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Take part in the Great Stag Hunt

Spectacular stag beetles are in decline. You can help by letting us know when you see one. Take part Learn more Spectacular stag beetles are in decline. You can help by letting us know when you see one.

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Learn more Take part Survey a local riverbank, ditch or stream for water voles this spring between 15th April and 15th June. Find out more or register to take part. Learn more Take part Take part

The Great British Hedgerow Survey

Carry out an in-depth hedgerow assessment. Each survey generates detailed feedback on hedgerow health and provides unique management advice. Learn more Carry out an in-depth hedgerow assessment and receive detailed feedback on hedgerow health and management advice.

The Great British Hedgerow Survey

Learn more Take part Download the Healthy Hedgerows app today and with just a handful of questions, you'll receive instant management advice to grow your hedges. Learn more Take part

Help dormice return to the wild

Dormouse populations have been declining for the past century, as their woodland homes have slowly disappeared. Our dormouse releases are putting them back into the wild. Donate Read more Dormouse populations have been declining for the past century, as the woodland homes have slowly disappeared. Our dormouse releases are putting them back into the wild.

Help dormice return to the wild

Read more Dormouse populations have been declining for the past century, as the woodland homes have slowly disappeared. Our dormouse releases are putting them back into the wild. Learn more Take part

Ground-breaking research

We fund the very best conservation organisations, scientific researchers and wildlife experts out in the field through our various grants programmes. Take a look at the wildlife you're helping to save. Our research grants Donate We fund organisations, researchers and wildlife experts out in the field through our various grants programmes. Take a look at the wildlife you're helping to save.

Ground-breaking research

Our research grants Help us bring wildcats back from the brink with the UK’s first wildcat ‘breed to release’ programme. Learn more Take part

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Support our work by shopping with us. Choose from a range of homeware, cards and more. 100% of the profits go directly to help wildlife both in the UK an overseas. Shop online Donate Support our work by shopping with us. 100% of the profits go directly to help wildlife both in the UK an overseas.

Shop online Help us bring wildcats back from the brink with the UK’s first wildcat ‘breed to release’ programme. Learn more Take part

Our wildlife is disappearing

Almost two thirds of species in the UK have declined in the past 50 years. There’s nothing natural or inevitable about this. It can be stopped. And everyone can play a part. That’s why People’s Trust for Endangered Species exists. Donate Read more Almost two thirds of species in the UK have declined in the past 50 years. It can be stopped. And everyone can play a part.

Our wildlife is disappearing

Read more Donate Almost two thirds of species in the UK have declined in the past 50 years. There’s nothing natural or inevitable about this. It can be stopped. And everyone can play a part. That’s why People’s Trust for Endangered Species exists. Read more Donate Mark Bridger Shutterstock.com Hedegehog-highway-sign-PTES-buy-now-credit-Henry-Johnson Black headed spider monkey SanderMeertinsPhotography Shutterstock The Great British Hedgerow Survey PTES Mountain Hare credit Pete Walkden Wildlife-friendly-Garden-Kit-PTES-Appeal-Donate-today-to-receive-your-kit-ss Shop-header-banner-last-orders Common-Blue-butterfly---polyommatus-icarus-antb-Shutterstock Hazel dormouse By Zoë Helene Kindermann - darker Hedgerow and view of fields by Megan Gimber. Male stag beetle on a plant with purple flower in foreground Treating a giraffe Two male stag beetles. Photo by Ben Andrews Dormouse Miroslav Hlavko Shutterstock Wildcat (Credit Saving Wildcats) Harlequin starry night toad researchers - People's Trust for Endangered Species Farnsfield hedgehog. National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme. People's Trust for Endangered Species. Dormouse By Lorna Griffiths - People's Trust for Endangered Species Droma from Saving Wildcats. People's Trust for Endangered Species Hedgehog by Christopher Morgan. People's Trust for Endangered Species Sunda pangolin Shutterstock Ari Asp999 - People's Trust for Endangered Species Snow leopard, Nemegt Mountains, Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, South Gobi, November

Who we are

We’ve been standing up for wildlife for nearly 50 years. With the help of scientists, conservationists, landowners, and the general public, we’re working to protect our delicately balanced ecosystem by bringing our most threatened species back from the brink.

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Funded by our generous supporters, our grant programmes support the very best scientific researchers and wildlife experts out in the field. The evidence they unearth guides worldwide conservation. Browse the map below to discover the amazing wildlife we’re saving from extinction.

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Go nuts for dormice

Go nuts for dormice
Thanks to PTES supporters, we’re still going nuts for dormice
Dormice are a powerful indicator of healthy habitats. Where they survive, many other species thrive too. That’s why they are one of PTES’s key species — and why protecting them helps safeguard entire ecosystems. Find out what we’re doing and how you can help.
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Help us monitor mammals

Help us monitor mammals
You don't have to be an expert to take part in our survey Living With Mammals. Looking out for animals and changes in their habitats is fun, connects you with nature and the information you share gives us a real insight into how your local wildlife is doing.
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National Dormouse Conference 2026

National Dormouse Conference 2026
Join us at the 5th National Hazel Dormouse Conference taking place at Reading University on 14th November 2026. Aimed at all volunteers, ecological consultants, government organisations and NGOs. Book now!
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Latest news from PTES

Funding hedge work: prepare now for July Capital Grants

Applications for Capital Grants open soon If you’re a farmer or land manager planning hedgerow management work in England, now is the time to get organised. Applications for Capital Grants …

Changes in the stag beetle population of Great Britain

In 1997, stag beetles (more formally, greater or European stag beetles, Lucanus cervus) were made a ‘priority species’ in the then UK Biodiversity Action Plan. There was evidence to suggest …

Returning hazel dormice to Leicestershire: native species reintroduced in nationwide recovery programme

A new chapter for Leicestershire’s dormice There’s some exciting wildlife news from Bradgate Park this week as more than 40 hazel dormice have been released into one of the park’s …

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