COUNTRYSIDE BLOG

GWCT's Megan Lock spots the ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita), perhaps one of the UK’s most beautiful tiny insects, barely 10mm in length...

Conservationist IAN COGHILL blasts back at eco-activists led by TV's Chris Packham who are threatening the future of a wonderfully wild...

Dr. Jen Brewin, Science Writer for the GWCT discusses news from the GWCT Scottish Demonstration Farm at Auchnerran who have recently...

The majority of our 250 bee species are what we call solitary bees, and these vitally important insects are split into distinct groups...

By James Swyer, GWCT Head of Press & Publications “What is not clear is that banning driven grouse shooting would be good for the...

Jess Brooks, Advisory to the GWCT lets us into the secrets of the parasitic Toothwort. Looking like a stack of vertebrae protruding up...

Spotted on the GWCT Blog recently: Those watching BBC Breakfast News yesterday would have rightly been excited to see a report on the bog...

The largest and fastest of our swimming crabs, the velvet crab has specially adapted paddle-shaped back legs allowing it to propel...

Spotted on the Working for Wildlife site: the story of how Terry Mills transformed his Ceredigion farm into a habitat haven. "After...