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We’ve been standing up for wildlife for over 40 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.

Where we work

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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Save our water voles

Save our water voles
Water voles are in a serious decline and nearly died out altogether in the 1990s.
Accidental and deliberate releases of American mink and the loss of healthy riverbanks led to a dramatic 90% decline in their population. Now they’re a rare sight, and still vulnerable to extinction. We’re training volunteers to survey water vole sites, improve water vole habitats and help the water voles that still live in our waterways.
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Look after your hedgerows

Look after your hedgerows
Farmers and land managers across the UK can record the condition of their hedgerows via PTES’ Healthy Hedgerows survey, which is now available as part of Land App and Land App Mobile thanks to new collaboration.
Healthy Hedgerows survey
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Traditional orchards need our help

Traditional orchards need our help
You can help play a vital role in finding and recording traditional orchards, vital wildlife havens, and help us protect them. Enjoy Apple Days throughout autumn too to show your support and keep these places alive.
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Latest news from PTES

Britain’s first National Hedgehog Conservation Strategy

A major step forward for hedgehog conservation The State of Britain’s Hedgehogs 2022 report, published by People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS), revealed that the UK’s hedgehogs have declined by between 30-75% in rural areas since 2000. We stepped into action to identify the key threats these hedgehogs are …

Bats, gnats, and stats

‘A common pipistrelle can eat over 3,000 tiny insects in a single night.’ It’s a stat that gets repeated a lot. It’s a common sight on summer evenings, a little after sunset, to see pipistrelles feeding overhead on small flies, midges and mosquitos. Pipistrelles are aerial hawkers, catching and eating their prey on the wing, …

PTES’ ‘Healthy Hedgerows’ survey now available on Land App Mobile

The value of healthy hedgerows Hedgerows have been at the heart of British farming for centuries. However, without the traditional lifecycle approach to management, their structural condition has been steadily declining. Last century, over half of our hedgerows were lost through incentivised removal; whilst recognition of their value has turned this around, it means those …

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We'd love to tell you about our conservation work through our regular newsletter Wildlife World, and also how you can save endangered species through volunteering, taking action or donating. You must be 18 or over. The information that you provide will be held by People’s Trust for Endangered Species. For information on how PTES processes personal data, please see our privacy policy.

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