It’s Nature Friendly Farming week and a moment to register the huge importance of a nature transition in farming. It’s critical for our climate, water and food. Vicki Hird looks at the facts, as well ...

Supporting nature can help address many climate change challenges, and the time to act is now. Today, the Climate Change ...

How does nature conservation in the UK make a difference to global conservation efforts? Leigh Morris, Director of ...

Early spring is the best time to see the brown hare, and you might even see one box! Find out where and when to spot them.

The wasp spider is a great mimic - looking just like a common wasp keeps it safe from predators, even though it is not dangerous itself. It can be found in southern England, but is spreading north.

Head to the riverbank to track down one of our most endangered and much-loved mammals, the water vole. Better known to some as ‘Ratty’ in The Wind in the Willows, the water vole was once a common ...

Late spring sees the return of the hobby. A sleek little falcon, the hobby is dark, slate-grey above, with a bold black moustache, white cheeks, streaky underparts, and a surprising pair of gingery ...

Flitting out of the rising darkness like shadows, these nocturnal mammals are as charismatic as they are misunderstood. Britain is home to 18 species of bat, the largest being the noctule which weighs ...

It's springtime, and male red grouse are getting territorial. About the size of a plump partridge, a deep chestnut-brown in colour, they appear unremarkable, save for an eye-catching red eyebrow; a ...

In the densest of reedbeds, hidden in the swaying stalks lives one of Britain’s most secretive birds. A master of camouflage, you could be looking right at one and not know it’s there, until it blinks ...

Once extinct from British shores, the avocet made a comeback thanks to the work of conservation bodies including The Wildlife Trusts, and surprisingly, the Second World War. Looking dapper in black ...