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Hedgehogs are disappearing - can you help them?

Your donation today will help create and protect the habitats that rural hedgehogs rely on. Support practical conservation and vital research this Christmas. Donate Read more

Help save the nation's hedgehogs

Read more We’re training volunteers to survey water vole sites, improve water vole habitats and help the water voles that still live in our waterways. 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

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 Take part

Survey your hedgerows for free management advice

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 Tell us about your wild neighbours and help us build a picture of the wildlife on our doorstep.

Survey your hedgerows for free management advice

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

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

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

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 Black headed spider monkey SanderMeertinsPhotography Shutterstock 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 A water vole swimming by David Edwards 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. 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 Tweedmill Kneeler - PTES Shop Golden Langur Monkey Anuradha Marwah Shutterstock -People's Trust for Endangered Species

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.

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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Help hedgehogs thrive again

Help hedgehogs thrive again
Hedgehogs are disappearing from our countryside. Can you help?
Hedgehogs are declining, especially in rural areas. Thanks to donations, we’re expanding our hedgehog work. Help us make a difference to hedgehogs in the countryside.
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Meet the interns

Meet the interns
We fund the very best organisations and researchers through our grant programmes, unearthing evidence that makes conservation action possible. Our internships offer the brightest future UK-based conservationists the chance to get started.
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Action for wildlife

Go WILD for hedgehogs

Go WILD for hedgehogs
Wild areas are becoming increasingly scarce but you can help struggling wildlife by taking action at home. Take part in Hedgehog Street's new campaign to help hedgehogs.
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Latest news from PTES

Dormouse data submission guidance 

As we move into the new year, it’s once again time to submit your dormouse survey data. There are several different reporting routes, depending on the type of work you’ve carried out, so we’ve put together the guidance …

Bridges of success: helping rare primates cross safely and reconnect their forest homes 

Thanks to your support, PTES is funding pioneering work in India to save two of the world’s rarest primates: golden langurs and western hoolock gibbons. Roads and deforestation have fragmented …

Small mammal footprint project is on track

A special thank you to Wildwood Kent and Jazz Woollard for contributing this article. In August, we announced a new project at Wildwood Kent that is improving how small mammals …

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