Essex Wildlife Trust Annual Review 2017

Celebrating a wild year in

Protecting Wildlife for the Future and for the People of Essex From the Chairman

I am delighted to welcome you to the 2017 Annual Review for , my second year as your Chair of Trustees.

I am very pleased to report that the Trust continues to strengthen and to grow in so many positive ways.

We now have more than 37,000 members across Essex, more than ever before – so, a huge thanks to each and every one of you for supporting our work. The footfall across our 11 visitor centres topped the 1,000,000 mark for the first time, showing that there is an ever- increasing interest in the wildlife and natural landscapes of our beautiful county. As a result, the tills in our shops and cafés rang like never before, generating much needed additional income for the conservation work across our network of reserves. We delivered record numbers of education sessions and children’s birthday parties, engaging with thousands of young people.

At a time when the Brexit process continues to offer an uncertain picture for the long-term future for some of our key sources of income, it is heartening to see our core activities go from strength to strength, building firm foundations for the years ahead.

Of course, none of this would be possible without the input of our dedicated and inspirational staff team, together with the exceptional contribution and commitment of our army of volunteers, who support the organisation in so many different ways – river and coastal wardens, kitchen helpers, visitor centres ‘meeters and greeters’, reserves work party members, magazine deliverers and so many more. Thank you to you all.

The return of ‘Ratty’: In stark contrast to the majority of the UK, Stewart Goshawk, Water Voles are fighting back from near extinction in Essex, thanks

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION Terry Chair, Essex Wildlife Trust to a decade of conservation projects led by Essex Wildlife Trust.

Highlights this year include:

• As our Water Vole Recovery • The Trust worked with and Project celebrates its 10th reached more people than ever anniversary, we continue to before. We welcomed more help Water Voles return to than 1,000,000 visitors to our Essex, in contrast to a 30% visitor centres in 2017 and were Our membership is at a record high; here, national decline. supported by 37,200 members – members enjoy a guided walk at Abberton both record numbers. . Daniel Bridge

2 Essex Wildlife Trust | Annual Review 2017 “A huge thanks Ensuring that to each and wildlife is thriving every one of you • With the fundamental help of our supporters we purchased and now protect an additional 4.2 acres of grazing marsh at , on for supporting Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION the . This land acquisition has our work. enabled wildlife to move safely between our and the green burial ground, forever.

• Until recently our native Black Honey Bee was believed to be extinct in the UK. However, we have worked in partnership with Essex & Suffolk Water and the Bee Lapwing: A species of highest conservation concern that is already Breeders Association to re-introduce benefiting from our land purchase at Black Honey Bees to Essex, using hives Wrabness and the successful completion at . of our Essex Grazing Marsh Project.

• The Essex Grazing Marsh project was completed in 2017, enabling Essex Wildlife Trust to restore and extend a fast declining and important habitat in Essex. This innovative conservation project was supported by WREN and some very generous donors.

• Our Essex Barn Owl Conservation Project continues to gather momentum. In 2017 we ringed 85 chicks born in boxes erected by this partnership project (compared to 55 in 2016 and 24 in 2015). We have installed more than 250 nest boxes across Bee happy: Staff and bee experts monitor Essex since the project began, in 2013. Abberton Reservoir’s Black Honey Bees, filmed by crews from both BBC and ITV.

Front cover: Little Owl, by Andy Rouse / 2020VISION.

• Our education programme is reaching more secondary schools than ever: 3,400 secondary school children enjoyed education sessions on our sites in 2017. Also, the number of adults we have trained to lead their own Forest School tripled from 2016 to 2017. Mud, mud, glorious mud: Forest School fun at .

Essex Wildlife Trust | Annual Review 2017 3 Inspiring people to engage with wildlife

• Our events programme is growing • It was a privilege to welcome Chris with the aim to inspire more people Packham, the hugely respected to protect and learn about our naturalist, wildlife campaigner and wonderful wildlife. Our broadcaster, to Abbotts Hall visitor centres held Farm in September, for a more than 2,500 special, sell-out, fundraising Carol Durrell events. Membership event. ‘An Evening with Children at our The Wind in the Willows is fundamental to Chris Packham’, full of themed trail at and supporting our work, enthusiasm, passion pond-dipping at Abbotts Hall Farm. so in 2017 we held a and inspiration to protect number of ‘new member our environment for the events’ to share our future, enthralled the work with our important 600 attendees. membership supporters. • Through our diverse activities • Essex Wildlife Trust would not be and schemes, we interacted with as successful as it is today without approximately 55,000 children in its volunteers; as a small token of Essex in 2017. Informal education our appreciation we held our first all- events at our visitor centres, including volunteer thank you event in 2017, at pre-school groups, weekend events Abbotts Hall Farm. It was wonderful and holidays activities, welcomed Carol Durrell to see so many of our 1,500 regular close to 24,000 children in 2017 – volunteers there. 5,000 more than in 2016.

