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The Wildlife Trusts

The Wildlife Trusts

The Wildlife Trusts are making the world wilder and helping to ensure that nature is part of everyone’s lives. We are a grassroots movement of 46 charities with more than 900,000 members and 38,000 volunteers. No matter where you are in Britain, there is a Wildlife Trust inspiring people and saving, protecting, and standing up for the natural world. With the support of our members, we care for and restore special places for nature on land and run marine conservation projects and collect vital data on the state of our seas. Every Wildlife Trust works within its local community to inspire people to create a wilder future – from advising thousands of landowners on how to manage their land to benefit wildlife, to connecting hundreds of thousands of school children with nature every year

Recent articles by The Wildlife Trusts

What is seaweed and how does it differ to plants?

What exactly is seaweed? Is it a plant and how does it grow? Lara Howe, Marine Officer at Manx Wildlife Trusts, explains the mysteries of this slimy water plant
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Common terns vs little terns: what is the difference?

Do you know your common tern from your little tern? Carys McMillan from the Cheshire Wildlife Trust explains the difference
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Dove vs pigeon - what’s the difference between these two cooing birds?

What's the difference between pigeons and doves? Are doves and pigeons the same bird? Tom Hibbert from The Wildlife Trusts takes a look
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White-tailed eagle vs osprey: what's the difference between these two stunning birds of prey?

Although the osprey and white-tailed eagle look similar and are sometimes both called fish eagles, the two birds of prey are quite different, says Scottish Wildlife Trust ranger Sara Rasmussen
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Beaver vs otter: what's the difference between these charismatic river dwellers?

The beaver and otter may look similar but apart from sharing a love of water they are quite different, says Hazel Forrest from the Scottish Wildlife Trust
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What is a mountain hare?

What is a mountain hare? Where does it live? And how does it differ to the brown hare and rabbit? Nicole Wallace takes a look
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Rabbit vs hare: what's the difference?

A hare might look very similar to a rabbit, but they are two very different species, with very different social structures. Nicole Wallace takes a look at how they differ
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