Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Harness the power of nature!
Be a nature detective and see what animals and plants you can spot in the wild!
When he’s not studying at Cumbria University, Ian enjoys volunteering at Thacka Beck. As well as being great for wildlife, this wetland nature reserve helps protects Penrith from flooding when the…
Turn natural objects into musical instruments.
Bev is grateful to live down the road from Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, a 210ha wetland site which stores excess water from the River Torne during times of high
rainfall. This saved her…
Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat.
This remarkable creature shows nature’s fantastic complexity!
Unsurprisingly, the garden bumblebee can be found in the garden, buzzing around flowers like foxgloves, cowslips and red clover. It is quite a large, scruffy-looking bee, with a white tail. It…
Largely confined to the north of the UK, the rare pine marten is nocturnal and very hard to spot. Reintroductions are helping it make a comeback.
