Chalk and Cheese – and Glow-worms
Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits Nature Reserve offered a glimmering show of glow-worms at a recent ‘Chalk and Cheese’ event for corporate members
Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits Nature Reserve offered a glimmering show of glow-worms at a recent ‘Chalk and Cheese’ event for corporate members
Drone technology gives you the chance to see our nature reserves from a whole new angle
A WILDside project update from the Northamptonshire Biodiversity Records Centre
Date: 5 July; Time: 8pm; Location: the moon
It’s been over 10 years since the Luton-Dunstable Guided busway was built. In that time Wildlife Trust BCN staff and volunteers have been monitoring the slow worm populations that were moved from…
Use of a drone has enabled us to capture dramatic videos of our reserves
The glow-worm is not actually a worm, but a beetle. Males look like typical beetles, but the nightly glow of a female is unmistakeable - lighting up to attract a mate in the darkness of their…
We may be a ‘wet’ nation, but wetlands – wildlife-rich, carbon-capturing oases – are in shorter supply than you might think. Wetlands have largely been removed from our landscape, and this loss is…
Brian Eversham, Chief Exec of the Wildlife Trust BCN, outlines our stance on the Ox-Cam Arc, and sets out the principles by which this, and any other development, should abide if we are to solve…
A guided walk at East Pit to look for glow-worms
Horsehair worms are parasitic worms of the clade Nematoida alongside their sister taxa Nematoda, the roundworms. The most famous trait of certain species of horsehair worms is the ability to alter…
Ever spotted a honeycomb-like mound on the beach and wondered what it was? It's a reef built entirely by worms!