How to attract moths and bats to your garden
Plant flowers that release their scent in the evening to attract moths and, ultimately, bats looking for an insect-meal into your garden.
Chwilio
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
Chwilio
Lords-and-ladies
Look for the unusual flowers of lords-and-ladies in spring woodlands: a pale green sheath surrounds a spike of tiny, yellow flowers. This spike eventually forms a familiar, short stalk of striking…
Grey partridge
The grey partridge is an attractive bird that prefers the ground to pear trees! Found on farmland and grassland, it is under threat from loss of habitat.
Cock's-foot
Cock's-foot is a common, tussocky grass of grasslands, woodland rides and cultivated ground - its fluffy, pinky-beige flower heads are quite distinctive.
Pâl
Creadur bach doniol yn ei siaced ddu sgleiniog a’i fib gwyn glân. Mae’n hawdd iawn adnabod y pâl oddi wrth ei big llachar fel parot. Mae palod yn defnyddio eu pig lliwgar i ddenu cymar, a chredir…
Coed Trellyniau Nature Reserve
Spring flowers carpet the floor of this ancient woodland site; its shady canopy providing a peaceful refuge for both wildlife and people.
My basecamp
Den-building in the woods with his granddad makes Will feel like he is part of a survival game: nature is one big adventure, and he even uses a penknife to cut twigs to build with.
My experiment
Simon has been restoring Wild Meadows for three years. By planting trees, digging a lake and sowing meadows, he is showing how quickly wildlife like otters, badgers and tawny owls can return, and…
Annual meadow-grass
Annual meadow-grass is a coarse, vigorous grass that can be found on waste ground, bare grassland and in lawns. In some situations, it can be considered a weed.
Pisgah Quarry Nature Reserve
A charming pocket of woodland and limestone grassland with spectacular views over the Vale of Llangollen.
Rhiwledyn Nature Reserve
A spectacular slice of the Little Orme, with stunning sea views and wonderful grassland wildlife.
Bladder campion
Bladder campion is so-called for the bladder-like bulge that sites just behind the five-petalled flower - this is actually the fused sepals. Look for it on grasslands, farmland and along hedgerows…