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Marmalade hoverfly © Chris Lawrence

Wild About Gardens

Be a Hoverfly Hero!

Whether you have a garden or just a window ledge to spare, you can become a hoverfly hero by making more space for these incredible insects.

Learn more about hoverflies

900,000 members (https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/join)

2,600 nature reserves across the UK (https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/nature-reserves)

4,600 km of rivers and streams improved (https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/water)

43,169 hectares of peatland restored (https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/natural-solutions-climate-change/peatland)

The Wildlife Trusts

We are a grassroots movement that believes we need nature and it needs us. More than 900,000 members and 39,000 volunteers work together with their Wildlife Trust to make their local area wilder and make nature part of life, for everyone.

Every Wildlife Trust is an independent charity.

We’d love you to join us.

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Father and daughter walking through a park © chabybucko

For little explorers

Sign up for The Hedgehog Walk

Join The Hedgehog Walk from 31st March to 13th April - walking 3km while fundraising for wildlife along the way

Join The Hedgehog Walk

For nature and the nation

Rothbury Estate

Be part of this unique chance to create one of the largest areas for nature’s recovery in England. A project of national significance within an iconic landscape, rich in history and heritage.

A once-in-a-generation opportunity

A close up of crude oil seen on water in between marsh grass

Crude oil in marsh grass © Breck P. Kent/Shutterstock.com

Event

Join our latest Wild LIVE online event

On 15th April, we discuss Ecocide and whether destroying nature should be a crime

Join the online event

Help us to restore 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030

Together we can save wildlife

If you have any problem completing your donation then please either call us on 01636 677711 or email finance@wildlifetrusts.org.

Making nature part of life

We need to restore nature at a global scale, on land and at sea. And it needs to happen now.

Read our strategy

Combatting the climate change crisis

We are in the middle of a climate and nature emergency, and the two are inextricably linked. Climate change is driving nature’s decline…

Farming

Over 70% of the UK’s land is farmed in some way – so how this land is managed has a big impact on wildlife.

Nature for health and well-being

Spending time in nature makes us happier and healthier.

Rewilding

The UK has committed to protecting 30% of land for nature by 2030. Our programme targets creating bigger, better, and more connected…

Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)

Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is a legal requirement in England, requiring infrastructure developers to take a different approach to their…

Wild PE lesson with Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust (Helena Dolby)

Learning and education

We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to experience the joy of wildlife and wild places in their daily life.

Be a Hoverfly Hero!

The Wildlife Trusts

We are a grassroots movement that believes we need nature and it needs us. More than 900,000 members and 39,000 volunteers work together with their Wildlife Trust to make their local area wilder and make nature part of life, for everyone.