Over the summer, surveys revealed a new record for our Smallbrook Meadows nature reserve – the tiny Desmoulin’s whorl snail.

Field cow-wheat (Melampyrum arvense) is a striking plant, sending up bright purple sprays of flowers in the summer. Our Conservation Lead for the South, Caroline, describes this peculiar plant,…

Last summer as part of a wider butterfly bank project in the UK, we added 4 new E-shaped banks into the landscape at Coombe Bissett Down.