Swollen-thighed beetle
This metallic green beetle can be seen visiting flowers on sunny days in spring and summer.
This metallic green beetle can be seen visiting flowers on sunny days in spring and summer.
Mae’n hawdd iawn methu’r glas y dorlan trawiadol heb fod yn wyliwr craff iawn! Mae’r aderyn hardd yma’n hawdd ei adnabod diolch i’w liwiau glas llachar a chopr metalig. Mae’n gwibio ar hyd glan yr…
Mae môr-gyllyll yn perthyn i ystifflogod ac octopysau – grŵp o folysgiaid sy’n cael eu hadnabod fel seffalopodau. Efallai eich bod chi wedi gweld y gragen fewnol sialcog, o’r enw asgwrn cyllell,…
This stunning hermit crab has only returned to our southern shores in recent years. Let us hope it stays for good this time!
In mild years, the spring-flowering primrose can appear as early as December. Look out for its pretty, creamy-yellow flowers in woodlands and grasslands.
Ffrwd farm mire is a wetland reserve in south Carmarthenshire. It is a lovely mix of fen, wet ditches, reed bed, and alder/ willow carr woodland. It is home to an abundance of wetland species…
The rare Slavonian grebe is an attractive diving bird with distinctive, golden ear tufts that give rise to its American name - 'horned grebe'.
The dazzling silver-studded blue is a rare butterfly of heathland habitats, mainly in southern England. It has undergone severe population declines in recent years.
Sea lettuce is unmistakeable - most often a bright green and always translucent, it is found on all UK coasts.
Mae noethdagellogion, sy’n cael eu hadnabod hefyd fel gwlithod môr, yn debyg iawn i’w perthnasau ar y tir a welwch chi yn eich gardd efallai. Ond, yn wahanol i wlithen yr ardd, mae’r noethdagellog…
A king among birds, the goldcrest displays a beautiful golden crown. Our smallest bird, it can be spotted in conifer woodlands and parks across the UK.
Gnarled veteran oaks are interspersed with groves of pale, elegant birches, while swathes of bracken and soft tussocks of wavy hair-grass cover ground from which autumn fungi sprout.…