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Warwickshire Wildlife Trust 💚 Making space for nature
🍃 Restoring 60+ local reserves
🦔 Help us bring wildlife back in Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull Visit Brandon Marsh!

Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is the leading local independent conservation organisation. Our mission is to bring people closer to nature and create a land rich in wildlife. 🌱💚🐝

Supported by our passionate members and dedicated volunteers we are working to bring about nature’s recovery across Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull. To achieve our mission, we're working in partnership with local councils, farmers, businesses and communities to make Warwickshire a better place for wildlife and people. The reserve is well known for the variety and quality of its scenic pools, reedbeds, grassland and woodland. There are nine birdwatching hides throughout the reserve where you can often spot the resident wildlife including kingfishers, otters, bank voles and badgers. Visit the café and shop too. Visit the Parkridge Centre! At the heart of Brueton Park, Parkridge Visitor Centre offers refreshments and everything you need for a great day out in the park. Whether you are out to enjoy the fresh air or would like to watch wildlife, the friendly team at Parkridge are here to assist.

Every month, we publish a monthly Wildlife Gallery 📸October's theme was the equinox and earthy tones, like this intricat...
19/10/2026

Every month, we publish a monthly Wildlife Gallery 📸

October's theme was the equinox and earthy tones, like this intricate shaggy parasol mushroom from photographer, April. 🤩

We're always inspired by the wildlife on our doorstep and the changing seasons.

Scroll through our supporters' photos in the gallery, and send in your own images to feature in the next edition!

www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/catherine-craig/october-wildlife-gallery

📸 April Henderson

A wonderful woodland walk 🌳This autumn, grab your coats and wellies to explore Welcombe Hills & Clopton Park 🍁It's a per...
18/10/2026

A wonderful woodland walk 🌳

This autumn, grab your coats and wellies to explore Welcombe Hills & Clopton Park 🍁

It's a perfect place to enjoy the beautiful views across Stratford-Upon-Avon. 🌄

With grassland, woods and ponds, there’s lots to see. 🔎

Tag us Warwickshire Wildlife Trust on socials 👨‍👧‍👧

www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/WelcombeHills

📸 Kate Sugden

17/10/2026

This October Half Term, we've got the perfect thing to entertain your young explorers with an exciting autumnal adventure. 🍂

You'll receive a trail pack from our friendly visitor centre, with a handy map of the Woodpecker Trail, then simply collect all 6 autumnal stamps to get your prize! There’s also a bonus activity to keep your young explorers entertained for longer. 🥾

£2.50 per trail pack, which includes free child entry to Brandon Marsh! 🤩

Prize not suitable for under 3’s.

www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2026-10-24-autumn-half-term-trail

Last Friday, we built 53 sleep pods that will be used as emergency shelter in Warwickshire & Coventry for people experie...
16/10/2026

Last Friday, we built 53 sleep pods that will be used as emergency shelter in Warwickshire & Coventry for people experiencing homelessness. ⛺

We had our October 'All Staff Away Day' at The Box, FarGo Village and spent the morning in pairs. We learnt about the rising need for homelessness support in our patch and across the world. Then, we built these emergency shelters with Sleep Pod and The Salvation Army United Kingdom and Ireland Territory and did more than anticipated. 20+ more sleep pods were built because our staff love a challenge! 💪

Our staff, no matter if they were in our Visitor Centre team or out restoring nature reserves & living landscapes everyday, got stuck in and bonded. 💚

In the afternoon, we sat down to watch the important National Emergency Briefing which has been screened over 60 times across Warwickshire, Coventry, and Solihull by our fantastic community organisers. 📽️

Staff reflected on how the climate crisis has, is, and will impact our work to restore wildlife. Departments got together in groups to discuss viable next steps. Watch this space 😊

Check out what else we got up to & what wildlife joined us! 📸

Thank you Sleep Pod and The Salvation Army United Kingdom and Ireland Territory and The Box at FarGo Village for our All Staff Away Day

During the autumnal breeding season, known as the 'rut', males make a loud belly belch to proclaim their territory and f...
15/10/2026

During the autumnal breeding season, known as the 'rut', males make a loud belly belch to proclaim their territory and fight over the females. 🦌

This display may involve groaning and stylised walking, but often results in dangerous, physical contact as they lock antlers.

