Brecknock Nature Reserves Update August 2023
It's been a busy summer for our Brecknock team with lots of work on balsam and bracken!
It's been a busy summer for our Brecknock team with lots of work on balsam and bracken!
The aromatic fragrance of Large thyme can punctuate a summer walk over a chalk grassland. It is an evergreen that grows low to the ground, with erect spikes of tiny, lilac flowers appearing over…
Late summer is the best time to discover one of the UK’s chunkiest caterpillars, the elephant hawk-moth.
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The large, fluffy caterpillars of this moth are often seen in summer and early spring.
Once a month, Robert attends his local Wildlife Watch group in Nottinghamshire. He’s been going for over a year now and has made lots of new friends; most of all, though, he loves how much he has…
This distinctive bug is often seen basking on low-growing plants in spring and summer.
Bilberries appear in summer and early autumn and are often turned into jams, pies and sauces...
This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.
A summer meadow is a beautiful sight, but there’s so much more to it than gently waving grass heads and fabulous flowers.
Ancient broadleaved woodland with some scrub and a meadow. Part of the Nant Whitton Woods SSSI.