Oxeye daisy
Often growing in swathes along a roadside or field margin, the oxeye daisy is just as at home in traditional hay meadows. The large, white, daisy-like flowers are easy to identify.
Often growing in swathes along a roadside or field margin, the oxeye daisy is just as at home in traditional hay meadows. The large, white, daisy-like flowers are easy to identify.
This large green moth rests with its wings spread, so is sometimes mistaken for a butterfly.
Alex, My Wild Cardiff Officer, tells us about what the project has been up to this summer!
With black-and-yellow markings, the Hornet robberfly looks like its namesake, but is harmless to us. This mimicry helps to protect it from predators while it perches in the open, waiting for its…
Europe's largest frog is not naturally found in the UK, but was introduced to Kent and has spread throughout the southeast.
A fleshy herb of the wet margins of brooks, streams and ditches, Brooklime can be seen all year-round and provides shelter for tadpoles and sticklebacks.
The delicate, tube-like, violet-blue flowers of Skullcap bloom from June to September in damp places, such as marshes, fens, riverbanks and pond margins.
Sand eels are a hugely important part of our marine ecosystem. In fact, the fledgling success of our breeding seabirds entirely depends on them.
I am the new Community Organising Officer for Swansea with the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales and will be working on the Nextdoor Nature project.
I'm the new Community Organising Officer for Swansea with The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales and will be working on the Nextdoor Nature project.
At Carsington Water, Jack & Charlie can do anything. Build dens, play hide and seek and search for dragons on Stones Island.
The tops of Oarweed fronds can be spotted floating on low tides. Kelp beds are an important habitat, providing shelter for many other marine creatures.