Make your own binoculars
Go wildlife detecting with your own binoculars!
Go wildlife detecting with your own binoculars!
Musk mallow has pretty pink flowers that can be seen along roadside verges, hedgerows and field margins in summer. It lives up to its name, producing a delicate, musky smell that increases indoors…
Plaster cast an animal footprint!
This distinctive bug is often seen basking on low-growing plants in spring and summer.
The rhinoceros beetle lives up to its name by sporting a distinctive 'horn' on the males' head. This glossy, blue-black beetle can be found in woods, parks and hedgerows, and…
So-named for its three bull-like horns, the Minotaur beetle is a large dung beetle found on grassland and heathland from the autumn. Adults drag dung back to their nests for their larvae to feed…
The metallic-green Musk beetle lives up to its name: it releases a musky-smelling secretion when it defends itself. It is a longhorn beetle, so has lengthy antennae. Look for it near wetlands in…
This beautiful beetle only arrived in the UK in 1960s but is now a common sight on garden herbs.
This jewel like leaf beetle is an incredibly scarce species which is only found in wetland habitats.
Get your garden buzzing all year round!
Our only venomous snake, the shy adder can be spotted basking in the sunshine in woodland glades and on heathlands.