How to attract moths and bats to your garden
Plant flowers that release their scent in the evening to attract moths and, ultimately, bats looking for an insect-meal into your garden.
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Chwilio
Make a small mammal tunnel
Capture footprints with this tunnel!
Butterfly mask
Print it off, colour it in and create your own butterfly mask.
Yorkshire-fog
The soft, downy look of Yorkshire-fog makes it an attractive plant, even if it is considered a weed of cultivated land! It is also attractive to the caterpillars of the Small Skipper butterfly as…
Burnet companion
This day-flying moth is found on flowery meadows, often in the company of other moths and butterflies.
Create a butterfly print
Make a beautiful butterfly print with your paints.
Garden butterfly spotter
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Grow a butterfly garden
Provide for bees and butterflies all year round by planting shrubs and plants that flower at different times.
Make a model butterfly
Bring your favourite butterfly to life!
Winter moth
One of the few moths that fly in winter, often seen in car headlights.
Small-spotted catshark
Small-spotted catsharks used to be called lesser-spotted dogfish - which might be what you know them best as. It's the same shark, just a different name!