A spectacular shot of a special evening, as we welcomed Chris Packham and supporters to an exclusive event in a marquee in the

Abbotts Hall Farm gardens. Daniel Bridge

4 Essex Wildlife Trust | Annual Review 2017 Darren Tansley, Water for Wildlife Officer, with The return of the native: that Polecats are BBC Countryfile’s Ellie Harrison, at Titchmarsh re-establishing themselves in parts of Marina, Walton-on-the-Naze. Essex was exciting news and captured the imagination of many of our followers.

Elliot Smith

The Hawfinch: one of the species you Delivering a helped us collate records of in 2017. greater voice for wildlife

• We extended our reach and diversified our engagement through social media in 2017. On Facebook we produced over 100 videos, achieving 250,000 views, while on Twitter we had more than 2,000,000 impressions. Overall, we doubled our engagement on both Twitter and Facebook. On Instagram our

followers increased by 400%. Karl Price

• Our annual 30 Days Wild campaign, • We encouraged supporters to help • We reached millions of viewers by which encourages people to do us protect and understand key filming with BBC national television something ‘wild’, every day in June, species, by asking them to submit in 2017. We talked about seals took off in 2017. More than 1,600 their sightings. These records gave us in the Walton Backwaters with people participated in Essex – twice vital information, including about the Countryfile and the wildlife of as many as 2016 – and we inspired native Polecat’s return to our county, Wick with The One Show. our social media followers by posting the status of the vulnerable Turtle Other primetime television included daily videos of our wild activities and Dove, and the remarkable ‘irruption’ features with BBC Look East, BBC wildlife, attracting 46,000 views. of Hawfinches into Essex in late 2017. Inside Out and ITV Anglia.

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Essex Wildlife Trust | Annual Review 2017 5 The future

The Trust continues to make exciting progress delivering on its key charitable objectives and throughout the organisation we are building on those 58 years of experience. When I’m out and about in Essex speaking to stakeholders, it’s very apparent that the Trust has a reputation for really delivering on our ambitions, with the upmost integrity and total commitment.

It’s a tough time to be a charity, with that does not prevent us from leading “I want us to be ambitious intense competition for memberships by example, or challenging the status and innovative in our and an ever decreasing pot of funds. quo, as and when we believe it is right Despite this, the Trust continues to to do so. thinking and where punch above its weight in a large and possible, for the Trust to I want us to be ambitious and varied county, where there are multiple be proactive, as opposed challenges, linked to complex socio- innovative in our thinking and where economic drivers. possible, for the Trust to be proactive, to reactive. as opposed to reactive. With so many As much as I’d love to proclaim that species and habitats to protect, the “we’ve pretty much got wildlife challenge will undoubtedly be to covered”, the issues that we face are prioritise our efforts, because we far too big for just one organisation to obviously want to invest our resources tackle. More than ever before in our where they are going to deliver the history, we are reliant upon strong greatest impact for conservation. partnerships to deliver meaningful With sound strategic planning and Andrew Impey, CEO and lasting impact. Therefore, in all strong financial management, I have aspects of our work going forward, no doubts that we can continue we will look to leverage upon the skills to achieve great things for wildlife and experience of others. However, conservation in Essex.

Thank you for your support People are at the heart of everything that the Trust does and none more so than our team of amazing, dedicated volunteers. You donate your valuable time, energy and knowledge, week in, week out and in all weathers. It’s no exaggeration to say that without you, we would only achieve a small fraction of what we do for wildlife across the county. We are incredibly grateful to every single one of you and we thank you for your enduring support.

All smiles: catering volunteers and staff ready to welcome customers to our Skylark Tearoom, in Abberton Reservoir Visitor Centre.

