Bank vole
The chestnut-brown bank vole is our smallest vole and can be found in hedgerows, woodlands, parks and gardens. It is ideal prey for owls, weasels and kestrels.
The chestnut-brown bank vole is our smallest vole and can be found in hedgerows, woodlands, parks and gardens. It is ideal prey for owls, weasels and kestrels.
Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies
Volunteer Jeni Bell tells us all about the new butterfly bank at Coombe Bissett Down Nature Reserve.
Charlotte Dacre, our Ancient Woodland Inventory Officer, shares her top four ancient woodland plants that you’ve likely never heard of…
A great walk with stunning views in the village of Wroughton.
With a population of 75 million, the field vole is one of the UK's most common mammals. Hidden among the vegetation of grassland, heathland and moorland, it is not as easily spotted as the…
The caterpillars of this fluffy white moth are best admired from a distance, as their hairs can irritate the skin.
Masters of disguise, this species exhibits one of the best examples of camouflage you will find on the seashore!
The dark-blue flowers of Common milkwort pepper our grasslands from May to September. It can also appear in pink and white forms.
Small-spotted catsharks used to be called lesser-spotted dogfish - which might be what you know them best as. It's the same shark, just a different name!
The marsh hair moss is the largest moss in the UK. Look out for it in damp woodland and on boggy heathlands where it forms large, green and spikey 'cushions'.
The turkeytail is a very colourful bracket fungus that grows throughout the year, but is at its best in the autumn. Its circular caps can be seen growing in tiers on trees and dead wood.