Woodland
Woodlands are magical places, full of wildlife and full of history. Great spotted woodpeckers, nuthatches and jays flit between trees as butterflies dance in sunny glades. Badgers forage through…
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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…
How to make a woodland edge garden for wildlife
Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
London Woodland Condition Self-assessment
London Wildlife Trust is leading a project for the London Urban Forest Partnership, funded by the Defra Trees Call to Action Fund (TCAF). The partnership has developed a “Woodland Condition Self-assessment" tool (WCS).
The Wildlife Trusts: Our priorities for the next UK Government
The wildlife we have in the UK is incredible, with species found nowhere else on Earth. But decades of pollution and habitat loss has destroyed the places they call home and driven wildlife into chronic decline. Shockingly, 1 in 7 species in the UK is now at risk of extinction.
Our projects
We run a range of projects across London to help boost wildlife and connect people to nature.
Walthamstow Wetlands Summer News 2020
Walthamstow Wetlands has welcomed summer with a flurry of wildlife activity and visitors. During these testing times where covid-19 has affected every corner of the globe, Walthamstow Wetlands has…
Woodlark
The secretive woodlark can be hard to spot. It nests on the ground on our southern heathlands and uses scattered trees and woodland edges for lookout posts.
A statement from London Wildlife Trust: our zero tolerance for hate speech
At London Wildlife Trust we believe that every member of our community, including our staff, trainees, volunteers, and visitors, has the right to live, carry out their roles, and experience nature…
Moorland
One of our most extensive habitats, moorlands cover huge areas in the uplands. Great expanses of unenclosed, wild-seeming land impart a sense of freedom and adventure, although the wide, open…
Highlights of our year: 2023-24
Read more about our learnings and successes, 2023-24.
Save our Chalk Streams
Currently, only 11 out of 220 British chalk streams have any legal protections, and even these fall short of the measures needed to defend these rivers.