An introductory course about identifying liverworts and mosses. More...

Two new books on identifying fungi have been published recently. They're fantastic, but you'll have to dig deep. More...

The latest update from the Biological Records Centre has just been published. NatureSpot users may find a number of items of interest (not least, how you're not going to be replaced by A.I any time soon!). Read it or subscribe here. 

If you are aged 10–20 years old and live in Leicestershire or Rutland, or work in a community group or school, you are eligible to enter: https://www.lrwt.org.uk/get-involved/grand-ideas-competition

Closing date 29.11.2019. 

It's got long legs  - but is it a Spider or a Harvestman? Here's how to tell...

We constantly work to improve NatureSpot and we've been making a lot of changes behind the scenes recently. These may not be immediately obvious but one of the improvements you can see is to the Wild Places section of the site.

We've been waiting for this one...

Butterfly Conservation calls 2019 a smashing summer - here's why...

Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust appoints new CEO.

It's Ivy Bee time again! More...

Hedges need help (more)

It's the time of year when people find spiders in their houses - what are they up to?

In recent years we have become familiar with Roesel's bush-cricket, Metrioptera roeselii. Here's why...

The latest issue of Wood Wise from the Woodland Trust tells the story of the oak – its role in British culture and as a haven for wildlife. More...

On the City of Leicester's Inner Ring Road Viper's-bugloss (Echium vulgare) blooms on the verge, a survivor from Buglife's Urban Bu

The Leicestershire & Rutland Swift Partnership are organizing several 'Swift Half' events for Swift Awareness Week, 16th to 23rd June

You can now read the latest edition of the Leicestershire & Rutland Recorder, published on behalf of the County Recorders Network by the Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust.

One of the rarest landscapes in the East Midlands. Read more...

Recently you may have noticed these strange sheet webs covering Cotoneaster horizontalis hedges. What's going on?

We need your help looking for Damselflies. Read more...