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Look – a boatman! Keira’s delight in learning about unusual creatures is even more special when she can find them herself.
Invasive Species
Priority Species
Wildlife Week - Nocturnal Nature Discovery
Join our specialists learning more about Alderney’s nocturnal denizens. Help set up a moth trap, observe the island’s blonde hedgehogs using a thermal imaging camera, and listen to bats…
Warty venus
This bumpy shell lives up to its name and lives partly buried in the seabed along the west coast of Great Britain.
Find a Species
Discover more about our amazing wildlife in the UK! Learn more about the plants and animals on your doorstep.
Discover bats
Autumn might mean the end of the breeding season for some but for bats it's just beginning
Woodland
Our woodlands are a key tool in the box when addressing climate change for their carbon storage potential, but are less well known for their potential to limit flooding events, with wet woodlands…
Water avens
Look for Water avens in damp habitats, such as riversides, wet woodlands and wet meadows. It has nodding, purple-and-orange flowers that hang on delicate, purple stems.
Wood avens
Look for wood avens along hedgerows and in woodlands. Its yellow flowers appear in spring and provide nectar for insects; later, they turn to red, hooked seedheads that can easily stick to a…
Sand eel
Sand eels are a hugely important part of our marine ecosystem. In fact, the fledgling success of our breeding seabirds entirely depends on them.