Learn about wildlife
For Week 3 of 30 Days Wild, we're 'Learning about wildlife'
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
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Help wildlife at home
Let's get stuck into 30 Days Wild! The theme for Week 1 is 'Helping wildlife where you live'
How to provide water for wildlife
All animals need water to survive. By providing a water source in your garden, you can invite in a whole menagerie!
Pink waxcap
This beautiful pink fungus appears in late summer and autumn.
Move like wildlife
You’ve made it to week two of 30 Days Wild! Is that a halo glowing around your head? This week is all about getting outdoors and moving like wildlife.
Canada goose
The Canada goose is our most familiar goose, although it is not actually native to the UK. A common and bold bird, it can be found around most parks, lakes, reservoirs and gravel pits.
Hairy-footed flower bee
The hairy-footed flower bee can be seen in gardens and parks in spring and summer, visiting tubular flowers like red dead-nettle and comfrey. As its name suggests, it has long, orange hairs on its…
Deptford pink
The pretty Deptford pink is a very rare flower that is very vulnerable to the loss of our traditional grassland and farmland habitats. It can only be found in a few places in England and Wales.…
How to make a hedge for wildlife
Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.
Barnacle goose
The black-and-white barnacle goose flies here for the 'warmer' winter from Greenland and Svalbard. This epic journey was once a mystery to people, who thought it hatched from the goose…
Goose barnacle
Goose barnacles often wash up on our shores attached to flotsam after big storms.
How to help wildlife at school
Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more creative children.