A proud wildlife watcher
Dara shares his different way of looking at the world and a different way of ‘being’.
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Dara shares his different way of looking at the world and a different way of ‘being’.
Do you love wildlife? Would you like to learn how to draw the things you see? John tells you how to get started with your own nature diary, and shares some of the wildlife that he loves to draw.…
Can you spot any of these pond-dwelling minibeasts?
Meadow buttercup is a tall and stately buttercup, with buttery-yellow flowers that pepper meadows, pastures, gardens and parks with little drops of sunshine.
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Creeping buttercup is our most familiar buttercup - the buttery-yellow flowers are like little drops of sunshine peppering garden lawns, parks, woods and fields.
The bulbous buttercup has the familiar butter-yellow flowers of its namesake, but grows from a bulb-like 'corm' (a swollen underground stem). Look for it on chalk and limestone…
Look out for the small, yellow flowers of Celery-leaved buttercup in wet meadows and at the edges of ponds and ditches. It flowers from May to September.
Harness the power of nature!
Be a nature detective and see what animals and plants you can spot in the wild!
Turn natural objects into musical instruments.