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Mad about Moths; Batty about Butterflies
A delicate fold of colour gently skips its way across the garden. Your eyes try to follow it, but it has caught a breeze and is quickly carried away above the tree tops, never to be seen again.…
Getting Wild About Gardens
The buzz of a bee, the sweet scent of honeysuckle, these precious moments are not only a delight to experience in our gardens, they’re absolutely vital if we’re going to protect, restore and…
What is an ecological emergency, and what can I do about it?
Back in early February, which was incredibly just three months ago, we made an important announcement about nature in Bristol alongside Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees. In the announcement, an ‘…
We're buzzing about World Bee Day!
Did you know that bees provide us with every third mouthful of food we eat? Without bees, we would be unable to grow lots of our favourite foods, including tomatoes, blueberries, green beans and…
Things you can do about climate change
Learning about Winter Birds ID with Avon Wildlife Trust
“Robin”, “blue tit”, “crow” – those are the easy ones, but what happens when the children in our lives point at a brown-coloured duck and ask us, “what’s that one?”.
Little Cuttlefish
This little cuttlefish really lives up to its name - it only reaches about 5cm 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.