Glorious grasslands
A summer meadow is a beautiful sight, but there’s so much more to it than gently waving grass heads and fabulous flowers.
A summer meadow is a beautiful sight, but there’s so much more to it than gently waving grass heads and fabulous flowers.
This purply-brown seaweed is a common feature on our rocky shores and on our dinner plates.
This distinctive black and red bug is an increasingly common sight across much of Britain.
This beautiful beetle only arrived in the UK in 1960s but is now a common sight on garden herbs.
The thick topshell is a common sight on rocky shores in Wales and South West England.
Edible periwinkles are a common sight when rockpooling and can be found in huge numbers on the shore.
This distinctive moth is a common sight in gardens and around houses, where it's often attracted to lights.
This charming little warbler is an increasingly common sight in autumn, when migrants pass through the UK.
These beautiful, herb-rich meadows are at their best between late-May and mid-July (after which they are cut for hay, weather permitting). Later, after the haycut, pale fields with geometric…
This small, white heron is an increasingly common sight in parts of the UK as it spreads north from continental Europe.
This pretty, speckled moth is now a rare sight, found only in a few parts of southern England.
Lisa Morgan, Head of Islands and Living Seas, tells us about some of her favourite wildlife encounters in Skokholm Island!