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Female purple hairstreak highlighted by sunlight, perched on a green leaf

Monitoring Purple Hairstreak at Strawberry Hill

This summer, the butterfly recording team at Strawberry Hill in Bedfordshire monitored the population of Purple Hairstreak using a new method. This method was introduced by the UK Butterfly…

Singing wren sitting on branch in bloom.

Breeding birds top ten

Sian Williams, Senior Monitoring and Research Officer, provides a brief summary of the top ten breeding bird species recorded on our breeding bird transects over the last 10 years.

Surveying banks during extreme heat days

Banking on Butterflies – one year on

Matt Hayes, PhD student and Wildlife Trust BCN Trustee, gives an update on how this innovative project has fared in the year following the banks being built.

Blackbird with nest material, sparrowhawk, cuckoo and moorhen feeding chick

Bird surveys on nature reserves

Find out more about breeding bird surveys on Wildlife Trust nature reserves, what they can tell us, and how to get involved

Wildflowers in bloom at Blow's Downs

Mapping habitats on our nature reserves

Siân Williams, Senior Monitoring and Research Officer, reports on creating detailed digital maps of the habitats on our nature reserves, and how these maps are being used to tell us more not just…

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