Common butterwort
The carnivorous lifestyle of common butterwort makes this heathland plant a fascinating species. Its leaves excrete a sticky fluid that tempts unsuspecting insects to land and become its prey.
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
The carnivorous lifestyle of common butterwort makes this heathland plant a fascinating species. Its leaves excrete a sticky fluid that tempts unsuspecting insects to land and become its prey.
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies
Grow all sorts of vegetables and flowers up this cool wigwam!
A low-growing plant of sand dunes, heaths and grassy places, Common centaury is in bloom over summer. Look for clusters of pretty, pink, five-petalled flowers.