Carol Durrell

6 Essex Wildlife Trust | Annual Review 2017 Corporate Members Important funders and gifts

2plan Wealth Management Daniel Robinson & Sons Ltd PNP Trees The Finishing Line Ltd A.R. Adams (Funeral Directors) Ltd Dataware Consultancy Centre Ltd Intu Lakeside Ltd Port Flair Ltd The Hawthorns Avery Legacies Abbott Fasteners Ltd Davis Construction Ltd Islandbridge Properties Ltd Port of London Ltd The Landscape Centre Ltd Activ8 Creative Timber Ltd J B Russell Engineers Ltd Power Hygiene & Safety The Garden Centre Ltd As a consequence of legacies, Essex ACL Essex Deborah Luff CeMap, MBA J H Palmer Products Ltd The Printing Place Ltd Acorn ARB & Forestry Mortgage & protection Adviser J W Steele & Sons Ltd PR Bates Services The Royals Shopping Centre Wildlife Trust is able to carry out very Actual Health & Safety dementia adventure Jackie Spurr Consulting Ltd Premier Print & Promotions Ltd The Safe House Adam & Greenwood Funeral Dengie Crops Ltd Janice Googh Heritage Consultancy Premier Sailing Ltd The Social Accelerators Limited special work. In 2017 the legacies we Home LLP DeVines Accountants Limited Javalin Network Services Ltd Prestige Conjuring The Trop Shop Adhesive Technical Services Diamond Press Ltd JKS Group Ltd Priority Support Services Ltd Therapy Life Centre received totalled £746,000. The Trust is AdValue Marketing Ltd Direct Solutions John S Dunne Ltd Procam Agriculture Ltd Thomsons enormously grateful to the following for Affinity Water Ltd Doddinghurst Building Services John Hoole Consulting Ltd Promotions Team UK Ltd Tim Moya Associates AG Fabrications Ltd Down Hall Country House Hotel John O’Donnell Ltd Push Energy Limited Timber Tec their extremely generous gifts. Alchemize Ltd Downwell Group John Ray Infant School Q.A.W. Associates TJ Evers Ltd Alexandra Anthony Ltd DST Jovic Plant Ltd Qinetiq TP’s Car Clinic Alm Training Services Dugard Properties Ltd JPS Tool & Access Hire Ltd Quadrant Security Services Land & Marine Ltd Trait Design Ltd Alton Garden Centre Dunton Park Kaizen Consultancy ltd R Gwinnell & Sons Transscape • Mr Christopher • Mrs Iris Patricia Sugg Andraste Ltd (Tax Consultancy) E T Brown & Son Kelly Turkeys Rawley Plant Ltd Tree Fella Limited Andrew Klecha Tree-surgeon Earthworks Ken Rush Associates Ltd William Huggins Rayleigh Business Club Tropical Wings Andy Rose Photography Eastern Counties Pest Control Kevin James Ltd • Miss Maureen Rayleigh Town Council Tube Tech International Ltd Anglia Ruskin University Eastwood Tile Warehouse Kieran Lucas Contractors Ltd Raytel Group Ltd Twister Solutions Ltd • Mr Frederick Joan Butt Anglian Water Services Ltd Edmund Carr Killer Instinct Pest Control Rayvac Airtemp Ltd TWO Services Ltd Animal Health Co Ltd Effective Business Network Kirby’s Coaches (Rayleigh) Ltd Raymond Trevett Red Cell Ltd UK Power Networks (Operations) Ltd Ansell & Sons eGenie Kiss Chase Creations • Mrs Georgina Relish Universal Image Systems Ltd AR Maintenance Ellisons KS Timber Ltd Revive Digital Media Vanitorials • Mr John James Elizabeth Shelley Ash Associates Elm Horticulture Limited L Holmes Dental Laboratory Reynolds Industrial Cleaning Ltd Vaughan & Blyth Group Ashby & Croft Ltd Elm House Veterinary Centre Langdon Hills Golf Club Ltd Shephard RHS Garden Hyde Hall Ventam Systems Ltd Ashwyk Ltd Endeavour Drilling Ltd Lathcoats Farm Shop • Mr Frank William Richard Palmer Toastmaster Veolia Environmental Services Assisi Veterinary Group Envirocheck (UK) Ltd Laurie Wood Associates Ltd (UK) Plc Rickard Luckin • Mrs June Anne Harford White Associate Enterprises Limited EOL IT Services Ltd Leggatt Bell Viisana Rimplas T/A Assent EPC-Group UK Leisure Hire VIRIDIS Urban & Rural Cundale Riverside Nursery & Garden Centre Aston Scott Ltd Essex & Suffolk Insurance Brokers Lemon Fencing Ltd Vital 2 Perform • Mr William Howard Riverside Veterinary Group Audley Mills Surgery Essex & Suffolk Water PLC LG Networks VRCC RL Solutions • Miss Enid Dorothy Lake Hughes