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Winter butterflies
Butterflies aren’t a species group we associate with winter, mostly seen on warm sunny days as they feed on the nectar from flowers. However, records show that there are butterfly sightings in…
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Invasive species week
This week is invasive species week, 24-30th May. The week aims to raise awareness of the problems non-native invasive species cause, and ways we can all help prevent their spread. This week we…
Season's species– bringing the outside in
From kissing under the mistletoe to singing about red robins, many of our Christmas traditions are closely linked to the natural world.
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Gardening for butterflies
Summer is peak butterfly season and gardens can be as good a place as any to spot these winged wonders.
Invasive Species Week
You can pledge your support during Invasive Species Week to help protect native species from threats such as Japanese Knotweed and Himalayan balsam
Saving our blue butterflies
Of all our butterflies, one group immediately springs to mind when we think of hot summer days. On a south-facing downland slope, bright blue butterflies skip and chase across the hillside.
Social Butterflies and Solitary Bees
We may be feeling we have metamorphosed from social butterflies into solitary bees in the past few weeks, but out there, there are plenty of both butterflies and bees working hard to ensure we can…
How wild are we? Insights into our garden invertebrates.
Team Wilder member, Gemma Paul and her son enjoyed looking for invertebrate minibeasts in their garden the other day. They're helping us answer the question, ''How wild are we?…
Lending Invertebrates a Hand
In today's blog, Trainee Ecologist Sofie Borek talks about the importance of wild patches and how easy it is to help our insects.