Pink waxcap
This beautiful pink fungus appears in late summer and autumn.
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Learn about wildlife
For Week 3 of 30 Days Wild, we're 'Learning about wildlife'
Help wildlife at home
Let's get stuck into 30 Days Wild! The theme for Week 1 is 'Helping wildlife where you live'
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.
Help wildlife in the hot weather
Help wildlife in hot weather and lend a helping hand. Keep your watering stations topped up with water, and let some of your garden grow wild to provide shade for animals.
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.
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.…
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…
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!
How to make a hedge for wildlife
Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.
Goose barnacle
Goose barnacles often wash up on our shores attached to flotsam after big storms.