Melancholy thistle
As its name suggests, the Melancholy thistle was once used to treat 'melancholia' (depression). Today, it can be found in upland hay meadows showing off its single, purple, thistle-like…
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
As its name suggests, the Melancholy thistle was once used to treat 'melancholia' (depression). Today, it can be found in upland hay meadows showing off its single, purple, thistle-like…
The pyramidal orchid lives up to its name - look for a bright pinky-purple, densely packed pyramid of flowers atop a green stem. It likes chalk grassland, sand dunes, roadside verges and quarries…
Our most familiar wild violet, the Common dog-violet can be spotted in a range of habitats from woodland to grassland, hedgerows to pastures. Its pansy-like, purple flowers appear from April to…
A common plant of disturbed ground like roadside verges and field edges, the spear thistle has purple, fluffy flower heads that appear in summer. Its flowers attract insects and its seeds feed…
Mae Ysgol Tir Morfa yn y Rhyl wedi bod yn cymryd rhan yn y prosiect am bron i ddwy flynedd nawr. Dyma gofnod hyfryd yr athrawes Sara Griffiths am eu blwyddyn gyntaf gyda ni, o’r profiadau maen nhw…
Considered a gardener’s best friend, hedgehogs will happily hoover up insects roaming in vegetable beds. Famously covered in spines, hedgehogs like to eat all sorts of bugs and crunchy beetles.…
Saw-wort gets its common name from the serrated, saw-like edges to its leaves. It is a plant of unimproved hay meadows and woodland edges, its purple, thistle-like flowers appearing over summer.…
Two communities working together to remove the invasive non-native species Japanese knotweed from the Afon Eitha.
Dyma ein diweddariad ar gyfer ein hymgyrch i helpu i achub Coed a Dolydd Leadbrook, Sir y Fflint. Mae'r prosiect priffyrdd 'Llwybr Coch' arfaethedig yn ffordd ddeuol 13km a fyddai…
Heddiw, mae’r Ymddiriedolaethau Natur, mewn cydweithrediad â WWF, RSPB a Scottish Association of Marine Science wedi lansio Y Prosiect Mapio Carbon Glas. Bydd hyn yn golygu mai’r DU fydd y cyntaf…