A summer meadow is a beautiful sight, but there’s so much more to it than gently waving grass heads and fabulous flowers.

It's a water special this month as we focus on our freshwater and marine conservation projects. Read more about our June highlights.

Our coastal projects are in full force as the weather gets warmer. Find out what our Conservation Team have been working on this month.

Stag beetles (Lucanus cervus) are the UK’s largest beetle and a remarkable looking one at that.

The dry weather has finally broken and we have had some days of heavy rain at last.

The hot dry weather has continued through July

June has so far been a pretty dry month. The warm, sunny weather has brought out the butterflies, including Ringlet, a lovely dark colour butterfly with ring shaped patterns on the underside of…

August has turned a little wet, with some quite stormy days here at Abberton, this hasn’t put off the wildlife though.

The wildflower areas at Abberton are getting better and better through June with a lovely variety of species including Lady’s bedstraw, Wild carrot, Knapweed, Birdsfoot trefoil, Self-heal, and…