Nature Diary No. 6 late May 2020 Peter and Sylvia Woodhead page 2
Wildlife and wild flowers seen on local walks.
Wildlife and wild flowers seen on local walks.
The Wildlife Trusts welcome new legislation and call for sensible beaver management guidance
The Wildlife Trusts have provided this guidance for the public regarding avian influenza (bird flu)
We're delighted that Allonby Bay is among the degraded ocean areas that have been chosen for new gold standard of marine protection
The grey seal colony at South Walney Nature Reserve is growing, with several pups being born here each year since 2015.
However, young seals and their mothers are incredibly vulnerable to…
Once widespread, this attractive plant has declined as a result of modern agricultural practices and is now only found in four sites in South East England.
Large scale drainage in the UK has seen a massive reduction in the range of this sensitive aquatic plant which now only occurs in around 50 sites in England.
Bladder campion is so-called for the bladder-like bulge that sites just behind the five-petalled flower - this is actually the fused sepals. Look for it on grasslands, farmland and along hedgerows…
The rare heath fritillary was on the brink of extinction in the 1970s, but conservation action turned its fortunes around. It is still confined to a small number of sites in the south of England,…
A true wildlife 'hotel', Honeysuckle is a climbing plant that caters for all kinds of wildlife: it provides nectar for insects, prey for bats, nest sites for birds and food for small…
The rare smooth snake can only be found at a few heathland sites in the UK. It looks a bit like an adder, but lacks the distinctive zig-zag pattern along its back.