Red-breasted merganser
The streamlined red-breasted merganser is a handsome bird and a great fisher - its long, serrated bill helps it to catch and hold its slippery fish prey. It is most commonly spotted around the…
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Evening Cruise on the Fleet Explorer
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Join us for an evening cruise on the Fleet Explorer to discover the fascinating wildlife of Chesil and the Fleet Lagoon.
Red-breasted carrion beetle
These distinctive beetles are often found around dead birds and small mammals.
Celebrating Elke Mackenzie: Explorer, scientist and lichenologist, in honour of LGBTQ+ History Month
Finley Reynolds, Co-Chair of The Wildlife Trusts' Out for Nature network, explores the legacy of Elke Mackenzie—a trailblazing botanist and explorer whose lichenology work shaped natural…
Wildlife Explorers Family After School Course at the Centre for Wildlife Gardening
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A free, fun after school course for families.
Exploring local wildlife - in Urdu, Arabic and Slovakian
Several Wildlife Trusts have trialled new 'Wildlife Explorer' cards to help non-English speaking communities find out about the wildlife near them. Cheryl Burns, The Wildlife Trusts…
Waterford Heath
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A locally rare open habitat in Hertfordshire, where Grizzled Skipper butterflies feed on Wild Strawberry and Common Agrimony.
Red Kite Roost Tour - exclusive event for Ulster Wildlife members
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Witness the wonder of red kites soaring in the Mourne skies, and learn more about these majestic raptors on an exclusive members' only walk and talk with Shelagh Henry of Red Kite Tours NI.…
Red Kite Roost Tour - exclusive event for Ulster Wildlife members
This link will open on the Ulster Wildlife Trust website.
Witness the wonder of red kites soaring in the Mourne skies, and learn more about these majestic raptors on an exclusive members' only walk and talk with Shelagh Henry of Red Kite Tours NI.…
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Rockpool wildlife
Explore rockpool wildlife all year round at our top spots, and discover a world between the tides.
Red squirrels
There are two species of squirrel in the UK; red squirrels and grey squirrels. Red squirrels are our native species and have lived in the UK for around 10,000 years, grey squirrels were introduced to the UK from North America by the Victorians in the 1800s, the first record of them escaping and establishing a wild population is 1876.