooktacular species.

Birch trees are among the first to start showing their autumn colours – tinged with yellow even in September, and soon to be dropping a golden carpet of fallen leaves. I’m heading out in October…

There’s a great feeling of anticipation in birdwatching at this time of year. Passage migrants, by their very nature, are unpredictable, so you never know what you might see or where you might see…

The Government wants to ditch laws that require housebuilders not to harm rivers. But we know these rules work – they enable houses to be built and rivers to be protected. Here’s how, writes Ali…

Insect expert Ben Keywood from Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust takes a closer look at craneflies.