Lancashire Wildlife Trust | Your local conservation charity

A female blackbird on a lawn surrounded by dandelions and other wildflowers

Blackbird - Jon Hawkins – Surrey Hills Photography

Take action before 9th June

Nature Needs You: Urgent Action Required

We’re tired of broken promises. UK Government promised voters they would protect nature. But the Planning and Infrastructure Bill currently does the opposite. Tearing up environmental protections isn’t the way.

Tell your MP and the Chancellor that they must do better using our simple form.

Write to your MP

Become a member (https://www.lancswt.org.uk/support-us/become-member)

Make a donation (https://www.lancswt.org.uk/make-donation)

Volunteer with us (https://www.lancswt.org.uk/support-us/volunteer)

Find an event (https://www.lancswt.org.uk/events)

A great crested grebe swimming with two small chicks on its back

Summer wildlife

What to see and do in June

Celebrate the arrival of summer by getting out into nature and enjoying the abundance of wildlife, from blooming wildflowers to buzzing insects and fluffy new arrivals. Here are some of our favourite things to see and do this month...

Red squirrel eating a nut and a hedgehog on grass

Mark Hamblin/2020VISION, Vaughn Matthews

Adopt a species

Help protect red squirrels and hedgehogs

Adopt one of these iconic species and support local conservation across Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside.

A bumblebee mimic hoverfly on a purple thistle flower. It's a fuzzy black and yellow hoverfly with a white tip to the abdomen, looking just like a bee. It's given away by its large eyes and short antennae

Volucella bombylans © Janet Packham

Go wild this summer

30 Days Wild is back!

Get ready to embrace nature like never before! 30 Days Wild is the UK's biggest nature challenge, where we ask you to take on wild activities throughout the month of June. Take part and connect with the nature on your doorstep!