Grasshoppers are known for providing the evocative soundtrack to warm, summer days 🦗😍 Get to know them in a guest blog by Peter G. Sutton, author of Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Allies of Great Britain and Ireland 👉🏼 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/seasona...

Stand up for nature and object to the sale of #BurlishMeadows 💚📢 Wyre Forest District Council have agreed in principle to sell part of Burlish Meadows Conservation Area. Read our CEO Mike’s blog to find out how you can have your say 👉🏼 bit.ly/SaveBurlishMeadows

For this week's #MondayMystery, can you tell us how many frogs* our colleague Anna photographed in the pond at Mr Beestans Garden in #Droitwich?! 🐸🤔 *all life stages apply!

Ion is back with another #SeasonalSnippet! Find out more about wood pigeons and stock doves... 🐦

Meet the newest addition to #LowerSmiteFarm... our handsome new bridge! 💚 Our amazing trainees have been hard at work installing the replacement bridge, made from recycled materials, by Tessa's Pond this week after the original bridge was washed away in floods. Well done everyone! 👏

Success 🦋 Our #ANetworkForNature colleague Dom recently visited a landowner in the Forest of Feckenham project area…and found breeding wood whites! This is great news and provides a brilliant foundation on which to build even more natural connections through the landscape 💚 #NationalLottery

We're so sorry to hear today of the passing of Bill Oddie...a friend to nature and a supporter of the Trust. Bill used to cycle out of his Birmingham home to visit #UptonWarren many years before it even became a nature reserve. Thank you for everything you did for wildlife Bill 💚🙏

For this week's #MondayMystery, can anybody identify what our colleague Tomos spotted wriggling through the undergrowth last week? 🤔

Our latest members' magazine is on its way! 🤩 Not a member yet? Now is the perfect time to join. As well as receiving our magazine three times a year, you'll be helping us protect wildlife where you live. 👉️ www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/membership

Many thanks to the visitors who cleared up the remains of a BBQ at #TrenchWood before we got there. We shouldn’t have to remind everyone that fires and barbecues are not allowed on our nature reserves. Please take all rubbish home as discarded items, especially glass bottles, can ignite 🔥

Are you passionate about wildlife and have a strong understanding of woodland, trees and wetland improvements for the benefit of wildlife? 🌳✨ Apply to be our Severn Treescapes Woodland and Wetland Advisor! 👉 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/jobs/severn-... #WorcestershireJobs #WildlifeJobs

Good morning! For today's #MondayMystery, can anybody identify what we spotted in the garden at #LowerSmiteFarm recently?

#TrenchWood is one of Worcestershire’s richest ancient woodlands, but it sits increasingly isolated from the wider landscape around it. 🌳 We have the opportunity to buy 45 hectares of land adjoining the woodland. Donate now to help us secure this land for wildlife ✨🔗 bit.ly/ExpandingTre...

Drum roll please... 🥁 Our overall winner and the front cover of our 2027 calendar is Nick Southam's amazing fungi photo taken under blue light in Droitwich Community Woods 😍🍄‍🟫 The calendar is now available to buy from our online shop 👉🏼https://bit.ly/WWTcalendar2027

Spotted in #Worcestershire ✨🐛 Newly-hatched gypsy moth caterpillars disperse by climbing to the top of a plant stem, suspending themselves on a silken thread and then and letting the wind take them wherever it wants to. This is known as ballooning and it's a trick that some spiders use too! 🕷️

Introducing our final set of calendar winners!👏❄ These beautiful photographs capture the magic of winter, from a frosty scene to some of the season's most wonderful wildlife. 🦊🪿 🐸 Our overall winner and front cover photo will be announced tomorrow... 🏆 #Photography #WildlifePhotography

A round of applause for our autumn calendar winners! 👏🏼 Their beautiful photographs capture the magic of the season, from a graceful swan and an atmospheric misty morning to glowing fungi 🦢🍂🍄‍🟫 #Photography #WildlifePhotography #PhotographyCompetition

Congratulations to our summer winners! 👏🏼 Their fantastic photos capture some of the wonderful wildlife you can see out and about right now, from vibrant poppies to dazzling kingfishers and hummingbird hawk-moths. 🌺💙🦋 #Photography #WildlifePhotography #PhotographyCompetition

Burlish Meadows should not be sold. We're calling on Wyre Forest District Council to reconsider plans to sell more than a fifth of this rare heathland and acid grassland site. Find out more: www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/news/burlish... #BurlishMeadows #DefendNature #ClimateEmergency

Our first set of calendar competition winners are here! We're celebrating the best of spring with a butterfly, a badger and a beetle! 🦋🦡🪲 #Photography #WildlifePhotography #PhotographyCompetition

We have another close up for this week's #MondayMystery! Can anybody identify what is pictured here?

Are you an experienced gardener with an interest in wildlife gardening? 🐛🌻🐌 We're looking for volunteers to help maintain our vegetable and wildlife garden for school and family use during our farm visits. Find out more and enquire via www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/volunteering... #Voluteering

We've had an amazing batch of photo entries for this year's calendar competition! 📸 Thank you to everyone who entered and to our external judges Pete Walkden and Jason Curtis. A big round of applause for our runners-up! 👏🏼 Visit our Flickr page for a closer look ✨ www.flickr.com/photos/worce...

Great news for orchard wildlife! 🌳🪲🦋 Rare species of beetles, fungus and a moth across #Worcestershire, #Herefordshire and #Gloucestershire will be supported by funding from Natural England's #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme. Find out more 🔗 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/news/orchard...

By securing 45 hectares of land at Trench Farm, we can more than double the size of #TrenchWood and create new woodland, restore wildflower meadows and give wildlife the space it needs to thrive. 🌳✨ Find out more and donate www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/appeals/tren...

For this week's #MondayMystery, can anybody identify which moth this vibrant green caterpillar will turn into? 🐛

Now is a great time to look for insects on flower heads 🪲🌼 Thanks to our colleague Ellie for snapping this photo at #UptonWarren showing just how great hogweed is for longhorn beetles. The large, flat flowerheads make the perfect platform for easy landings and take offs 🙌

Oh hello little glow-worm larvae 🪱🌟 Cute as they look, the larvae of glow-worms are predators, feeding on slugs and snails. They kill their prey by delivering a series of toxic bites, injecting digestive proteins that paralyse and eventually dissolve the soft body of the slug or snail. 🐌

Stagnificent! Delve into the world of stag beetles with our latest podcast. Join Lee & Eleanor in #UptonUponSevern, #Worcestershire's Stag Beetle Central, looking for these giant #beetles. Spotify: bit.ly/WWTPodEp12 Apple: apple.co/4vCT26G Web: bit.ly/WWTPodEp12Web YouTube: bit.ly/WWTPodEp12YT

Have you spotted a weevil? 🪲 These tiny beetles often go unnoticed because of their size. Find out what makes them so distinctive and discover some of the species you could see in #Worcestershire in our latest blog. www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/seasona...