Samantha Stocks

Sam is a freelance writer and editor with a passion for wildlife and the outdoors.

Recent articles by Samantha Stocks

Fire at the closed Charnwood Lodge Nature Reserve

Nature reserves damaged as lockdown restrictions ease

Willow warbler (C) Ben Hall 2020VISION

Daily connection to nature can give people lasting benefits

hildren-writing-in-woodland-National-Trust-Images-Chris-Lacey

Join the nation in writing about the first day of spring

Purbeck Heath in Dorset

Purbeck Heaths will become the UK’s first ‘super’ National Nature Reserve

Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla

Mixed fortunes for Northern Ireland’s seabird population

European badger, Meles meles

Badger culling to be phased out

Red squirrel on log

Pine marten could play ‘crucial role’ in restoring balance between red and grey squirrels

Affectionate puffins on Farne Islands/Credit Paul Kingston and NNP

Farne Island puffin numbers remain stable despite heavy rainfall

Agriculture Bill: what’s in it and what does it mean for farmers and the countryside?

HS2 sign

Questions raised over HS2’s damaging impact on nature

Spoonbill sandpiper chicks

New hope for critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper

Basking shark

Turbulent year for UK’s marine wildlife, finds annual review

Birds on shoreline

Warm, wet 2019 brings more exotic visitors to UK shores

Moorland landscape

Rare mountain forests set to return to the Scottish Highlands

Humpback whale

Study finds that human activity poses increased risk to whales and dolphins