Nadder Island
This crescent-shaped wooded island in the River Nadder can be viewed from the river bank.
This crescent-shaped wooded island in the River Nadder can be viewed from the river bank.
Our only venomous snake, the shy adder can be spotted basking in the sunshine in woodland glades and on heathlands.
Part of a large woodland complex on the River Avon and Kennet & Avon Canal.
The adder's-tongue fern is so-named because the tall stalk that bears its spores is thought to resemble a snake's tongue. An indicator of ancient meadows, it can be found mainly in…
Common alder can be found along riversides, and in fens and wet woodlands. Its exposed roots provide shelter for fish, and its rounded leaves are food for aquatic insects.
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…
An uncommon tree of wet woodlands, riverbanks and heathlands, Alder buckthorn displays pale green flowers in spring, and red berries that turn purple in autumn.
This brown seaweed lives in the mid shore and looks a bit like bubble wrap with the distinctive air bladders that give it its name.