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Beautiful demoiselle
Beautiful demoiselle’s are, well, beautiful! Often confused for a dragonfly, these giants of the damselfly world are hard to miss with their metallic blue and green colours.
Beautiful Barn Owl
Barn Owls are such beautiful birds that just to glimpse one in car headlights is a thrill, a saintly soul whose fleeting flight of fancy instantaneously makes your world a wondrous place. All too…
Small is beautiful
Even the smallest of gardens can provide a rich habitat for wildlife. Zoe Kent explains more...
Creeping buttercup
Creeping buttercup is our most familiar buttercup - the buttery-yellow flowers are like little drops of sunshine peppering garden lawns, parks, woods and fields.
Creeping thistle
Despite being considered a 'weed' of cultivated ground, the seeds of the Creeping thistle provide an important food source for farmland birds, many of which are declining rapidly.
Creeping bent
As its name suggests, creeping bent runs along the ground before it bends and grows upright. It is a common grass of arable land, waste ground and grasslands.
Creeping jenny
Creeping jenny is a low-growing plant of wet grasslands, riverbanks, ponds and wet woods. It has cup-like, yellow flowers and is a popular choice for garden ponds.
Have you seen the ‘Blackwater Beast’?
A ‘Blackwater Beast’ has been spotted along the Essex coast with numerous sightings on 31 March.
A summer of butterfly seeking
Birdwatcher and nature enthusiast, Alan Last, added butterfly seeking to his summer agenda this year. Reporting over 1,500 individuals from June to September, Alan tells us about his experience…