Wild liquorice
A sprawling plant, wild liquorice often has large, kinked stems. It favours woodland, scrub and grassland habitats on chalky soils - look for pea-like flowers and pods. This liquorice is not…
A sprawling plant, wild liquorice often has large, kinked stems. It favours woodland, scrub and grassland habitats on chalky soils - look for pea-like flowers and pods. This liquorice is not…
The rose chafer can be spotted on garden flowers, as well as in grassland, woodland edges and scrub.
The small copper lives up to its name in both colour and size! Look out for it from April onwards in dry, sunny habitats like heathland, downland and woodland. It can be spotted in gardens, too.…
Perhaps the first sign that spring is just around the corner is the snowdrop poking its way through the frosted soil of a woodland, churchyard or garden. From January, look for its famous nodding…
Listen out for the cat-like, 'kee-yaa' calls of the buzzard as it soars high over farmland and woodland. Once suffering from severe persecution and pesticide poisoning, it has made a…
Next time you pass a verdant cushion of moss carpeting the woodland floor, or creeping out between a couple of paving stones, stop and study this superhero of the natural world; often overlooked,…
Our most familiar fern, bracken can be found growing in dense stands on hillsides, moorland, heathland and in woodlands. It is very large and dies back in winter, turning the landscape orangey-…
As a Trainee Reserves officer at Rutland Water Nature Reserve, Dale is lucky enough that he can take his passion for wildlife to work with him, with a job that will set him up for a career in…
This beautiful beetle is fond of damp meadows and woodland rides, where it's often found on umbellifers or thistles.
Our only venomous snake, the shy adder can be spotted basking in the sunshine in woodland glades and on heathlands.
A mixed woodland bursting with wildlife
Rare summer visitors, honey buzzards breed in open woodland where they feed on the nests and larvae of bees and wasps.