Averkey Locksmiths Ltd Essex Arboriculture Ltd Liz Lake Associates W & H Marriage & Sons Ltd Roalco Ltd Ayers & Cruiks Essex Auto Group Local Business Domination Waldegraves Farm Ltd Gertrude Kerr Robin Greatorex Wines B & IM Barnes Essex Chambers of Commerce London Borough of Havering Water Lane Architects • Mr Thomas Frank Robyn Graham B.E.E. Pest Control Essex County Council London Southend Airport Co Ltd Wavedata District Council • Mr Barrie Clampin Austin Wiseman Bakers of Danbury Ltd Essex Digital Copiers Lorryweld We Work Well Rochford Hundred Golf Club Barclays Bank Plc Essex Mechanical Services Town Council Webuseful Solutions Ltd Rochford Veterinary Surgery Basepoint Essex Oak Frame Ltd Lucy & Co Whirledge & Nott • Sir John • Mr John Hugh Culley Rohan Borough Council Essex Reclamation Ltd Lyreco Whittles Romstor Ltd Anthony Swire Basildon Timber Merchants Ltd Essex Security Services Ltd M & G Group PLC Wickham Engineering Rose of Ltd • Mrs Beryl Battlesbridge Antiques Centre Estuary Housing Association Ltd M D M Timber Ltd Wilkin & Sons Ltd Roy Clarke (Potatoes) Ltd Benchmark Landscape Ltd European Refrigeration Ltd M Lucking & Sons (Funeral Directors) Wilkins Kennedy LLP • Mrs Aline Nicholls Daphne Adams Ruark Audio Ltd Bennetts Funeral Directors Express Environmental Solutions Ltd Council Wire Free Protection Ltd RW & JR Burroughs BGA Architects F H Ives Ltd Maldon Golf Club Town Council S Carter & Son Birkett Long LLP F P Guiver & Sons Ltd Maldon Marine Ltd Wood & Disney Ltd S G Shields (Benfleet) Ltd Birketts LLP Fanpac Ltd Maplewood Carpentry Ltd Water Ski Club S P Bardwell Ltd Essex Wildlife Trust would not have Bizphit FASTSIGNS Marill Business Services Woodhouse Engineering S Stibbards & Sons Ltd Blackburn & Co Ltd Fearnwood Products Marks Hall Estate Wormell Plant been able to deliver and achieve so S T Manufacturing Ltd Bland Landscapes Ltd Fen Farm Caravan Park Site Marmi Ltd Wortley Byers LLP S Walsh & Sons Ltd Blatella Films Ltd Fenn Wright Martyn Lewis Chartered Writtle University College much this year without substantial Blitz Builders Ltd First Floor Design Accountants Safety Assured Ltd Blue 47 Firstead Properties Ltd Martyn Pattie Architects & Santry Davis contributions from a number of Bolton Farms Fisco Tools Ltd Designers Sarah Green’s Organics Council Flowline Ltd Meakins Ltd Scooter Store Funders important key supporters. The Trust Brand Identity Mercedes-Benz Scott Wallis Seeds Ltd Fluid Business Group Essex Wildlife Trust is Breary & Berryman Merit Promotional Clothing Ltd Sealife Adventure wishes to thank and acknowledge Forum of Private Business extremely grateful for the Brents of Brentwood Ltd Messrs. Tilbrook’s Solicitor Secret Hamper Frank Howard Tools & Fixings grants which have been the incredibly generous contributions Brett Aggregates Ltd Franklin Group Metro Ltd Secure Haven Ltd Brewster Motors Essex Ltd Metrow Foods Ltd Secure IT Services Ltd received during 2017 from Full Power Utilities Ltd the following funders: these funders have made to enable Bright & Sons fuud ltd MHA MacIntyre Hudson Seekay Horticultural Supplies Brightest Fuels Ltd Gables Cars MHS Radiators Shadowfax Technology conservation benefits to be delivered Brown & Brand Garden Designs & Landscapes Michael Clark Designs Sharp Business Systems UK Plc Anglian Water Brown & Carroll (London) Limited Gardenature Ltd Millane Contract Services Ltd Sheridan Accountancy Services Ltd The Banister Charitable Trust throughout the county. Burnt Mills Tyres Gardens of Peace Muslim Cemetery Mirror Door Systems Ltd Shipman Security Systems ltd Biffa Award C H Lindsey & Son Ltd Gee Group Ltd Monthind Clean LLP Sibbons Plant Hire Coastal Communities Fund C. J. Bardwell Ltd Gemini Office Solutions Ltd Morley Riches & Ablewhite Silver City Estates Ltd City Bridge Trust c2c rail limited George Yard Shopping Centre M-Power Hypnotherapy Simmons Printers Cory Environmental Cadman Construction Ltd Gill Scaffolding Ltd