Archive
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20 April 2020
Species of the day: Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Around ten percent of the UK’s bee species are represented by the widely recognised Bumblebees. One of the most widespread, and regular visitor of British gardens is the Buff-tailed Bumblebee
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20 April 2020
Behind the Lens with Roger Wilmshurst FRPS
We speak to Roger Wilmshurst, FRPS, about a lifetime of wildlife photography
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20 April 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Thirty-four
A scandal in suburbia. The, erm, ‘complicated’ sex life of the Dunnock.
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19 April 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Thirty-three
The results from today’s Bird race - all 349 of ‘em.
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19 April 2020
Species of the day: House Sparrow
In the latter part of the 1900s there’s little doubt the chirpy House Sparrow was one of Britain’s commonest resident birds. Unfortunately it has suffered a monumental population slump in recent years.
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18 April 2020
How to make Tie Dye flags
Make beautiful tie dye patterns using berries or natural dyes
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18 April 2020
Species of the day: Wood Anemone
The Wood Anemone is a beautiful species that may carpet a deciduous woodland in spring with its beaming star-shaped flowers
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18 April 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Thirty-two
Our third Back Garden Bird Race and a quick guide to swallows, swifts and martins.
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17 April 2020
Make A Bee Hotel
Here is a quick, simple, long-lasting and inexpensive way of creating a home for solitary bees. It took me 20 minutes and cost nothing.
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17 April 2020
Species of the day: Orange-tip
The Orange-tip really is the butterfly that most beautifully epitomises spring
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17 April 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Thirty-one
I find the antidote to the pandemic under my next door neighbour’s shed.
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16 April 2020
Species of the day: Common Lizard
The Common or Viviparous Lizard is one of just three native Lizard species. Along with the leg-less Slow-Worm it’s the other you’re most likely to see