Devil's-bit scabious
The pincushion-like, lilac-blue flower heads of Devil's-bit scabious attract a wide variety of butterflies and bees. Look for this pretty plant in damp meadows and marshes, and on riverbanks…
The pincushion-like, lilac-blue flower heads of Devil's-bit scabious attract a wide variety of butterflies and bees. Look for this pretty plant in damp meadows and marshes, and on riverbanks…
A ferocious and fast predator, the Devil's coach horse beetle hunts invertebrates after dark in gardens and on grasslands. It is well-known for curling up its abdomen like the tail of a…
This smelly, strange looking fungus is also referred to as octopus stinkhorn or octopus fungus. Its eye-catching red tentacles splay out like a starfish.
Dr Andrew Bladon tells us about his innovative project to assess the impacts of climate change on butterfly species living on some of the Trusts most important reserves
Eight experimental butterfly banks were built at Totternhoe and Pegsdon nature reserves in Bedfordshire almost two years ago; a recent vegetation and butterfly survey at Totternhoe shows how the…
Join us as we take part in the Big Butterfly Count and make some butterfly themed crafts, including butterfly feeders!
It's been a bumpy couple of years but we've loved seeing people again!
The Greater butterfly-orchid is a tall orchid of hay meadows, grasslands and ancient woodlands. It has whitish-green flowers that have spreading petals and sepals - a bit like the wings of a…
A walk around Fermyn Woods primarily to see butterfly rarities such as Purple Emperor, Purple Hairstreak and even possibly White Admiral.