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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
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Keep up to date with the goings on of Worcestershire's wildlife (office hours).

http://worcswildlifetrust.co.uk
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Winter gardens are full of life if you stop and listen - even from the comfort of your sofa. Wendy shares her favourite birds to spot from home at this time of year. 🐦

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#Blog #Birding #WorcWildlifeTrust #Feburary
February 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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Are you passionate about wildlife and keen to engage local communities and young people in heathlands as part of our Saving Worcestershire’s Heathlands project?

Apply to be our next Project Officer! 🔗 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/jobs/project...

#NationalLottery #HeritageFund
February 4, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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Love is in the air… and in the trees! 🌳❤️

This Valentine’s Day, give a gift that makes a difference for Worcestershire's wildlife. Invest in our rent-a-nest box scheme for just £20 annually and fund a box in one of four woodlands.

bit.ly/rent-a-nest

#ValentinesDay
February 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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🍎"Wassail!" 🍎

Wassail Butler Adam Warren explores the history of Wassailing through this year's popular event at Diglis Fields in Worcester in our latest blog.

🔗 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/wilder-...

#Wassail #Wassailing #Worcester #WorcWildlifeTrust #Blog
February 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Welcome to another week 🙌

It's #MysteryMonday again...what's looking at you, kid? 🤔
Two dark eyes in a white face looking at the camera
February 2, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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📣 We’ve extended our half price membership sale!

Join before midnight on Friday 6 February and support local wildlife for less. ✨

www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/join-today
February 1, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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Andy looks back on five years of careful management at #DroppingWellFarm and the progress made in restoring this important heathland habitat. 🌿✨

Read more 🔗https://www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/heathland-heroes/five-years-heathland-recovery

#Heathland #Wildlife #NationalLottery
January 30, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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Colour in nature can be found even in the depths of winter 🌾🌿🍂❤️
January 30, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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Are you passionate about wildlife? Would you like to manage beautiful nature reserves across Worcestershire like The Knapp and Papermill and Monkwood? 🌳 ✨

Apply to be our next Reserves Officer! 🔗 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/jobs/reserve...

#ConservationCareers #WorcestershireJobs #WildlifeJobs
January 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Ahh, another sign of #spring spotted in #Worcestershire this week.💛

This time from the unusual early flowering plant, lords-and-ladies. Look out for its distinctive pale green sheath surrounding a purple or yellow 'spadix' that eventually produces a distinctive upright stalk of bright red berries.
January 29, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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Male catkins of alder adding a splash of winter colour as they dangle like tiny tassels from bare branches, hinting that spring is on its way. 🪾🩷

#Winter #WorcWildlifeTrust #Catkins #Alder #Worcestershire
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Thanks to our colleague Ion for sharing some snaps from his recent trip to #BroadwayGravelPit.

This seasonally-flooded former gravel pit is home to a wide range of #birds throughout the year. The pools and marshy areas are wonderful for #plants, with more than 160 species recorded there.

🌿🐦🦋🌾🪶
January 28, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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We love a bit of texture in nature 🌿🪸

Our #NaturalNetworks colleague Becca spotted this poplar absolutely draped in #moss and #lichen in Churchill last week.
January 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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From a trip to Martin Mere Wetland Centre to a talk about the varied diets of bats (figs, fish, flies and more), go a little wild with our events 👇

www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/whats-on
A whooper swan splashing in water on a sunny day; there are water droplets flying all around
January 26, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Good morning #Worcestershire 👋

Great weather for ducks? For today's #MysteryMonday, how well do you know your wildfowl? 🤔
Part of a bird that's flapping its wings, which include a flash of green feathers with a line of white feathers and black markings and then along line of grey-blue feathers. The chest is dark chestnut brown.
January 26, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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Would you like to join our happy and dedicated team?

We're looking for someone who can inspire and connect communities to nature on their doorstep, someone to look after our western nature reserves and a new cohort of conservation trainees. More info www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/jobs
January 25, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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January is a great time to spot owls.

With shorter days, it can become easier to see them hunting at dusk. Keep a lookout over fields and meadows - you might hear one before you see it! 🦉❄️
January 24, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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It's Joe's final blog 😢

Misty starts, learning how to safely fell trees and reflecting on the last 10 months of his traineeship, catch up with Joe now www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/conserv...
January 23, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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😁 I started the 1st big gull March 25, 2nd in Sept, 3rd in Oct!
🐦 so much fun working this big!
🤩 LOVE knowing they had a destination! Thank you #worcesterplinth! @worcswt.bsky.social
tag me in your gull selfies & seagull photos
#worcestergulls #gullart #gullsculpture #worcesterplinthgulls
January 22, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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It's been raining? ☔😁

Our hardy volunteers don't let a bit of sogginess stop them from getting stuck in! Here's some of our roving and #Monkwood #volunteers taking a break from coppicing a ride & creating lots of opportunities for flowers & insects in spring 🌸🐝🦋

THANK YOU to all our volunteers 👏🙌
A group of people sitting down alongside a path in a wintery woodland - they're dressed in waterproof clothing and it's obviously been raining.
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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Have you spotted any snowdrops yet? 🤍

We love to see their tiny white bells pushing through the cold earth, brightening the winter months and heralding the start of spring. Our colleague Dom snapped these at one of our reserves last week 🌱
January 22, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Don’t miss your opportunity to support Worcestershire’s wildlife for half the price. Become a member for just £1.87 this January and help wildlife thrive where you live 💚🌿

www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/join-today
January 22, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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🌿 Thanks to a grant of just over £60,000 from #BiffaAward, we’ve been able to carry out vital work at The Devil’s Spittleful nature reserve that will help rare heathland plants thrive and provide habitats for birds, lizards and bees.

Watch via YouTube www.youtube.com/@WorcsWildli...

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January 21, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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Our #SevernTreescapes team had a great day out looking at how to plan & plant an orchard thx to funding from @ptes-org.bsky.social & Better Future Renewables 🙏🌳🍎🍐🍒

Severn Treescapes is a partnership with @gloswildlife.bsky.social & @herefordshirewt.bsky.social
5 photos showing people at a workshop for planting orchards - showing people carrying tools, bashing in a post, fixing a tree guard, planting a fruit tree. It's a sunny day.
January 21, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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Help us learn more about our wildlife in Worcestershire and submit a wildlife sighting! 👀🐦

It help us understand more about how species are doing and whether changes to our environment are having an impact.

Find out more and submit a sighting via www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/wildlife-sig...
January 20, 2026 at 7:30 AM