Ray Island photo wins the public vote!
Essex Wildlife Trust’s Photography Competition 2018 winner announced
Essex Wildlife Trust’s Photography Competition 2018 winner announced
Crucial moment for ‘nature’s engineers’ as consultation closes 17th November. The Wildlife Trusts are asking the public to support plans that could see beavers released into the wild in England.…
Skippers Island is one of the last remaining places in Essex with a true feeling of wilderness - a remote island in the Walton Backwaters, there is a sense of peacefulness, only interrupted by the…
Public vote stunning macro shot as the overall winner of the Essex Wildlife Trust photography competition
Adjacent to the internationally protected Thames Estuary, Two Tree Island is a winter refuge for a huge variety of winter wildfowl and waders
Join volunteer John as he undertakes a winter bird survey with our Lead Reserves Ecologist at Two Tree Island nature reserve.
The Wildlife Trusts call for a new designation – Wildbelt – to allow nature’s recovery
The most commonly encountered ray around the British Isles, it's easy to see where the thornback ray got its name from - just check out the spines on its back!
The spotted ray is one of the smallest species of skate, growing to only 80 cm.
The undulate ray has beautiful wavy patterns on its back, which helps it camouflage against the sandy seabed.