Mrs Tolhurst is the first woman to be appointed Lord-Lieutenant in the county since the Lieutenancy was established in the ...

WILDLIFE charities have welcomed a recommendation to remove the Wick from Colchester Council's housing plans as campaigners ...

This is particularly important at this time of year, as bird nesting season is approaching. During this period, it is illegal to harm, disturb, or destroy nests under the Wildlife and Countryside Act ...

Keen photographer and Essex Birdwatching Facebook group member Thomas Harris captured a Hen Harrier flying over Wallasea Island reserve.

Leah Bloom's photograph, entitled Peekaboo, captured two fallow deer in the "fairytale" setting near Copped Hall in Epping ...

Essex Wildlife Trust shared footage of the unusually coloured animal on social media, but would not reveal where it was spotted to avoid members of the public potentially disturbing it.

A barn owl has been rescued by south Essex's specialist wildlife hospital after collapsing in a field - from eating a rodent with poison in its system. The bird is still in the care of South Essex ...

Bird boxes have been created by prison inmates who wanted to boost avian populations. The wooden boxes have been sold at ...

A badger was rescued after he got stuck in a football goal net on a school field. South Essex Wildlife Hospital received a call just after 08:00 GMT on Saturday that the animal had got twisted in ...

Today only 3,500 survive in good condition, with a similar number needing restoration. Essex Wildlife Trust, the RSPB, Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group East and farmers have joined forces to ...

A barn owl has been rescued after collapsing in a field - from eating a rodent with poison in its system. The bird was unable ...