Common puffball
This common fungus puffs out clouds of spores when it's mature.
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
This common fungus puffs out clouds of spores when it's mature.
The oak bush-cricket is arboreal and can be found in mature trees in woods, hedges, parks and gardens in summer. Males don't have a 'song' as such, but drum on leaves with their…
The whooper swan is a very rare breeding bird in the UK, but has much larger populations that spend winter here after a long journey from Iceland. It has more yellow on its yellow-and-black bill…
A common thistle of roadside verges, rough grassland and waste ground, the Musk thistle has large, purple, nodding flower heads that appear in summer. It is attractive to a wide range of insects…
The Wildlife Trusts manage 2,300 nature reserves, protecting incredible wild places including peat bogs, mountains and ancient woodlands. Explore your local nature reserve today!
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Albie has had a love of nature from a young age. He first started getting out in nature as a Scout. He became a Scout leader and outward bound instructor, mostly working as a volunteer youth…