Latest Blog Posts

Last Friday afternoon, just when journalists were clocking off and the Saturday papers were being compiled for the printers, Defra announced that they would be allowing farmers to once again...

12/01/2021

The People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) had a fantastic response to the 2020 Great Stag Hunt, with more than double the usual number of records submitted. The Back from...

05/11/2020

A guest blog from local wildlife enthusiast Dave Clark I`m a birder. I like watching birds. Wherever they are, I`m rarely without my `bins`, a birder’s vernacular for binoculars. I...

05/11/2020

Guest blog by Daniel Greenwood I first visited Swanscombe Marshes in March 2015. Spring was in the offing, a cold wind blew off the Thames. My friend introduced me and...

28/10/2020

Carmen Adams is a master’s student at San Diego State University. She loves the outdoors and as a result she wants to keep it beautiful. Since a young age she’s...

16/10/2020

Guest blog by Ian Tokelove, from Remote London The Swanscombe Peninsula juts sharply into the River Thames from the Kent shoreline, just a few kilometres downriver from the QEII Bridge....

01/10/2020

With the increase of human impact on the environment has come a loss of many bug species and a threat to many of the remaining ones. If things don’t change...

01/10/2020

Guest blog by Donna Zimmer, local wildlife enthusiast from Swanscombe Marshes There is a September ‘nip in the air’ freshness as I reach the big blue skies at Swanscombe Marshes....

21/09/2020

Buglife Scotland welcomed Natalie Stevenson as Scotland Manager (maternity cover) last week. Natalie joins the organisation after more than ten years running small environmental charities. She is looking forward to...

21/09/2020

Guest blog by Climate Action North We all know that wild pollinators are in trouble with UK bee, butterfly, and moth species in decline. The Climate Action North Pollinator Parks...

11/08/2020