Goblin's gold
This dazzling moss grows in dark places, catching any faint light to glow a golden-green.
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
This dazzling moss grows in dark places, catching any faint light to glow a golden-green.
This scarce bush-cricket can be found on the boggy parts of heathlands.
I’m Libby, and I’m currently completing a research development internship in sustainable aquaculture (basically farming in water) at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban. In…
Whilst researching his family history, Vic found that many of his ancestors were connected to wild places as gamekeepers, shepherds, millers, gardeners or agricultural labourers. His lifelong love…
Sugar kelp is the crinkly belt like kelp that can often be found in deep rockpools on the lower shore or washed up on the beach after rough seas.
Throughout my internship, I am contributing to marine conservation by assisting with marine mammal research in Cardigan Bay, collecting data on marine mammals from land and boat-based surveys, and…
The silvery dace can be seen gathering in large shoals in lowland rivers and streams. It is a member of the carp family and looks very similar to the chub, but is smaller.
This beautiful butterfly is one of our rarest, now mostly restricted to the western parts of the UK.
This is a predominantly subtidal species but can be found on the lowest parts of a sheltered rocky shore in summer.
Sometimes called 'Marsh samphire', wild common glasswort is often gathered and eaten. It grows on saltmarshes and beaches, sometimes forming big, green, fleshy carpets.
Beautiful demoiselles are, well, beautiful! Often confused for a dragonfly, these giants of the damselfly world are hard to miss with their metallic blue and green colours.