Come with us on a journey to a different world. Go and lie on your belly somewhere in long grass. Take your magnifying glass and look through its little window into a world of small things. Look carefully at the seedhead of a cock’s foot grass, at the petals of bird’s...
Did you know that 21 April is World Curlew Day! Isn’t there a day for everything? Why then does y gylfinir deserve a special ‘day’? As is frequently the case the standard Welsh term for curlew – y Gylfinir – describes Britain’s largest wading bird perfectly: gylfin =...
There are several things that mark the passing of time between winter and spring, and one of the obvious signs are our wild flowers. You see the primroses (though visible here and there since Christmas) opening a feast of flowers by the end of February, and on the...
To celebrate International Wetlands Day this month, we had a chance to highlight some very rare wildlife… the fen raft spider! Did you know that the Tennant Canal in Pant-y-Sais, Jersey Marine, is the Welsh home of the fen raft spider? A special unique spider that can...
We are looking forward to a varied programme of nature activities over the coming year, and here you can see what is happening this March!
Big Garden Birdwatch weekend has just been, and many of you will have spent your hour counting how many birds, and of which species, came to visit your gardens. I too had refilled the feeders with seeds a few days before and was sitting in my living room hide with...