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Emperor dragonfly
The emperor dragonfly is an impressively large and colourful dragonfly of ponds, lakes, canals and flooded gravel pits. It flies between June and August and even eats its prey on the wing.
Hairy dragonfly
The UK's smallest hawker, the Hairy dragonfly is mostly black in colour, but has a distinctively hairy thorax. It can be found in grazing marshes and flooded gravel pits, and along canals…
Golden-ringed dragonfly
A voracious predator that will even eat other dragonflies, the golden-ringed dragonfly is the UK's longest species. It can be found around acidic streams in moorland and heathland habitats.…
Citizen Science Wildlife Spotter
Wildlife gardening
Wildlife Gardening
When we moved into our semi-detached 1990s-built house in 2019, the 6 by 11 metre back garden was pretty typical of a modern low-maintenance garden – a square of lawn surrounded by thin borders,…
How wild are we? Window Wildlife Spotter results
In Spring 2020, we launched our citizen science program - “How Wild Are We?” You told us what wildlife you could see from your windows, who visited your balcony and what creatures were living in…
Gardening for butterflies
Summer is peak butterfly season and gardens can be as good a place as any to spot these winged wonders.
Gardening for Wildlife
Spring is fast approaching, and now is the perfect time to start thinking about how you can help wildlife in your garden.