Make a bug hotel
They may be small, but insects have a big part to play! Make them at home or school with this bug hotel.
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Chwilio
Bottle basking shark
Celebrate this marvellous marine mammal with this craft
Make nettle soup
Have you tried it before?
Marine
This is an amazing and little known world with corals, seahorses, whales, dolphins, seals and sharks!
Bug spotter
Can you spot any of these bugs? Try searching low-growing plants, bushes and trees.
Tortoise bug
A fairly large, variable shieldbug found in grassy areas across England and Wales.
Oak apple gall wasp
Living up to its name, the oak apple gall wasp produces growths, or 'galls', on oak twigs that look like little apples. Inside the gall, the larvae of the wasp feed on the host tissues,…
How to build a bug mansion
Build your own bug mansion and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden.
Cushion star
It's easy to see where this small starfish got its name, it really does look like a little star-shaped cushion. Keep an eye out under rocks next time you're rockpooling for this little…
Ringed plover
The ringed plover is a small wader that nests around the coast, flooded gravel pits and reservoirs. It is similar to the little ringed plover, but is a little larger, has an orange bill and legs,…
Yellow-browed warbler
This charming little warbler is an increasingly common sight in autumn, when migrants pass through the UK.
My jump leads
Ann and her husband nurture and cultivate specialist sphagnum mosses and vascular plants like bog cranberry for a community area of the moss: they’re kickstarting the vegetation growth on Little…