Mullis & Peake LLP Skin Deep Maldon Coryton Energy Company Ltd Calor Gas GIS Spatial Mapping M-Viron SLR Wealth Services Limited DEFRA Capel Court PLC Globalnet IT Innovations Ltd MWS Smith & O’Sullivan Ltd East of Coop Borough Council Glorcroft Ltd Myomancy Ltd t/a Wiltshire Solar Green Ltd Environment Agency Farm Foods Cater Right Goodmove Moving & Storage Ltd Sootys Sweep Service Essex Community Foundation MyWebhero Ltd CBAC Services Ltd Goody Burrett LLP South Essex Homes Essex County Council Navigator Terminals Thames Ltd CC Leisure Parks Ltd Gower Bros Ltd South Essex Insurance Brokers Frinton and Walton Town Council NC Appliance Repairs Ltd CEME Limited Grape Passions Ltd Southend Timber Intergen Neil Smith FCCA Channels Golf Club Ltd Grass Roof Company Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Linley Wightman Shaw Foundation New Holland Agriculture Chelmer Marquees Ltd Grays Office Supplies Spains Hall Estate London Borough of Havering Chelmsford City Council Nicholls Law (Fraud and Cyber M&G Greetings of Highlands Risk Division) Spring Lodge Veterinary Hospital Chigboro’ Fisheries Natural England Gripdeck Ltd North Benfleet Hall Fishery Square Halo Cipher Crystal Ltd National Heritage Lottery Fund Ground Control North Essex Signs Ltd Squibb Group Ltd City & Country Northumbrian Water Guardian Display Ltd Oak View Landscapes Ltd St Cedds School Clacton-on-Sea Golf Club Northwick Trust Guardian Industrial Doors Office Needs (Essex) Ltd St Georges Pest Control Ltd Claridon Group Ltd Olympus Keymed H Tisbury & Son Old park Meadow Natural Burial Stallion Accountancy Services Cleancare International H W Wilson ltd Ground Stansted Airport Ltd Sanofi Clifford Brown & Grimsey Insurance Hairways (Hair & Beauty) Ltd Olympus KeyMed Stanton Hope Ltd SITA Environmental Trust Brokers Ltd Haven Authority One to One Personnel ltd Stillwater Management Tarmac CNG Business Advice T/A Smart Stourgarden Ltd Tesco Bags of Help Support Healthy Life Essex CIC Organisation for Responsible Businesses (ORB) Ltd Strix Editions Thames Water Coachstop Henderson & Redfearn Ltd Osea Leisure Park Stubbers Adventure Centre The Headley Trust Coda Systems Ltd Henderson & Taylor (PW) Ltd Othona Community Summerdale Veterinary Surgery The Wildflower Society Colchester Borough Council High Chelmer Shopping Centre P & P Maintenance Services SVC Group UKPN Collier & Catchpole Ltd Hill & Abbott Page Creative Swallow Aquatic Veolia North Thames Trust Colne Stoves & Fireplaces Ltd Hiscox (Colchester) Palmers Solicitors Swan Housing Association Veolia Maintenance Trust Combat Academy Chelmsford Hi-Tec Europe Ltd Paul J King Funeral Directors Swisher WREN Communications Software Hoppings Softwood Products PLC Payeasy Ltd SX Storage Constable VAT Consultancy LLP HSQE Ltd Peak Security Systems Ltd Sync Creative Corrilan IT Consultancy Hugh Pearl Land Drainage Ltd This list is not exhaustive. Hall Farms Systematics International Ltd Countryside Properties Hunter & Sons Tree Services Essex Wildlife Trust is PEMXQ, The Energy Architects Talis Projects Ltd Curo Support Services Hygiene Contracts Ltd very grateful to all its Perrywood Garden Centre Tamdown Group Curtis Assemble & Test Limited I Am Emily Design & Marketing generous funders. Pest Defence Ltd Tarmac D & A Media Ltd I D Corcoran Building Contractors Ltd PGM Carpentry Contractors Teledyne e2v D F Clark Contracts Ltd Ian Brown General Insurance Brokers Ltd PJR Communications Ltd Council D H Industries Ltd Ian Wallinhurst Kar Co. Ltd Platt Rushton Thames Card Technology Ltd D J & Mrs M Hull IDC Greenscapes Ltd PLS Tax Solutions Thames Loose Leaf Ltd D J Fisher (Farms) Ltd Image ON Plummer Electrical Engineering Thames Water Utilities Ltd D K Moriarty Ltd Immervox Ltd PMB Electrical Supplies Ltd The CME Personnel Consultancy Danbury Fencing Ltd Impamark PMR Solutions Limited Dancing Giraffe Infotec Consulting PMV ESSEX Ltd The Croll Group Daniel Bridge Photography The Essex Pass

