Primroses
15 April 2019
The pale lemon petals of the wild primrose are a welcome sign of the changing seasons.
Archive of: Charlotte Owen
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Rearing tadpoles
04 April 2019
Rearing tadpoles is relatively simple and endlessly fascinating, and can also give the local frog population a welcome boost by helping a few more tadpoles complete their perilous transformation into miniature frogs.
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Bee-fly
27 March 2019
Is it a bee? Is it a fly? Well, it’s a bee-fly!
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Wild daffodils
25 March 2019
Wild daffodils may be harder to find but they do still grow in a few remaining fragments of their former range
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Why did the toad cross the road?
14 March 2019
Toads are on the move as they return to their ancestral breeding ponds, ready to spawn.
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Ducking and diving
10 March 2019
Ducks are wearing their finest feathers at this time of year. This makes it a lot easier to tell who’s who, since the mostly-brown females are helpfully accompanied by their brightly coloured mates.
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Your frogspawn questions answered
26 February 2019
Every year WildCall gets lots phone calls from people worried about the frog spawn and tadpoles in their ponds. Here are the answers to the most frequent asked frog spawn questions.
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Hazel catkins
16 February 2019
Thousands of yellow hazel catkins are ripening in the winter sunshine is one of the signs that spring isn’t too far away
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Yew
10 February 2019
Sussex is home to one of the finest yew woodlands in Europe, at Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve just outside Chichester, where you can walk among some of the oldest living beings in Britain.
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Grey squirrel courtship
06 February 2019
It may be the middle of winter but grey squirrels are already looking for love.