Conservation charity Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust has launched a £280,000 fundraising campaign to protect the future of some of our best loved and familiar wildlife.

The trust is the leading voice for conservation in the area, with more than 23,500 members and over 1,100 active volunteers supporting its work.

As the charity launches its Wildlife in Crisis Appeal, Chloë Edwards, Director of Nature Recovery at Herts and Middlesex Trust, said: “We have the solutions and skills to reverse the devastating declines we are seeing and to restore nature.