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Close up shot of the head of a minke whale slightly underwater with the tip of its mouth about to rise out of the water.

Sea Watching in Scarborough

Katie Andrews, Wilder Communities Engagement Officer, tells us about the Sea Watch Foundation and the incredible work their volunteers do, working closely with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust on Wild Eye…

Waxwing

Waxwing winters

Every winter, millions of birds travel to the UK to escape the harsher weather that sets in at their breeding grounds. Families of whooper swans fly down from Iceland, thrushes and finches flee…

Seals hauled out on the rocks on a coastal shore

Grey Seals at Flamborough

Those of you who have visited Flamborough Head in recent years may well have been treated to a sensory spectacle: the sight, sound, and smell of Atlantic grey seals. Hauled out on the rocks these…

Illustration of a winter scene with the words let's go 12 days wild

12 Days Wild

12 Days Wild is a festive nature challenge from the Wildlife Trusts, encouraging you to do one wild thing a day from the 25th December to the 5th January each year.

Winter wildlife is just…

on the ground shot of a meadow created in a community, it has little yellow wildflowers in amongst the green grass

Making Meadows in Molescroft

Molescroft Wildlife Network are a group of residents who have come together to take action to improve green spaces within their local area. Within the last year they have recruited new members,…

Group of people out in the park in their community digging bedding areas to plant for pollinators

Planting for Pollinators in the Park!

As part of an action-packed year of community engagement initiatives, Friends of Alderman Kneeshaw Park in Hull have taken their efforts to improve their local park to the next level this autumn,…

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