Rose chafer
The rose chafer can be spotted on garden flowers, as well as in grassland, woodland edges and scrub.
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Noble chafer
The Noble chafer is a rare and beautiful metallic-green beetle that can be found in traditional orchards. It is on the wing over summer, feeding on umbellifers. The larvae live in the decaying…
Dry Stone Walling - Chafer Wood
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Would you like to get stuck into some outdoor conservation work?
Join us for a practical conservation task day of dry stone walling at Chafer Wood Nature Reserve.
How to manage a woodland for wildlife
An introduction to the basics of managing a woodland for wildlife
Chafer Wood Nature Reserve
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Enjoy an uplifting and invigorating walk through this idyllic broadleaved woodland and take in the breathtaking views across the Vale of Pickering.
Woodland
Woodlands are magical places, full of wildlife and full of history. Great spotted woodpeckers, nuthatches and jays flit between trees as butterflies dance in sunny glades. Badgers forage through…
Wildlife Live Webinar - Ancient Woodland in Suffolk
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Discover the latest updates to Suffolk's Ancient Woodland inventory, with Hannah Alred, biological records officer
Wood warbler
Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive, bright yellow throat and eyestripe.
How to make a woodland edge garden for wildlife
Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
Wet woodland
Wet woodlands in the UK can be wild, secretive places. Tangles of trailing creepers, tussocky sedges and lush tall-herbs conceal swampy pools and partially submerged fallen willow trunks, likely…
Balloo Woodland
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A stroll through this small but long-established woodland offers a pleasant retreat from the hustle and bustle of Bangor.
Ancient Woodland Indicators
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Learn to identify the multiple indicators of ancient woodland in this beautiful and diverse natural setting.