Tawny mining bee
The Tawny mining bee is a furry, gingery bee that can often be seen in parks and gardens during the springtime. Look for a volcano-like mound of earth in the lawn that marks the entrance to its…
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
The Tawny mining bee is a furry, gingery bee that can often be seen in parks and gardens during the springtime. Look for a volcano-like mound of earth in the lawn that marks the entrance to its…
Our largest and most common bee-fly, the dark-edged bee-fly looks just like a bumblebee, and buzzes like one too! It feeds on flowers like primroses and violets in gardens, parks and woodlands.…
The elephant hawk-moth is a pretty, gold-and-pink moth that can be seen at dusk in gardens, parks, woods and grassy habitats. The caterpillars look like elephant's trunks and have eyespots to…
The greylag goose can be easily spotted around parks, gravel pits and river valleys, but these populations tend to be semi-tame, having been reintroduced. Truly wild populations can be found in…
Our most common hoverfly, the marmalade fly is orange with black bands across its body. It feeds on flowers like tansy, ragwort and cow parsley in gardens, hedgerows, parks and woodlands.
The bright yellow daffodils that adorn our roadsides and parks are likely to be garden varieties. Head to a woodland or damp meadow in North or South West England, or Wales, to see a true wild…
Mae rheolwr ymgyrchu gan ieuenctid yr Ymddiriedolaethau Natur, Arran Wilson, yn defnyddio ei gefndir fel darlithydd mewn sŵoleg i edrych ar beth yn union yw gaeafgysgu, a pha anifeiliaid sy’n…
Mae Ali Morse, ein Rheolwr Polisi Dŵr yn yr Ymddiriedolaethau Natur, yn edrych ar bwysigrwydd gwlybdiroedd, gan ganolbwyntio ar y manteision a ddaw yn eu sgil i ni, yn ogystal â bywyd gwyllt –…