Twelve birds of Christmas
Discover some wonderful winter wildlife as part of 12 Days Wild
Discover some wonderful winter wildlife as part of 12 Days Wild
The Black darter is a black, narrow-bodied dragonfly that can be seen throughout summer and autumn. It is hovers around damp moors, heaths and bogs, darting out to surprise its prey.
In summer, the sedge warbler can be spotted singing from a reed or willow perch in wetlands across the UK. Males never sing the same song twice, adding new phrases to impress the females.
The small, brown Dartford warbler is most easily spotted when warbling its scratchy song from the top of a gorse stem. It lives on lowland heathland in the south of England, where it nests on the…
Did you know that there are coral reefs in the UK? UK seas are home to some amazing cold-water corals that form reefs on the seabed over 400m deep.
A member of the buttercup family, Common water-crowfoot displays white, buttercup-like flowers with yellow centres. It can form mats in ponds, ditches and streams during spring and summer.
Look out for the white, umbrella-like flower heads of lesser water-parsnip along the shallow margins of ditches, ponds, lakes and rivers. When crushed, it does, indeed, smell like parsnip!
This is a fully accessible event for families and people with reduced mobility on flat paths around Crwys Community Woodland, Three Crosses, Gower.
This charming little warbler is an increasingly common sight in autumn, when migrants pass through the UK.
With food, water and shelter scarce over the winter months, give your garden birds a treat with an edible Christmas wreath.