Wildlife watching in the West Midlands
County by county
Recent West Midlands news
- Pigeon fanciers investigated by police for Peregrine persecution
- Worcestershire Wildlife Trust buys three wildflower meadows
- Brown Hairstreak butterfly recovering – Report your sightings
- The Worcestershire field filled with a million crickets
- High Speed Train will wreck wildlife
- Pearl-bordered fritillary boom in Wyre Forest
- Weevil puts in a welcome appearance in Worcestershire
- UK Wildlife Photography Competition 2011 launched
- Farmers spreading TB – Fraud investigation launched
- Help find Britain's disappearing oil beetles
- New UK nature film award launched by Borderlines film festival.
- Blackbird with yellow head spotted in Shropshire
- Two buzzards shot in separate incidents
- Toads on the roads – Please be careful
- Herefordshire woodlands being opened up for reptiles
More West Midlands news
- Find a wood near you - New website launched listing 14,000 woods in the UK to visit
- UK landscapes could be at risk of another major tree epidemic, say researchers
- Why is Herefordshire ignored by national conservation bodies? RSPB, we need you.
- Major new wildlife exhibition launched in London
- Herefordshire and Wye Valley garden birds: spectacular winter results
- New competition launched for films about Britain’s natural world
- Fox stuck with head in a watering can for several days
- Regional differences in UK butterfly count
- Rare bumblebee spreads its wings
- British kids clueless when it comes to nature – the shocking results of TV survey
- Rare butterfly makes Worcestershire comeback
- 2.5 years in jail for smuggling peregrine eggs
- Rare Bechsteins’s bats found in Worcestershire woodlands
- Plea for public help in tracking down rare UK butterfly
- Caught on camera: a sssssurprise visitor to Brandon Marsh
Giant 'extinct' British Beetle found in GloucestershireAn amazing giant insect, thought to be extinct in the UK, has been discovered on a pavement in Gloucestershire.
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Bird crime stats jump 40%July 2008. Reported crimes against birds of prey escalated to an unwelcome record in 2007, increasing by 40 per cent on 2006.
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Why is Herefordshire ignored by national conservation bodies? RSPB, we need you.
There are no RSPB reserves, no WWT reserves, and no National Parks. To my surprise, I have discovered that there are 3 National Nature Reserves in Herefordshire, covering just 200 hectares between them, but 2 of them are permanently closed to the public.
Why is Herefordshire ignored by national conservation bodies? RSPB, we need you.