Wigeon
The wigeon is a colourful duck that can often be spotted wheeling round our winter skies in large flocks. A dabbling duck, it surface-feeds on plants and seeds in shallow waters.
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Winter Wildlife Explorer Pack
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Turn your winter walk into a wild adventure! Hire a Winter Wildlife Explorer Pack and discover what nature is up to during the colder months.
Waterfowl - Identification of Ducks, Geese and Swans with Nathan Long
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Learn how to identify waterfowl using key features
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…
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…
Ocean Explorers
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Are you a budding marine biologist? Drop in to the Living Seas Centre to discover what lies beneath the waves on the Yorkshire coast!
Waterford Heath
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A locally rare open habitat in Hertfordshire, where Grizzled Skipper butterflies feed on Wild Strawberry and Common Agrimony.
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