Ponds help Dragonfly Detectives crack the case
Garden ponds prove fruitful for London Wildlife Trust’s citizen science survey of dragonflies and damselflies
Garden ponds prove fruitful for London Wildlife Trust’s citizen science survey of dragonflies and damselflies
The emperor dragonfly is an impressively large and colourful dragonfly of ponds, lakes, canals and flooded gravel pits. It flies between June and August and even eats its prey on the wing.
The UK's smallest hawker, the Hairy dragonfly is mostly black in colour, but has a distinctively hairy thorax. It can be found in grazing marshes and flooded gravel pits, and along canals…
A voracious predator that will even eat other dragonflies, the golden-ringed dragonfly is the UK's longest species. It can be found around acidic streams in moorland and heathland habitats.…
Downlands Partnership's volunteer Emma Pooley takes us through the trials, tribulations and joys of springtime lambing with their flock of native sheep.
Fireworks can be an exciting part of cold autumn nights in early November. This year in lockdown record numbers of fireworks are being bought as public celebrations are cancelled. However,…
Sighting highlights success of project to expand butterfly habitats at Hutchinson’s Bank
Walthamstow Wetlands has welcomed summer with a flurry of wildlife activity and visitors. During these testing times where covid-19 has affected every corner of the globe, Walthamstow Wetlands has…
Today a family of five beavers have been reintroduced to a site in West London after a 400-year absence. 'Bringing Beavers Back to Ealing' is a Rewild London Fund project, delivered in…