My sofa
Alfie has bucket loads of energy and needs the freedom and space to burn it off. A visit to his local nature reserve, Siccaridge Wood, with his two younger brothers is the perfect place for this…
Chwilio
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
Chwilio
Schools and youth groups
If you are a school or youth group we would love to hear from you. We do school visits, wildlife gardens, teacher training, provide advice and guidance or welcome you to one of our 36 nature reserves.
Cemlyn Provides a Safe Haven
The Cemlyn tern colony is currently at record numbers - a really wild spectacle. With recent local media coverage about the desertion of the Skerries tern colony, and the question “where have all…
Primary school beaver education resource
The Welsh Beaver Project has partnered with Lafan Consulting to produce a new education toolkit all about beavers’Beavers in Wales’ for primary schools across Wales available as a free digital download.
Angle shades
The angle shades can be well-hidden among the leaf litter - its pinky-brown markings and scalloped wings giving it the perfect camouflage. It is on the wing in gardens, woods and hedgerows from…
Sicrhau Budd i Fywyd Gwyllt yn ystod y Cynhaeaf: Dathlu Partneriaeth Jordans gyda’r Ymddiriedolaethau Natur
Wrth i ffermwyr ddechrau eu dyddiau ymhell cyn y wawr yn ystod eu tymor prysuraf, rydyn ni eisiau dathlu ymroddiad a gwaith caled y tyfwyr ym Mhartneriaeth Fferm Jordans (JFP) – cydweithrediad…
Common tern
During the breeding season, the common tern can be seen around our coasts and also inland at gravel pits, reservoirs and lakes. It nests in noisy colonies and can be spotted plunge-diving for fish…
Goldeneye
A medium-sized diving duck, the goldeneye can mainly be spotted in winter when birds fly in from Northern Europe. Conservation efforts have helped small numbers of these birds to nest in Scotland…
Hedgerow
Hedgerows are one of our most easily encountered wildlife habitats, found lining roads, railways and footpaths, bordering fields and gardens and on the coast.
My bigger picture
Acclaimed underwater photographer Paul Naylor has been diving and capturing images of life in the waters around the British coast for years, with over 2,000 dives to his name. He knows the impact…
My wellbeing
My wild life started before I was old enough to walk, being regularly taken by my mother across the Epsom Downs to enjoy fresh air. Moving to rural Staffordshire aged 3, I was incredibly lucky to…
Cinnabar
These pretty black and red moths are often confused for butterflies! Their black and yellow caterpillars are a common sight on ragwort plants. The caterpillar’s bright colours warn predators not…