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 🌱

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

🌿 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... #TrucksOnTour

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

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...

Worcestershire remining us that January has its own kind of quiet beauty. ❄🪾 Taking a walk outdoors, with wildlife sounds all around, is a wonderful way to lift the spirits.

the feeder being owned by the large local House Sparrow community in my garden. #worcsbirds #birdphotography @worcswt.bsky.social #potd #photo #birdwatching

Good morning Worcestershire, it's time to get your magnifying glass out for today's #MysteryMonday! 🔎 Supporter Freda spotted two little eyes and a nose peeking at her through a bush in her garden. Can you identify which creature they belong to? 👀

Off on a Sunday stroll? Look out for these species when you're out and about. Let us know what you've spotted so far this month 🔎⤵ #January #WorcWildlilfeTrust #SeasonalSpots

We’re excited to be recruiting for our next group of conservation trainees! 🙌 🌿 ✨ Our trainee placements are a great way to get hands-on experience and build the skills needed for a career in UK wildlife conservation. Find out more and apply via www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/jobs/conserv...

Last chance to take advantage of our shop sale before it ends on Sunday! Get a 2026 calendar for just £5, or stock up on Christmas cards and save 25%. Shop online at www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/shop All purchases go towards supporting Worcestershire's wildlife 💚

Great progress has been made at The Devil’s Spittleful to improve the reserve for a wider range of wildlife thanks to Biffa Award. Scrub clearing and fencing will provide perfect conditions for animals such as lizards, mining bees, and ground-nesting and feeding birds. #BiffaAward #TrucksOnTour

In our latest blog, #WildWorcestershire podcast host Lee tells us why recording outdoors often feels like a mix of magic and chaos. While birdsong and flowing water bring authenticity, challenges like wind and tractor noise keep things unpredictable 🌿🎙️ www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/wild-wo...

Here’s something to tweet about! 🐤 Join Worcestershire Wildlife Trust today and get 50% off your membership. You’ll be helping us to save wild places, manage land for wildlife and engage people with the natural world. 🔗 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/membership

Spend this evening learning about the secret lives of otters in an online talk with Ross Lawford 🦦 Ross has been following otters all over the UK for more than 20 years, from his hometown of Worcester to far flung places like Shetland, Isle of Mull and Devon. Book now 🔗 bit.ly/OttersTalk

UK nature is declining! Yet the Fingleton Review proposes weakening vital protections. Wildlife can’t afford more loss. Act now to protect nature. Read more www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/mike-pe... Take action action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/183790/...

Delighted to see three Great Crested Newts #GCNs in our wildlife pond this evening, two males, one female @arc-trust.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social

Students at Worcester Sixth Form College carried out their own research into local conservation as part of the IRIS Wild Things project. 🍄🦔🌿 Find out more in our latest blog post www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/wilder-...

Good morning everyone, it’s time for another #MysteryMonday 🔎 Following last week’s wintry weather, can anybody identify who this footprint spotted in the snow belongs to?

A big thank you to volunteers Rich and Joan for raising over £10,000 through selling books that have been donated to the Trust to raise funds. What an incredible achievement! 📚✨ If you would like to buy a book, their online store can be found on Ebay bit.ly/4mbKlL4 #SecondHandBooks #Bookshop

Our six local groups are amazing! Run entirely by volunteers, they organise talks, walks and events throughout the year, raising lots of money for the Trust. Here’s our Bromsgrove and NE Worcestershire Local Group committee members presenting our CEO Mike with a cheque for £1000.🙏🙌

Settle in for your Friday night with the latest episode of our podcast! Discover how our work is connecting people to nature at Bull Meadow in Fernhill Heath as volunteer host Lee chats to Finley, Megan and Freddie. Spotify: bit.ly/WWTPodEp5 Apple: bit.ly/49ozB7O Website: bit.ly/WWTPodEp5Web

Just before we finished for Christmas, supporter Terry Lampitt sent us this trailcam footage of a hedgehog making a hibernation bed 🥰 After looking out the window this morning, we all want to snuggle up for a winter snooze like Terry’s hoggy and shelter from all this cold weather! 💤🦔💚

Still looking for a 2026 calendar? Ours are now on sale for £5 reduced down from £8 in a limited time offer until Sunday 18 January! Plus, you can also stock up on Christmas cards for next year and save 25%. Shop online at www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/shop 💚

Ion is back with another #SeasonalSnippet to explore the interesting behaviours of moorhens 🐤

⏰Closing soon! ⏰ Apply to be our next Honorary Treasurer and help secure the future for Worcestershire's wildlife and wild places. Find out more and apply via bit.ly/49gOaKo #Trustee #Volunteering #WorcWildlifeTrust

Want to learn how to plant and look after traditional orchards and fruit trees? Book onto an upcoming orchard workshop kicking off with a session at Hill Top Farm on Friday 16 Jan! 🌳https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/orchard-workshops-2912649 Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund

The spotlight is on starlings for our first blog of 2026 - messy in the garden but magical in the sky! ✨🪶 Wendy celebrates them and their spectacular murmurations www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/seasona... #WorcWildlifeTrust #Starlings #Murmurations #BlogPost

