Wildlife stories

Red squirrel

Britain’s most endangered animal species

best wellbeing books

Wellbeing books: the best nature titles to improve your mental and physical health

Trees and hills

Wildlife stories

Ancient landforms in Northumberland revealed by National Trust survey

Golden eagle on a wooden fence post with dark blue sky in background

Eight Golden Eagle chicks successfully relocated to southern Scotland

Illustration of a hand holding a feather quill with flora and fauna coming out of book

Meet the winner of the New Nature Writer of The Year 2021

Beaver kit and mother on the National Trust's Holnicote Estate in Somerset. /Credit: National Trust

Baby beaver makes history, and is named after Marcus Rashford

Asian hornet in flight/Getty Images

Wildlife stories

Asian hornet guide: how to identify and why it is important to report a sighting

Lesser spotted woodpecker countryfile podcast

Podcast: Spring in the Celtic rainforest – plus an special encounter with a lesser spotted woodpecker

A fledgling House Sparrow, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, UK

16 of the UK’s top garden bird species suffer decline, finds Big Garden Birdwatch 2021

A Eurasian beaver male swimming in a pond in a large woodland enclosure soon after release at National Trust South Downs. ©National Trust

National Trust reintroduces beavers to southeast England

Orange-tip. /Credit: Ian H Leach/Butterfly Conservation

Last year was ‘good’ for butterflies according to survey results

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British badger guide: natural habitat, diet and how to spot

Common Crane, RSPB

Wildlife stories

Breeding success for common cranes in 2020

Deer rut

Britain’s best autumn wildlife spectacles

Pollution on the Afon Llynfi

Thousands of fish killed in devastating pollution incident on Welsh river