Appreciating slugs and snails
Aiming to challenge the negative perception surrounding slugs and snails in gardens, this year's Wild About Gardens initiative encourages gardeners to reconsider the role of these often-…
Aiming to challenge the negative perception surrounding slugs and snails in gardens, this year's Wild About Gardens initiative encourages gardeners to reconsider the role of these often-…
This shiny beetle is common in wooded areas throughout the UK. As the name suggests, it specialises in hunting snails.
Although, commonly referred to as a ‘sea snail,’ this species in fact belongs to the fish family!
The Brown-lipped snail comes in many colour forms, but usually has a brown band around the opening of its shell. It prefers damp spots in wide range of habitats, from gardens to grasslands, woods…
The White-lipped snail comes in different colour forms, but always has a white band around the opening of its shell. It prefers damp spots in wide range of habitats, from gardens to grasslands,…
The Land caddis is the only caddisfly in the UK to spend its entire time on land, with no stage in water. Look in oak leaf litter over winter to see the grainy cases of the larvae, in which they…
As well as our own nature reserves we have also been helping improve other sites for wildlife.
Protecting these important and vulnerable sites