Amazing Nature Identification Apps
Have you found yourself noticing nature more since being in lockdown? What birds are singing in the dawn chorus? Has a butterfly visited your garden you’ve not seen before? Is it a toad or a…
Have you found yourself noticing nature more since being in lockdown? What birds are singing in the dawn chorus? Has a butterfly visited your garden you’ve not seen before? Is it a toad or a…
The Government has agreed to authorise the use of the highly damaging neonicotinoid thiamethoxam for the treatment of sugar beet seed in 2021. Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust strongly oppose…
Funding for the Trust's pilot project, Wilder St Albans, has recently come to an end. Heidi Carruthers, the Trust's Engagement Manager, shares some of the truly inspiring stories of…
One of the only venomous fish to be found in British waters, the lesser weever fish is certainly one to watch out for!
The pincushion-like, lilac-blue flower heads of Devil's-bit scabious attract a wide variety of butterflies and bees. Look for this pretty plant in damp meadows and marshes, and on riverbanks…
A ferocious and fast predator, the Devil's coach horse beetle hunts invertebrates after dark in gardens and on grasslands. It is well-known for curling up its abdomen like the tail of a…
The appearance of semi-circular holes in the leaves of your garden plants is a sure sign that the patchwork leaf-cutter bee has been at work. It is one of a number of leaf-cutter bee species…
This vibrant green worm is arguably the most attractive worm found on the rocky shore!
'Emergency' authorisation to use a highly damaging neonicotinoid has today been approved by UK Government, despite nearly 15,000 people calling on them to choose better support for…
Living in the rocky uplands of mid Wales, Emma regularly walks her farm checking not only on the livestock but seeing the seasonal changes in the wildlife and landscape too. The upland habitats of…
Although you may be on the lookout for wildlife on our nature reserves, visit some of them at this time of year and you are likely to be met by significantly larger mammals in the form of grazing…