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This large, fluffy-looking moth is on the wing in July and August, but you might spot a caterpillar at almost any time of year.
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
This large, fluffy-looking moth is on the wing in July and August, but you might spot a caterpillar at almost any time of year.
The green spaces of our towns and gardens bring nature into our daily lives, brightening our mornings with birdsong and the busy buzzing of bees. Together, the UK's gardens are larger than…
As the second biggest threat to biodiversity and extinction rates globally, invasive non-native species are a challenging problem. But together we can all make simple changes that can help stop…
Familiar as the bristly plant that easily hooks on to our clothing as we walk through the countryside or do the gardening, cleavers uses its hooks to help it climb and to disperse its seeds.
The disc-shaped leaves and straw-coloured flower spikes of Navelwort help to identify this plant. As does its habitat - look for it growing from crevices in rocks, walls and stony areas.
A bare foot wander on the beach leaves you feeling refreshed and at this time of year, having warmed up a little bit, the trek is not too arduous. Look around you. You may not realise it, but even…
Greater burdock is familiar to us as the sticky plant that children delight in, frequently throwing the burs at each other. It actually uses these hooked seed heads to help disperse its seeds.