‘Summer’s splendour’
Summer is here and with it lovely long hours of daylight to work, rest and play accompanied by nature’s soundtrack.
Summer is here and with it lovely long hours of daylight to work, rest and play accompanied by nature’s soundtrack.
For many of us, seeing the first Swallow is a sign that spring is here with warmer weather to follow and bright blue skies.
A summer visitor, the wheatear is a handsome chat, with black cheeks, white eyestripes, a blue back and a pale orange chest. Look for it on upland heaths and moors.
The Keeled skimmer is a dragonfly of heaths and commons with shallow pools. It has a skittish and weak flight, and is on the wing in summer and early autumn.
Here is an insight into what the Wild Health Project got up to during its first year. Scroll down for some of our 2022 Highlights!
The Black-tailed skimmer is a narrow-bodied dragonfly that can be seen flying low over the bare gravel and mud around flooded gravel pits and reservoirs. It is on the wing from May to August.
One of the most bizarre fish to find on the rocky shore, the clingfish appears an assortment of different animals stuck together!
Growing in tufts, Crested dog's-tail is a stiff-looking grass, with a tightly packed, rectangular flower spike. Look for it in lowland meadows and grasslands.
With its prominent, wavy crest, the great crested newt, also known as the 'warty newt', looks like a mini dinosaur! This protected species favours clean ponds during the breeding season…
The graceful great crested grebe is a familiar sight on our lakes and reservoirs, and is well-known for its elaborate courtship dance, during which it rises vertically out of the water and shakes…
Dyma gipolwg ar yr hyn wnaeth y Prosiect Iechyd Gwyllt yn ystod ei flwyddyn gyntaf. Sgroliwch i lawr i weld rhai o uchafbwyntiau 2022!
This striking duck was introduced to the UK and is now established as a breeding bird in England.