Surviving winter, a water vole’s guide.
From choosing their territory wisely, to building up a food store, find out how water voles prepare for winter - by Emily Marshall
From choosing their territory wisely, to building up a food store, find out how water voles prepare for winter - by Emily Marshall
On Saturday, 21 January, some of our intrepid members braved the minus 4 degrees Celsius chill and ventured out early to Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve for our fully booked 'Winter Wading…
One of the few moths that fly in winter, often seen in car headlights.
Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique.
As the seasons change and the days grow colder, damper and darker, there’s still plenty of wildlife at the coast to brighten up a winter wander. In fact, now is a brilliant time to go birdwatching…
Some interesting and useful advice for anyone with a wildlife garden – or indeed anyone thinking about making their garden more wildlife friendly for the first time.
The Wildlife Trusts’ youth activism manager, Arran Wilson, draws on his background as a lecturer in zoology to explore what exactly hibernation is, and which animals rely on it to get through…
Shorter days and colder temperatures trigger changes - spring and summer migrant birds have flown with their young to warmer climates, mammals go to earth, and insects take shelter to await the…
Chicken of the woods is a sulphur-yellow bracket fungus of trees in woods, parks and gardens. It can often be found in tiered clusters on oak, but also likes beech, chestnut, cherry and even yew…
The brown, oval flower heads of ribwort plantain balance on top of thin, wiry stems; the resulting seed heads provide food for birds in winter. Look for this 'weed' in lawns, fields and…