Summer
For wildlife watchers summer is when insect life is most abundant. It is the best time to get to know moths, dragonflies, crickets, grasshoppers, beetles and all our other amazing minibeasts!
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
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Summer spotter
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Rare wader detective
Have you spotted any of these rarer waders? Most are only seen in small numbers each year, so you'll need patience and a bit of luck to find them!
Summer woodland spotter
Can you tick off any of these?
Summer Flowers Spotter
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Summer wader spotter
Can you spot any of these waders this summer?
Summer night-time nature spotter
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
What makes the spit you see on leaves in summer?
What is that stuff?
Keeled skimmer
The keeled skimmer is a dragonfly of heaths and commons with shallow pools. It has a skittish and weak flight, and is on the wing in summer and early autumn.
Long-snouted seahorse
One of 2 seahorses found in UK seas, long snouted seahorses are recognisable by their longer snout and fleshy "mane".
Short-snouted seahorse
One of 2 seahorses found in UK seas, short snouted seahorses are recognisable by their shorter snout - surprisingly enough!
Seahorse colouring sheet
Weird but wonderful! Try colouring in your own seahorse.