The Wildlife of Barnard Castle - June 2020
Take a virtual tour of the wildlife around Barnard Castle.
Take a virtual tour of the wildlife around Barnard Castle.
This brightly coloured and easily recognizable fish is one of three gurnard species found in UK seas. Collectively, gurnards are known as sea robins.
This small, white heron is an increasingly common sight in parts of the UK as it spreads north from continental Europe.
Brush through a wildflower meadow at the height of summer and you'll hear the tiny seeds of yellow-rattle rattling in their brown pods, hence its name.
The mistle thrush likely got its name from its love of mistletoe - it will defend a berry-laden tree with extreme ferocity! It is larger and paler than the similar song thrush, standing upright…
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The black-and-white barnacle goose flies here for the 'warmer' winter from Greenland and Svalbard. This epic journey was once a mystery to people, who thought it hatched from the goose…
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Goose barnacles often wash up on our shores attached to flotsam after big storms.
Barnacles are so common on our rocky shores that you've probably never really noticed them. They're the little grey bumps covering the rocks that hurt your feet when you're…