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Death's-head hawk-moth

This unmistakeable moth, famous for its skull-shaped marking, is a rare visitor to the UK.

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Long-tailed duck

This dainty seaduck is a winter visitor to our coasts, particularly in northern and eastern Scotland.

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Pectoral sandpiper

This wading bird is a rare visitor from North America, usually spotted in autumn.

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The Glasshouse Café Festive Menu 2024

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Tree pipit

This streaky brown bird is a summer visitor to Britain, favouring open woodlands in the north and west.

My Wild Life

My back-to-school

As a child growing up in Ghana, Patience never took an interest in what was going on in the garden. Now, she’s growing her own flowers and vegetables every week, both at the Centre for Wildlife…

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Blue-tailed damselfly

The blue-tailed damselfly does, indeed, have a blue tail. It is one of our most common species and frequents gardens - try digging a wildlife pond to attract dragonflies and damselflies.

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Mediterranean gull

Once a rare visitor to the UK, this striking gull is now found nesting here in large colonies.

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Water pipit

This streaky brown bird is a winter visitor, occasionally found walking around the muddy margins of marshes.

Habitat

Marine

There's another world waiting beneath the waves. Seals weave in and out of sunlit kelp forests, cuttlefish flash all the colours of the rainbow, starfish graze along the muddy seabed and…

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Bird cherry

The bird cherry can be found in wet woodlands and along streams in upland areas, in particular. Its fragrant blossom appears in April and is followed by bitter, black fruits - good for wildlife,…