National Insect Week!
Every year over the last full week of June, the Royal Society of Entomology organise National Insect Week, an event to celebrate insects and all the important things they do for us and the planet…
Every year over the last full week of June, the Royal Society of Entomology organise National Insect Week, an event to celebrate insects and all the important things they do for us and the planet…
In a world where every week seems to bring a media story clamouring for our attention, it’s sometimes hard to work out what really matters. But the next ten days aren’t just important – they’ll…
In an ever-changing world, some things are timeless. The love we feel for trees is one of those things. As National Tree Week approaches, this is a great time of year to reflect on the importance…
Summer is a brilliant time of year to be outside. Long, warm evenings sat out on the downs with friends. The sound of calling gulls and the excited cheers over a game of spikeball. The smell of…
The Small heath is the smallest of our brown butterflies and has a fluttering flight. It favours heathlands, as its name suggests, as well as other sunny habitats.
The rare heath fritillary was on the brink of extinction in the 1970s, but conservation action turned its fortunes around. It is still confined to a small number of sites in the south of England,…
The Heath bumblebee is not only found on heathland, but also in gardens and parks. It nests in small colonies of less than 100 workers in all kinds of spots, such as old birds' nests, mossy…
The hustle and bustle of city life melts away when Kathryn visits Camley Street Natural Park. Without leaving central London, she can go from man-made soaring skyscrapers to an oasis-like…
Cross-leaved heath is a type of heather that likes bogs, heathland and moorland. It has distinctive pink, bell-shaped flowers that attract all kinds of nectar-loving insects.