Essex Wildlife Trust | Annual Review 2017 7 Financial Summary EWT year ended 31 December 2017

Trustee’s Statement 2017 2016 2017 2016

These are the summarised Incoming Resources £000’s £000’s Summary Balance Sheet £000’s £000’s accounts. If you would like to view the full audited accounts in more Membership Income 1,305 1,204 Tangible & Intangible Assets 13,192 13,226 detail, please go to www.essexwt. Grants & Donations 74 7 1,101 Long Term Investments 11,154 10,238 org.uk or request a copy from Legacies 74 6 1,111 Stocks 441 402 Essex Wildlife Trust, Abbotts Hall Farm, , Primary Purpose 592 667 Debtors 1,719 1,667 Education 473 457 Short Term Investments & Colchester, Essex CO5 7RZ. 2,596 2,490 cash at bank and in hand Conservation 611 507 The annual accounts have been Creditors < 1 yr (604) (615) audited by Kingston Smith LLP Fundraising 125 378 Creditors > 1 yr (448) (470) and received an unqualified Trading Companies Income 2,636 2,179 opinion. They were approved by Total Net Assets 28,050 26,938 Investment Income 452 361 Trustees on 19 June 2018 and Designated Funds 4,158 2,254 will be submitted to the Charity Other 8 7 General Funds 4,761 5,900 Commission and the Registrar Total Incoming Resources 7,695 7,972 of Companies. Unrestricted Funds 8,919 8,154 Resources Expended Restricted Funds 16,336 16,119 The Trustees are working to Reserves & Conservation 2,103 2,150 progressively reduce the level of Endowment Funds 2,795 2,665 People & Wildlife 220 237 free reserves to approximately 28,050 26,938 3 months of establishment costs, Visitor Centres Costs 1,945 1,948 non-funded staff costs and the EWT Trading Companies Costs 2,047 1,793 obligations to those parties that Precious pollinator: A Buff-tailed Bumblebee. support us with unrestricted grants. Fundraising Events inc Education 427 400 The current level of free reserves Voluntary Income Costs 561 578 equates to approximately Investment Costs 11 12 5.7 months’ running costs. Total Resources Expended 7,314 7, 11 8

Keeley Hazelhurst, Net Gains on Investment 731 641 Honorary Treasurer Net Incoming Resources 1,112 1,495

Funds Brought Forward 26,938 25,443

Funds Carried Forward 28,050 26,938

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION

Essex Wildlife Trust Abbotts Hall Farm Great Wigborough Colchester CO5 7RZ

E: [email protected] As a charity, Essex Wildlife Trust manages www.essexwt.org.uk 8,400 acres of land across the county, including precious, threatened saltmarsh, Registered Charity No. 210065 such as here at Lion Creek in south Essex. This Company Registered No. 638666 image, by Dave Watts, was a category winner VAT Registered No. 945 7459 77 in our Photography Competition 2017. www.essexwt.org.uk