Chaffinch
The colourful and delightful chaffinch is a regular garden visitor across the UK. Look out for it hopping about on the ground under birdtables and hedges.
The colourful and delightful chaffinch is a regular garden visitor across the UK. Look out for it hopping about on the ground under birdtables and hedges.
The shy dunnock can be seen hopping about under hedges as its other name, 'hedge sparrow', suggests. It inhabits gardens, woodlands, hedgerows and parks.
The laughing 'yaffle' call of the green woodpecker can be heard in our woodlands, parks and gardens. Look out for it hopping about your lawn, searching for ants to eat.
This big, beautiful fungus is a common one that can often be spotted popping out of trees.
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Er ei fod braidd yn swil, mae’r mamal morol rhyfeddol yma i’w weld yn agos at y lan mewn dyfroedd bas. Os byddwch chi’n llwyddo i fynd yn agos ato, cofiwch wrando am y sŵn ‘pwffian’ uchel mae’n ei…
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As its name suggests, the shaggy inkcap, or 'lawyer's wig', has a woolly, scaly surface to its bell-shaped toadstools. It is very common and can be seen at the road side, in…
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