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Learning About Trees
Why should we care about insects?
87% of all plant species need animal pollination and most of this is delivered by insects. Around three-quarters of all crop types grown by humans need to be pollinated by insects. If we want to…
Things you can do about climate change
Things you can do about climate change
Hello Team Wilder: Meet the people behind Wild about Loddiswell
We are Wild About Loddiswell, a community group based in the village of Loddiswell, in the Avon Valley near Kingsbridge. Our watch words are: “Wildlife, Conservation, Sustainability, Community…
Why should we care about disappearing insects? by Professor Dave Goulson
Opinions are divided about insects. For some of us, insects are beautiful, fascinating, joyful creatures – their buzz or fluttering by a vital part of our spring and summer. Ecologists, farmers…
Little cuttlefish
This little cuttlefish really lives up to its name - it only reaches about 6cm long!
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.
Daddy longlegs
Flitting about the house in summer, the gangly, brown daddy longlegs is familiar to many of us. They are a valuable food source for many birds.
Nightingale
The melodious song of the nightingale is the most likely sign of this bird being about. Shy and secretive, it sings from dense scrub and woodland, day and night.
Dunnock
The shy dunnock can be seen hopping about under hedges as its other name, 'hedge sparrow', suggests. It inhabits gardens, woodlands, hedgerows and parks.