Narcissus bulb fly
With ginger hairs, dark banding and a cream tail, the narcissus bulb fly looks like a bumble bee, but is harmless to us. This mimicry helps to protect it from predators while it searches for…
With ginger hairs, dark banding and a cream tail, the narcissus bulb fly looks like a bumble bee, but is harmless to us. This mimicry helps to protect it from predators while it searches for…
This huge gull can be seen around most of the UK's coasts in summer, with some venturing inland in winter.
This small, round sea urchin is (unsurprisingly!) green in colour and can be found on rocky shores around the UK.
These large seals can often be seen bobbing in the sea or lying on beaches waiting for their food to go down.
This slim fish is usually found on gravelly parts of the seabed, close to shore, but can turn up in rockpools.
When Andrew gets away from his desk, he likes to escape to the Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve. From bramble bashing to bonfire building and clearing ponds, he’s always learning new ways to…
These are the atmospheric oak woods of the Celtic upland fringes, where the mild, moist oceanic climate allows luxurious mats of mosses to carpet the rocky ground and creep up gnarled trunks,…
The Wildlife Trusts say ambitious nature recovery should be focus at COP26
Almost a fifth of Wales’ most important sites for wildlife on the Gwent Levels, an irreplaceable wetland landscape, could be under threat if all the large-scale solar developments being planned go…
Our only venomous snake, the shy adder can be spotted basking in the sunshine in woodland glades and on heathlands.