Pink-footed goose
The pink-footed goose is a winter visitor to the UK, feeding on our wetland and farmland habitats. About 360,000 individuals spend the winter here, making it a really important destination for…
The pink-footed goose is a winter visitor to the UK, feeding on our wetland and farmland habitats. About 360,000 individuals spend the winter here, making it a really important destination for…
This fluffy moth is one of the few species that fly in winter.
The teal is a pretty, little dabbling duck, which can be easily spotted in winter on reservoirs, gravel pits, and flooded meadows. Watching flocks of this bird wheel through a winter sky is a true…
These wild, open landscapes stretch over large areas and are most often found in uplands. Although slow to awaken in spring, by late summer heathland can be an eye-catching purple haze of heather…
Yellow corydalis is a familiar 'weed' of gardens, walls and rocky places. It is a garden escapee in the UK, so is not a native plant. Try choosing natives for your garden to prevent…
Chamomile releases a beautiful, apple-like scent when crushed. For this reason, it was used in Elizabethan times as a plant for lawns and seats! Today, it is scarce in the wild, its grassland…
Give amphibians and reptiles a safe place to shelter through the cold of winter by building a hibernaculum
The stiff, spiky and upright leaves and brown flowers of Hard Rush are a familiar sight of wetlands, riversides, dune slacks and marshes across England and Wales.
This dainty seaduck is a winter visitor to our coasts, particularly in northern and eastern Scotland.
The greenshank breeds on the boggy moors and ancient peatlands of Scotland. But it can be spotted elsewhere in the UK as it passes through on migration - look around lakes, marshes and the coast…
Putting out a bit of food can help see mammals like hedgehogs through colder spells.
This unmistakable moth spends the winter as an adult, tucked away in a sheltered spot like a cave or outbuilding.