The Wildlife Trusts are a federation of 46 independent wildlife conservation charities covering the whole of the UK. We manage nature reserves, help children to learn about nature and campaign to protect our seas.

The Wildlife Trusts manage 2,300 nature reserves, protecting incredible wild places including peat bogs, mountains and ancient woodlands. Explore your local nature reserve today!

Help protect UK wildlife by sponsoring an animal, tree, or habitat. Sponsorship can be the perfect gift for nature lovers, adults and children alike, especially with our special adoption gift packages. Great for Christmas presents and birthday presents!

Each of the 46 Wildlife Trusts is an independent charity and together we employ more than 3,000 people. We are always looking for passionate, dedicated and resourceful people to join us.

Volunteer to help wildlife in your local area. Volunteering opportunities range from community gardening, species surveying, caring for nature reserves, dry stone walling, hedge laying, habitat management, to running Wildlife Watch groups. You could volunteer organisational, IT, administrative or financial skills too. Both regular and casual volunteers are needed.

Badger . Prints are very robust and broad (6.5cm wide). They show long claw marks and have five toe pads in front of a wide rear pad. Their front and back paws differ slightly: the front-paw marks have longer claw marks, while the back-paw marks show the inner toes to …

Types of woodland. Ancient woodland - this is woodland that is known to have been present since at least 1600!Some plants are slow to colonise. If they are spotted in a woodland then it is a good clue that the woodland is very old!

Many conservation organisations rely on data collected by members of the public to help them monitor and protect wildlife. Discover how you can become a citizen scientist with The Wildlife Trusts. It's very hard to protect wildlife if you don't know much about it. To understand what a species needs ...

A basic guide to how to manage a wood for wildlife. This page is an introduction to looking after a woodland for wildlife, no matter how big or small. Learn about basic management techniques like coppicing, thinning, creating rides and glades and leaving dead wood for wildlife.

Browse our current volunteering opportunities and help wildlife in your local area. There are volunteering opportunities across the UK, from supporting events, to community gardening and species surveying.