The 3rd March is World Wildlife Day.   The day is held annually, to celebrate plants and animals (wild ones) on the planet and recognise their roles and the contributions people make to conservation and our natural world.  

Like many awareness days, the theme changes every year and this year in 2025, #WWD2025 has a theme of Wildlife Conservation Finance:  Investing in People and Planet.

You can find out all about it from their website    

We can all make a difference to the natural world around us.   The theme of World Wildlife Day is looking at innovative ways to finance conservation but we can also do a lot at home at very low cost such as:

• feeding the birds
• doing a litter pick so that wildlife don't eat it
• planting bee and butterfly friendly plants in our gardens
• leaving piles of logs in a corner of the garden
• putting out water for wildlife
• spreading awareness of the good things happening for nature, appeals from wildlife charities (e.g. the Devon Wildlife Trust has an appeal for a beaver project at the moment) and donating if we can
• sponsor an acre e.g. with the World Land Trust as a gift for a wildlife lover
• follow the hashtag #WWD2020 on social media and get sharing!

These are just a few examples.   Whatever you do today, please do one thing for nature.  The natural world needs us all to protect and care for her like never before.  

Visit the World Wildlife Day's website here.