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Black and yellow longhorn beetle

The Brilliance of Beetles

Beetles are amazing - read for yourself why you should make space for them in your garden!

King's Meads Nature Reserve

Celebrating wetlands – where land meets water

We may be a ‘wet’ nation, but wetlands – wildlife-rich, carbon-capturing oases – are in shorter supply than you might think. Wetlands have largely been removed from our landscape, and this loss is…

Dormouse hibernating

The Big Sleep

​​​​​​​When the nights are long and temperatures low, we sometimes wish we could just snuggle up under the blankets and sleep through winter until the spring sun wakes us up again. For some…

Old Park Wood Nature Reserve

Wanted: dead and alive

Join us this Halloween and venture into the woods in search of the dead…this journey sounds scarier than it is, as we are on the lookout for deadwood.

Snowdrops

Spring has sprung

After a dreary winter, pops of colour begin to appear in parks and gardens up and down the county. Soon after, the tentative sound of birdsong builds to a dramatic symphony of voices that…

Common toad

A long walk home

As we celebrate Valentine’s Day by showering our loved ones with cards and gifts, in the wild parts of our county other animals will be thinking about love too...

Fieldfare on frosty trees

12 Days of Wild Christmas

'Tis the season we love to hunker down and avoid the cold, but there's so much to discover! So wrap up warm and enjoy 12 ways to connect with nature this winter.

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