Bringing back butterflies with Lakeland
Wildlife Trust Officer, Rebecca Killa, tells us how Lakeland's #WILDFundraiser is supporting our work to restore Marsh fritillary habitat in South Wales.
Wildlife Trust Officer, Rebecca Killa, tells us how Lakeland's #WILDFundraiser is supporting our work to restore Marsh fritillary habitat in South Wales.
The large, golden flowers of Marsh-marigold look like the cups of kings, hence its other name: 'Kingcup'. It favours damp spots, like ponds, meadows, marshes, ditches and wet woodlands…
Discover more about the UK's amazing natural habitats and the wildlife that live there. From peat bogs and caves, to woodlands and meadows!
The orange ladybird is pale orange with up to 16 cream spots on its wing cases. It feeds on mildew on trees like sycamore and ash, and hibernates in the leaf litter. It often turns up in moth…
It’s easy to see where these butterflies get their name – the males have bright orange tips on their wings! See them from early spring through to summer in meadows, woodland and hedges.
This birch-loving moth can be seen flying on sunny days in early spring.
We face an urgent nature and climate crisis. The situation is dire, with more than one in ten species in England on the brink of extinction and the UK amongst the most nature-depleted countries in…
A key species in the story of conservation, the avocet represents an amazing recovery of a bird once extinct in the UK. This pied bird, with its distinctive upturned bill, can now be seen on…