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Big channel islands beach clean
Getting ready for the 4th Big Channel Islands Beach Clean
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…
The 20th Inter-Island Environment Meeting proposes a coalition across Islands
With more than sixty delegates attending in person and a further thirty or more joining remotely this was one of the busiest meetings since the IIEM was founded at the turn of the new millennium…
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…
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The 6th Big Channel Islands Beach Clean is a great success
AWT and volunteers conducted the 6th Big Channel Islands Beach Clean at Clonque Bay, Platte Saline beach, Longis and Burhou on 10th and 11th March. The total trash collected weighed 66kg,…
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…
Giving hibernators a helping hand
Over the winter months there are lots of animals that seem to disappear, many of them hibernating or migrating to sunnier climes. What can you do to help our winter wildlife?
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.
Sandwich tern
Found around our coasts during the breeding season, the large Sandwich tern can be spotted diving into the sea for fish such as sandeels. It nests in colonies on sand and shingle beaches, and…
Puffin Cam now live from Burhou
Puffin Cam is rolling once again, with a new colony camera that tours the island of Burhou daily and gives viewers a glimpse into the lives of these charasmatic little birds