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 Bugl

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 T

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...

The results of City Nature Challenge 2019 have been announced. More...

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Recently published - new County Summaries and Atlases to two of the most popular groups of beetles - Longhorns and Ladybirds - by Graham Finch, VC55 County Recorder for Coleoptera.

Last month we asked you to look out for the Dotted bee-fly, Bombylius discolor. Here's what happened...

Our slug populations are changing. Help us record and understand their populations. More...

We're looking for specimens of insect-eating fungi. More...

Help make Leicester the wildest place on earth and join us from midnight on Friday 26th April to Monday 29th April to record as many species of wildlife as possible!