Join the annual orchid count at Aston Clinton Ragpits - Sunday 9 June
Come and help warden Phil Townsend count the orchids at this jewel of a nature reserve, famed for its display of these fascinating flowers.
Come and help warden Phil Townsend count the orchids at this jewel of a nature reserve, famed for its display of these fascinating flowers.
A wonderful wildlife experience of chalkland flowers including greater butterfly-orchids and thousands of fragrant orchids.
Join warden Phil Townsend to explore this spectacular reserve with its impressive orchid display and other wildlife treasures.
Join warden Phil Townsend to explore this jewel of a wildlife site and discover its chalk grassland flowers and butterflies.
Join Mick Jones to see the results of transforming ex-arable fields into chalk grassland, a refuge for our rare flower Chiltern Gentian.
Join warden Phil Townsend to explore this spectacular reserve and its mid to late-summer wildlife treasures.
Join warden Phil Townsend to explore the autumnal wildlife of this spectacular reserve.
Help us count greater butterfly-orchids and take part in an basic vegetation survey in the afternoon – no previous experience necessary!
Annual meadow-grass is a coarse, vigorous grass that can be found on waste ground, bare grassland and in lawns. In some situations, it can be considered a weed.
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…
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…
This unassuming orchid is easily overlooked. It is found patchily across the UK, but has been declining for decades.