Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
This day-flying moth is found on flowery meadows, often in the company of other moths and butterflies.
Due to the devastating effects of Dutch elm disease in the 20th century, wych elm is rarely found as a large tree, but is more common as a shrub along hedgerows and streams, and in upland areas.…
A medium-sized diving duck, the goldeneye can mainly be spotted in winter when birds fly in from Northern Europe. Conservation efforts have helped small numbers of these birds to nest in Scotland…
Mae’n hawdd drysu’r gwyfynod du a choch hardd yma am löynnod byw yn aml! Mae eu lindys du a melyn yn olygfa gyffredin ar blanhigion llysiau’r gingroen. Mae lliwiau llachar y lindys yn rhybuddio…
As its name suggests, the smooth stems of soft rush are thinner and more flexible than those of hard rush. It forms tufts in wetland habitats like wet woodlands, marshes, ditches and grasslands.…
These distinctive beetles are often found around dead birds and small mammals.
Heathlands form some of the wildest landscapes in the lowlands, where agriculture and development jostle for space, containing and limiting natural processes. Once considered as waste land of…
Unlike many of its relatives, this shimmering shieldbug is a predator, feasting on caterpillars and a variety of other insects.
One of our largest soldier beetles, often found on flowers where they hunt other insects.
