Butterflies
Even common butterflies have lost out as hedges and field edges rich in wild flowers and grasses have gone under the plough. So what can we do to help?
Chwilio
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
Chwilio
My office
Gary is the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme (BEVS) Project Manager for Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. He is injecting badgers to protect them against bovine tuberculosis (bTB) to help curb the…
Whirligig beetle
Ever wondered what that little black dot whirling in circles on the top of the water of a pond is? Those are whirligig beetles! Often seen shooting across the water surface on the hunt for its…
A long-awaited arrival
Sarah Callon, Brenig Osprey Project Officer, brings us an exciting update from the shores of Llyn Brenig as the 2025 season begins!
Get boxing!
What are birds up to at this time of year, and how can we help?
Help a hedgehog
Download our FREE guide to find fascinating facts about hedgehogs, actions you can take and projects you can make which will really help this much-loved mammal survive and thrive in the wild.
A potential sting
The yellow-legged (formally Asian) hornet has officially been recorded in Wales for the first time.
I'm Charlie, an INNS Project Officer with the Wales Resilient Ecological Network (…
Our tree nurseries
Since 2020, our tree nurseries at Aberduna, near Mold, and Gwaith Powdwr, near Penrhyndeudraeth have, with help from a small team of staff and volunteers, grown from supplying our own projects to supplying customers.
River lamprey
The river lamprey is a primitive, jawless fish, with a round, sucker-mouth which it uses to attach to other fish to feed from them. Adults live in the sea and return to freshwater to spawn.
Graceful grasslands of a limestone landscape
Join Project Officer, Craig Wade, as he explores the fascinating limestone grasslands of Moel Hiraddug, known as Dyserth Mountain – an Iron Age hillfort, also a former quarry, and now forming rare…
Slavonian grebe
The rare Slavonian grebe is an attractive diving bird with distinctive, golden ear tufts that give rise to its American name - 'horned grebe'.
Thin tellin
Their empty, delicate pink or yellow shells can often be found washed up on beaches, but the animals themselves live buried in the sand all around the coasts of the UK.