About a quarter of our familiar birds herald spring when they arrive in the UK to nest and breed. But what happens when it is time for them to leave? By August the breeding season is ending, and…

Meadows in summer are rich and wild. Grasses punctuated with splashes of colour are growing fast in the long, light days. In turn bees, butterflies and other pollinators abound, feeding on nectar-…

If you’re out for a summer’s evening walk or drive, you may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a black and white creature scurrying across a lane or skirting the edge of a woodland, its stocky…

Five ways you can connect with the nature and green space around you this summer with your young nature-lovers.

This summer we’ve given school children the chance to have a close encounter with some intriguing wildlife which has kept them company in their classroom before being given a helping hand to the…

If you happen to find yourself in a woodland on a late summer day with striped sunlight in the glades, then you may be lucky enough to spot our largest native wasp species, the hornet.

The hornbeam gets its name from the strength of its timber - horn meaning hard, and beam being the old English word for tree.