Shropshire Wildlife Trust Blog

The house martin is a common summer visitor to the UK, arriving in April and leaving in October. Sarah explains more about them below:

Feed the Birds is a project we have been running for several years. It connects those who are socially isolated with a volunteer who visits each week to top up bird feeders and chat about wildlife…

Holly is currently on a traineeship with us, monitoring wildlife across Shropshire.

In her inspiring blog, she describes how reconnecting with nature has helped her through difficult times…

We’re living through an unusually stressful time, and many of the common coping mechanisms that people use – meeting with family, playing team sports, going out for a meal, booking a holiday – are…

Swifts epitomise British summertime with their screaming flight. But as fewer of these miraculous birds return to our skies each year, Sarah Gibson reveals how we can help them

Martin George gives a background to the dawn chorus and what it means to him.

Our Hedgehog Officer trainee, Kathryn has teamed up with Belle Vue Arts Festival to encourage local residents to get involved with surveying their patch for hedgehogs. Read her blog to find out…

As spring migrant birds start to arrive in Shropshire, we have time and opportunity to watch and listen for them.

Is there anyone out there who can come up with a plausible explanation for a little bird going from window to window seemingly trying to get in?

Dandelions get some bad press, but is it really warranted?