Southern marsh orchid
This is probably the most widespread and commonest of the marsh orchids.
This is probably the most widespread and commonest of the marsh orchids.
A beautiful pond with developing reed bed, fen and carr, adjoining woodland.
Niamh loves to feed the birds, so makes natural feeders out of pinecones and berries, to help them through the winter. She’ll tie this to a branch so that the birds can feast from it safely.
The marsh hair moss is the largest moss in the UK. Look out for it in damp woodland and on boggy heathlands where it forms large, green and spikey 'cushions'.
Brecon Wildlife Watch Group will be discovering what lives below the water surface of a pond at BBNP visitor Centre, Libanus, LD3 8ER.
Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts.
The Brecknock nature reserves, Ystradfawr and Cae Lynden near Ystradgynlais, are reknown sites for Marsh Fritillary butterflies. The management of these sites focuses on supporting the habitat…
This beautiful butterfly is one of our rarest, now mostly restricted to the western parts of the UK.
Europe's largest frog is not naturally found in the UK, but was introduced to Kent and has spread throughout the southeast.
The large, golden flowers of Marsh-marigold look like the cups of kings, hence its other name: 'Kingcup'. It favours damp spots, like ponds, meadows, marshes, ditches and wet woodlands…
Water figwort is a tall plant of riverbanks, pond margins, damp meadows and wet woodlands. Its maroon flowers are pollinated by the Common wasp.
Found in ponds and marshes, the fragile look of the Common water-measurer belies its fierce nature. A predator of small insects, it uses the vibrations of the water's surface to locate its…