Celebrities protecting canals for nature

Some famous faces have visited our towpaths to take a closer look at the wonderful mix of habitats they can provide for nature.

Megan McCubbin, Iolo Williams and Lucy Lapwing are all supporting our campaign.

Together, we can create and sustain vital habitats for wildlife, and make our 2,000 miles of waterways a wonderful, thriving corridor of life.

They're in. Are you?

Watch: Megan McCubbin takes to the towpath

Zoologist, conservationist and Springwatch presenter Megan McCubbin takes a look at some of the unique habitats found along our canals with our ecologist, Laura Mullholland.

Watch: Hear from Iolo

Watch this short video from Iolo Williams, naturalist and Springwatch presenter, as he talks about the important roles canals play in providing habitats for nature.

We’re losing a lot of our valuable wildlife habitat because of urbanisation, intensive forestry, agriculture and pollution. Our 200 year-old canals are becoming increasingly important for wildlife.

Iolo Williams

Watch: Lucy Lapwing visits her local canal

Naturalist, conservationist and influencer Lucy Lapwing visits her local canal alongside our ecologist Tom King, as together they discuss some of the key habitat areas that can be found along our waterways.

Get involved

Help nature recover on your doorstep through playing our Tap that Habitat game or by taking part in the our Spot that Habitat survey.

Play Tap that Habitat

An online game with some serious science behind it. Start tapping so we can start mapping

Spot that Habitat survey

Head down to your local canal and complete our survey. Show us places where waterway wildlife would want to make a home and enter our drifters prize draw to win an £800 canal boat holiday voucher

Heron stands on the towpath in front of a tunnel

Protect Canals for Nature

With so much of the nation's nature under threat, help our precious wildlife find the canal habitats they need. #ActNowForCanals today, so that together we can make our waterways a wonderful, thriving corridor of life.

Last Edited: 21 April 2022