The fallow deer is an elegant, medium-sized deer, with a typically spotted coat. Males have broad, palmate antlers. To learn more about fallow deer, visit our species explorer:

www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-explorer/mammals/fallow-deer

🍎Gather round for a crackling campfire with Nature Tots @ Brandon Marsh this Monday 19th October, 10:30 – 11:30 for an a...
15/10/2026

🍎Gather round for a crackling campfire with Nature Tots @ Brandon Marsh this Monday 19th October, 10:30 – 11:30 for an autumnal treat and activities to go wild for! Booking is available now 👉 https://ow.ly/Nzzx50ZX9eb

Pause Eastenders. Stop watching Tipping Point. Celebrity Pottery Throw Down can wait. 📺'A River Speaks' premiers now! 🎬L...
14/10/2026

Pause Eastenders. Stop watching Tipping Point. Celebrity Pottery Throw Down can wait. 📺

'A River Speaks' premiers now! 🎬

Live on YouTube tonight, watch this immersive film as we explore the cultural significance of rivers across the UK and the growing pressures they, and the communities who live and work alongside them, face.

Voiced by Line of Duty actor Vicky McClure, this film gives a voice to our wonderful rivers.

The film follows the River Trent from source to sea, showcasing the conservationists, farmers, schoolchildren and communities working to restore its health and reconnect people with the river.

Watch 'A River Speaks' right now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e4seIZNf5c

And to learn more about Rivers 2040:
www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/rivers-2040

Today, the river speaks! 🌊We’re launching The Rivers 2040 Vision, a new report from The Wildlife Trusts Trent Rivers Tru...
14/10/2026

Today, the river speaks! 🌊

We’re launching The Rivers 2040 Vision, a new report from The Wildlife Trusts Trent Rivers Trust and Intact Insurance – Intact Assurance setting out how we can restore England’s rivers by working with nature.

This includes a brand new film, A River Speaks. Following the River Trent from source to sea, the film meets the people whose lives are connected to the river and explores a bigger question: What if healthy rivers could help build a more resilient future?

A future where rivers can:
🌊Help communities become more resilient to flooding
⛲Support better water quality
🐠 Provide space for wildlife to thrive
🏊‍♀️Create healthier, stronger places to live

Restoring the river could deliver an estimated £10 billion in economic benefits over 30 years. That’s potentially more than £7 in benefits for every £1 invested.

The River Trent is our case study – but the story reaches far beyond one river.

You may be wondering, "what's this got to do with Warwickshire?", the River Trent's catchment area includes the Midlands. Also, the River Blythe and the River Cole in the north of the county flow into the River Tame, and later into the River Trent.

Our Tame Valley Wetlands team has been working hard since 2005 to restore and enhance the unique landscape and beauty in the heart of the Midlands.

Because if we fix nature, we can fix so much more.

Watch A River Speaks from 7:30pm tonight on Youtube 🎬

Share the film. Read the report. Start a conversation. Support action for healthier rivers and nature-based solutions.

warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/rivers-2040

Narrated by Vicky McClure
Made possible with support from Intact Insurance UK

14/10/2026

Can you do some detective work? 🎬

We’ve got a new film coming later today about rivers, nature and the future of the places we call home.

And there’s a familiar voice helping us tell the story…

Here’s your clue: she’s a Nottingham-born actor, known for playing one of TV’s most iconic detectives. 🔎

Can you work out who it is? Drop your guess below. 👀

A River Speaks launches later today on Wednesday 14th October 🌊

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Pick a colour & see which membership type is meant for you 🎟️Whether that's gifting our cool Wildlife Watch magazine to ...
13/10/2026

Pick a colour & see which membership type is meant for you 🎟️

Whether that's gifting our cool Wildlife Watch magazine to a young nature-lover, or getting outdoors to over 60+ reserves with your nearest & dearest, we have a Warwickshire Wildlife Trust membership for everyone!

🩵 Individual (flying solo)
🧡 Joint (for yourself and another adult)
💜 Family (fun for 2 adults and up to 3 children)
💚 Wildlife Watch (0-14 years old)
❤️ Student (anyone in full-time education, 14 yrs+)

With over 30,000 members across Warwickshire, Coventry, and Solihull, you are choosing a wilder future together.

Your membership will help us to create wilder places for nature and people. But, you will also receive exciting membership benefits: a welcome pack; seasonal charity magazine, free entrance to Brandon Marsh; access to 60 local nature reserves; an invite to an exclusive new members' event; and free parking at our member-only car parks.

Choose the doing-my-bit life. 🌻
Choose the simple pleasures life. 🐛
Choose the out-in-all-weathers life. ⛅
Choose the Wild Life. 🦆

www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/join

*Prices in post are our average monthly option. Please consider giving more to look after even more wild places and nature that you love.

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Brandon Marsh Nature Centre, Brandon Lane
Coventry
CV33GW

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