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Species

7-spot ladybird

One of our most common ladybirds, the black-on-red markings of the 7-spot ladybird are very familiar. Ladybirds are a gardeners best friend as they eat insects that love to nibble on garden plants…

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Cellar spider

You've probably spotted this long-legged spider hiding in the corner of a house or building.

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Drone-fly

With brown-and-orange markings, the Drone-fly looks like a male Honeybee, but is harmless to us. This mimicry helps to protect it from predators while it searches for nectar in gardens and urban…

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Rosemary beetle

This beautiful beetle only arrived in the UK in 1960s but is now a common sight on garden herbs.

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Meadow crane's-bill

Meadow crane's-bill has striking violet flowers that pepper hay meadows, verges and grasslands with colour in summer. It is also a popular choice for gardeners and attracts a wide variety of…

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Rose chafer

The rose chafer can be spotted on garden flowers, as well as in grassland, woodland edges and scrub.

My Wild Life

My opening night

In the drama of the open spaces around her, Emily can play the role of a lifetime. She knows the wildlife of the nature reserve as intimately as Yorick knew Hamlet, and with an audience of birds,…

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Angle shades

The angle shades can be well-hidden among the leaf litter - its pinky-brown markings and scalloped wings giving it the perfect camouflage. It is on the wing in gardens, woods and hedgerows from…

Nature Reserve

Pen y Waun

The Pen y Waun nature reserve consists of two small fields situated on the edge of Waun-y-Mynach common. The fields were former garden plots for nearby cottages.

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Purple laver

This purply-brown seaweed is a common feature on our rocky shores and on our dinner plates.

Habitat

Atlantic oak wood

These are the atmospheric oak woods of the Celtic upland fringes, where the mild, moist oceanic climate allows luxurious mats of mosses to carpet the rocky ground and creep up gnarled trunks,…