Wildflower Detective

The Wildflower Detective's Handbook

Wildlife Watch and Miles Kelly Publishing proudly present their new, fantastic guide to help you identify more than 40 wildflower species found in the UK. Aimed at families and children, key information and photographs accompany beautifully detailed illustrations for every flower. Use the interactive boxes to write notes, sketch your finds and stick in your own photos. Place the stickers to chart your progress and record your finds here on the Wildlife Watch website.

You can read more about the book and buy it or any other Miles Kelly books at a 40% discount on RRP by visiting their website here.

Your wildflower checklist

Report your wildflower spottings by visiting each species page:

WHITE                                               RED & ORANGE

* Chamomile                                     * Marsh cinquefoil

* Meadowsweet                                * Pheasant's eye

* Oxeye daisy                                     * Poppy

* Water-plantain                                * Scarlet pimpernel

* Wood anemone                 

                                                           BLUE & PURPLE

GREEN                                             

                                                             * Bluebell

* Broad-leaved helleborine            * Brooklime

* Lords and ladies                           * Bugle

                                                             * Butterwort

PINK                                                    * Columbine

                                                             * Cornflower

* Bee orchid                                       * Devil's-bit scabious

* Cross-leaved heath                      * Harebell

* Deptford pink                                  * Marsh violet

* Foxglove                                          * Meadow crane's bill

* Great willowherb                           * Teasel

* Heather                                           * Tufted vetch

* Herb-Robert                                

* Indian balsam                              YELLOW

* Purple-loosestrife                        

* Red campion                                 * Cowslip

* Thrift                                                 * Flax-leaved St John's wort

                                                             * Lesser celandine

                                                             * Marsh marigold

                                                             * Primrose

                                                            * Silverweed

                                                            * Yellow iris

                                                            * Yellow rattle

Want to do even more wildflower detective work? Download Wildlife Watch's spring spotting sheet at the bottom of the page and check off the newly emerging flowers as you find them.

BECOME A WILDFLOWER DETECTIVE COMPETITION

In Wildlife Watch magazine's spring 2010 issue, we asked you to become a Wildflower Detective by sending us your photographs of wildflowers. The competition is still open so keep sending in your entries. We've got one more book to give away. Here are some of the lucky winners so far!

Ox-eye daisies by Logan Davis

We love the naturalistic look of your clump of daisies, Logan. We can almost smell them!

 Bluebells by Lucia Stoney (age 4)

This is a lovely woodland scene, Lucia. We hope you enjoy using your new digital camera and send in lots more of your snaps to us!

Daisies by Robbie Povey (age 6)

These striking white flowers stand out very well against the deep, green background. Very well framed, Robbie!

Lapwing by Josie Cathcart (age 7)

OK, we know this is not a wildflower. But Josie sent us such a nice letter with her coloured lapwing that we thought it deserved a prize. We know you wanted a wildflower book Josie, so well done!