Eight years of relentless campaigning have turned Middlewick Ranges from a doomed development site into a wildlife sanctuary

Middlewick Ranges in Colchester considered to be of national importance for nightingales and acid grassland

Middlewick Ranges in Colchester is a haven for nature and people in an increasingly congested city. Shockingly, despite being the largest remaining intact…

Our position statement on Middlewick Ranges.

Middlewick Ranges is home to:

A mass emergence of waxcap mushrooms on Middlewick Ranges helps provide further and unequivocal evidence of the site’s national importance, meeting the criteria for SSSI designation on this genus alon...

Enraged locals have slammed a local council for earmarking a rare acid grassland for 1,000 homes, branding it the 'annihilation of entire species and habitats'.

Middlewick Ranges is home to:

They are considering legal action if a decision is made to build 1,000 homes at a wildlife haven.

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A coalition of Buglife, Butterfly Conservation, Colchester Natural History Society, CPRE Essex, Essex Field Club, Essex Wildlife Trust, the Friends of Middlewick and RSPB to secure Middlewick's future