Essex Wildlife Trust, our mission is to protect wildlife and inspire a lifelong love of nature.

Late spring mornings should ring out with the song of the nightingale, our evenings should be illuminated by glow worms. Hedgehogs should be snuffling through our gardens, bees and butterflies should gently flutter by and starlings should dance in the sky in their thousands.

Every person should be able to experience walking through a wildflower meadow, brimming with insects and colours, or stroll through an ancient woodland to the beat of a woodpeckers drum.

We believe we can make this vision a reality.