Wanted! Alive.
Community Engagement Assistant, Oliver Davies, describes two specialists of chalk grassland habitat: bastard toadflax and down shieldbug; and how you can share your sightings of these species with…
Community Engagement Assistant, Oliver Davies, describes two specialists of chalk grassland habitat: bastard toadflax and down shieldbug; and how you can share your sightings of these species with…
Using waste material from our nature reserves to improve soil health.
One of the few moths that fly in winter, often seen in car headlights.
There are several species of spider that live in our wetlands, but the water spider is the only one that spends its life under the water. In its pond habitats, it looks silvery because of the air…
The water scorpion is not a true scorpion, but it certainly looks like one! An underwater predator, it uses its front pincer-like legs to catch its prey. Its tail actually acts as a kind of '…
The large, dark grey water shrew lives mostly in wetland habitats. It's a good swimmer that hunts for aquatic insects and burrows into the banks.
Water figwort is a tall plant of riverbanks, pond margins, damp meadows and wet woodlands. Its maroon flowers are pollinated by the Common wasp.
As its name suggests, Water dock likes damp places, such as the egdes of canals, ponds and rivers. It is a tall plant with large, greenish flower spikes.