Make your new year’s resolution all about protecting local wildlife and become a member of Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. 💛 Join in January and get half price membership! www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/membership

Good morning and happy new year! We’re back with our first #MysteryMonday of the year, who’s ready? 🎉 Can you identify the floating substance surrounding this heron spotted by our colleague Ion at #UptonWarren recently? Extra points if you can tell us why the substance is there! 🔎

A big THANK YOU for your support this year 💚 We've got a bonus Christmas podcast looking back at 2025 & ahead to 2026 Spotify : bit.ly/WWTPodEp4 Apple: apple.co/4qthTqM Website: bit.ly/WWTPodEp4Web We wish you a peaceful festive season & a wildlife-packed 2026; see you on 5th Jan 🦔 🦉 🐝 🐸 🌺

On the twelfth day of #Christmas my true love gave to me, twelve bats a-roosting! 🦇 Droitwich 3rd Scouts made twelve bat boxes for their scout hut and Droitwich Community Woods nature reserve. Made possible thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund #12DaysofChristmas

For our final blog of 2025, Andy explains how we're speeding up heathland's recovery by boosting the diversity of plants as part of our Saving Worcestershire's Heathland project at Dropping Well Farm. Check it out here ➡ www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/heathla...

🎼 On the eleventh day of #Christmas my true love gave to me, eleven frogs a-leaping! 🐸 Worcestershire Wildlife Trust trainees helped to renovate a pond at Mr Beestan’s Community garden in Droitwich. Made possible thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund #12DaysofChristmas

Thanks to Biffa Award, important work is now underway at The Devil’s Spittleful nature reserve. Contractors have been working to clear scrub and build fences to help rare heathland plants thrive and provide habitats for birds, lizards and bees. Follow the Biffa truck for a sneak peek 👀

🎼 On the tenth day of #Christmas my true love gave to me, ten hedgehogs snuffling! 🦔 The #WilderWorcestershire team celebrated all things hedgehogs at their end of year event and shared ways they can be supported by local communities. Thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

🎶 On the ninth day of #Christmas my true love gave to me, nine hazels a-hurdling! Volunteers at Worcester Community Garden learnt to make hazel hurdles in their new wildlife garden. Made possible thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund #12DaysofChristmas #WorcWildlifeTrust

🎼 On the eighth day of #Christmas my true love gave to me, eight bugs a-jumping! Bug hunting at Newtown Green provided a great opportunity for residents to learn about the wildlife around them. Made possible thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund #12DaysofChristmas

Let’s hear it for ephemeral ponds 📣👏 Our amazing #EadesMeadow isn’t all about flowers. This ephemeral pond holds water until late spring, making it an ideal place for amphibians as there are no fish to consume the eggs or larvae 🐸🦎

On the seventh day of #Christmas my true love gave to me, seven swifts a-soaring! 🪶 The plight of swifts was highlighted by a willow swift display at the Hive in Worcester city centre. Made possible thanks to funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund. #12DaysofChristmas #WorcWildlifeTrust

If you’re planning on visiting #UptonWarren over the Christmas holidays, here’s a quick reminder of the opening hours for The Flashes. The Moors will be open as usual. Happy birdwatching 🦆🦢🐦

On the sixth day of #Christmas my true love gave to me, six orchard trees! 🌳 The youth group and community of Westlands in Droitwich helped to look after orchard trees on Westwood Open Space. Made possible thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. #12DaysofChristmas

The #WilderWorcestershire team have been doing some amazing work delivering #coppicing events with #community groups across the county this year. 🌳 Find out what the team have been up to in Connor’s latest blog ➡ www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/wilder-...

🎼 On the fifth day of #Christmas my true love gave to me, five hedging plants! Members of the local community planted hedging trees at Chapter Meadows as part of the new management scheme. Made possible thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund #12DaysofChristmas #HeritageFund

Children from the Wyre Forest School have been doing a fantastic job of helping us on the heathland as part of the Saving Worcestershire's Heathland project. Look at these gorgeous candle holders they have created out of birch that has been harvested to help maintain an open heathland habitat 🕯

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, four nesting birds! This bird ID session at Pulley Lane in Copcut taught residents how to identify and record birds in the local woodland. Made possible thanks to funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund #12DaysofChristmas #Christmas

More trees in the ground 🌳 This time, our trustee Chris joined #SevernTreescapes and members of the local community to plant a hedgerow in a small community greenspace, making the area better for wildlife and people as well as providing even more connectivity between gardens 💚👏 #HeritageFund

There will be no #MysteryMonday today while we continue the #12DaysofChristmas with the #NeighbourhoodsNurturingNature team. Stay tuned for new mysteries in the new year…! On the third day of Christmas school children and communities planted tiny forests in three locations across #Worcestershire. 🌳

🎼 On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me, two bee homes! 🐝 Families from Westlands in #Droitwich made these homes for #bees to live in. The beautifully decorated boxes were used in the families’ gardens on the estate to help the bees to thrive. #HeritageFund

The #NeighbourhoodsNurturingNature team have been busy making habitats for wildlife with communities in #Worcestershire throughout 2025. Join us for their very own #12DaysofChristmas starting from today as we introduce Julie, Anna and Connor - a Trust team in a pear tree! 🍐 #HeritageFund