Make your New Year’s Resolution to act for nature
The new year signals new beginnings, a time for self-improvement and for setting new challenges in the form of New Year’s resolutions. In 2023, why not give something back? By making a few small,…
The new year signals new beginnings, a time for self-improvement and for setting new challenges in the form of New Year’s resolutions. In 2023, why not give something back? By making a few small,…
As the name suggests, this large shieldbug is often found on gorse bushes.
This shiny beetle is common in wooded areas throughout the UK. As the name suggests, it specialises in hunting snails.
As the name suggests, this beautiful brown butterfly is most common in Scotland, though it can also be seen in northern England.
As its name suggests, Sea spurge is found at the coast. It is an attractive plant that displays cup-shaped, greeny-yellow flowers and fleshy, grey-green leaves.
As its name suggests, Meadowsweet is a sweet-smelling flower of damp meadows, ditches and riverbanks. Look for frothy clusters of cream flowers on tall stems.
As its name suggests, Wood spurge is found in woodlands. It is an attractive evergreen that displays cup-shaped, green flowers in clusters and dark green leaves.
As the name suggests, the male blackcap has a black cap, while the female has a gingery one. Look for this distinctive warbler in woodland, parks and gardens.
The Small heath is the smallest of our brown butterflies and has a fluttering flight. It favours heathlands, as its name suggests, as well as other sunny habitats.
As its name suggests, Water dock likes damp places, such as the egdes of canals, ponds and rivers. It is a tall plant with large, greenish flower spikes.
As its name suggests, creeping bent runs along the ground before it bends and grows upright. It is a common grass of arable land, waste ground and grasslands.
The shy dunnock can be seen hopping about under hedges as its other name, 'hedge sparrow', suggests. It inhabits gardens, woodlands, hedgerows and parks.