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Living Landscapes
Great diving beetle
The Great diving beetle is a large and voracious predator of ponds and slow-moving waterways. Blackish-green in colour, it can be spotted coming to the surface to replenish the air supply it…
Identifying diving ducks
30 Days Wild - Day Twenty-five - Go dung diving!
Amazing things can be found in cow pats...
Living with spiders
Every autumn, headlines warn about spiders invading our homes. But what’s the real story with our eight-legged neighbours?
Biting stonecrop
Also known as 'Goldmoss' due to its dense, low-growing nature and yellow flowers, Biting stonecrop can be seen on well-drained ground like sand dunes, shingle, grasslands, walls and…
Tawny mining bee
The Tawny mining bee is a furry, gingery bee that can often be seen in parks and gardens during the springtime. Look for a volcano-like mound of earth in the lawn that marks the entrance to its…
Forest Schools and Living in the Landscape
Our Team are inspiring children to think about the ‘tiny creatures of the big hills’.
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The Living Soundscape - taking time to listen
There can be a joy to being able to identify species by their sound, but Communities and Wildlife Manager Rebekah extols the virtues of just listening, too, and letting the natural soundscape wash…
Ashy mining bee
This black and grey solitary bee takes to the wing in spring, when it can be seen buzzing around burrows in open ground.