Gardens for wildlife: a New Year's resolution
Last year, we relied on our outdoor spaces to help us cope with the many changes that were made to our normal lives. Our gardens became meeting grounds and offices, new places of calm or new…
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
Last year, we relied on our outdoor spaces to help us cope with the many changes that were made to our normal lives. Our gardens became meeting grounds and offices, new places of calm or new…
In the final of our series of blogs to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Cemlyn as a nature reserve we recall the wardens and volunteers who have played such an important role in protecting the…
Slabs of smooth grey rock, incised with deep fissures and patterned with swirling hollows and runnels sculpted by thousands of years of rainwater, form an unlikely wildlife habitat. Look a little…
We’re so grateful for all the help we get from our volunteers. Some have particular skills and like to root out and solve certain natural world puzzles. Ivor and Jane Rees have been providing…
This blog, by Henry Cook, Living Landscape Officer, is the first of a series of Living Landscapes blogs to be posted over the course of the year by the Living Landscape team. Here he writes about…
When he’s not studying at Cumbria University, Ian enjoys volunteering at Thacka Beck. As well as being great for wildlife, this wetland nature reserve helps protects Penrith from flooding when the…
The green spaces of our towns and gardens bring nature into our daily lives, brightening our mornings with birdsong and the busy buzzing of bees. Together, the UK's gardens are larger than…
Our Gors Maen Llwyd Nature Reserve, on the shores of Llyn Brenig, has some exciting new neighbours... a pair of ospreys have nested on a specially built platform in the lake and are the first…
Tall melilot was introduced into the UK as a fodder crop, but has now become naturalised. It displays golden, pea-like flowers on tall spikes, which are followed by black, hairy seed pods.
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 bird cherry can be found in wet woodlands and along streams in upland areas, in particular. Its fragrant blossom appears in April and is followed by bitter, black fruits - good for wildlife,…
In 2021, Emily and her partner took on an allotment. It is an amazing space that has allowed Emily to be more sustainable whilst reaping the well-being benefits of nature. Their next plan is to…