Middleton Nature Reserve
Explore a tranquil retreat home to weird, wonderful and truly special wildlife.
Explore a tranquil retreat home to weird, wonderful and truly special wildlife.
The Bay is a nature and wellbeing programme which offers people living in and around Morecambe Bay the opportunity to get outdoors, connect with nature, and take part in a range of wellbeing…
This nature reserve in Wilton is a wonderful example of the traditional chalk downland that was once widespread in Wiltshire.
The Bay is a nature and wellbeing programme which offers people living in and around Morecambe Bay the opportunity to get outdoors, connect with nature, and take part in a range of wellbeing…
Help people and nature by volunteering on The Bay’s community engagement events.
The bee orchid is a sneaky mimic - the flower’s velvety lip looks like a female bee. Males fly in to try to mate with it and end up pollinating the flower. Sadly, the right bee species doesn’t…
This unassuming orchid is easily overlooked. It is found patchily across the UK, but has been declining for decades.
The Early purple orchid is one of the first orchids to pop up in spring. Look for its pinkish-purple flowers from April, when bluebells still carpet our woodland floors. Its leaves are dark green…
The petals of the rare Lizard orchid's flowers form the head, legs and long tail of a lizard. They are greenish, with light pink spots and stripes, and smell strongly of goats! Spot this tall…
The pyramidal orchid lives up to its name - look for a bright pinky-purple, densely packed pyramid of flowers atop a green stem. It likes chalk grassland, sand dunes, roadside verges and quarries…
A short, but pretty plant of unimproved grasslands, the Green-winged orchid gets its name from the green veins in the 'hood' of its flowers. Look for it in May and June.
This is probably the most widespread and commonest of the marsh orchids.