Garden butterfly spotter
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Can you tick off any of these?
Long grass and flowers are great for insects and the animals that eat them!
Provide for bees and butterflies all year round by planting shrubs and plants that flower at different times.
Make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature.
The foxglove is a familiar, tall plant, with pink flower spikes and a deadly nature. In summer, it can be spotted in woodlands and gardens, and on moorlands, roadside verges and waste grounds.
The spiked shieldbug has fearsome shoulder projections or 'spikes' and a predatory nature. This brown bug feeds on caterpillars and other insects in woodlands and on heathlands.
A pale member of the violet family sometimes known as ‘milk violet’, the fen violet has a delicate and unassuming appearance. A real specialist of the wetland habitat, this species has seen a…
Michael manages Stanley Moss Nature Reserve; he loves the serenity of the area and the different wildlife that he can see. The area was once used for coal mining, and was drained and planted with…
This jewel like leaf beetle is an incredibly scarce species which is only found in wetland habitats.
Playing tig, hide-and-seek, splashing in muddy puddles, kicking through leaves and seeing what’s under that rock or in that tree – Emma and Ruby love heading to nature reserves at the weekend…