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The importance of wild events
Autumn is the best time of year for finding unexpected jewels and magical moments; migrating birds pass overhead, calling noisily, or appear in hedgerows, mists shroud our woodlands in mystery,…
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Events & Engagement Volunteer - Spurn
Nature is amazing and we want to tell everyone! Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is creating a county rich in wildlife and we need passionate, inspiring volunteers to help people to develop a connection…
Events & Engagement Volunteer - Marine
Nature is amazing and we want to tell everyone! Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is creating a county rich in wildlife and we need passionate, inspiring volunteers to help people to develop a connection…
Events & Engagement Volunteer - Potteric Carr
From pond dippping and building bug hotels to helping to run educational sessions with local schools such as bat walks and bush craft workshops for the families. No two days are ever the same for…
Ringlet
The Ringlet gets its name from the small rings on the undersides of its wings. These rings show variation in the different forms of this species, even elongating into a teardrop shape.
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Marmalade fly
Our most common hoverfly, the marmalade fly is orange with black bands across its body. It feeds on flowers like tansy, ragwort and cow parsley in gardens, hedgerows, parks and woodlands.
Heineken fly
A common hoverfly, the Heineken fly has a distinctively long snout that enables it to take nectar from deeper flowers, reaching the parts other hoverflies cannot reach! It frequents hedgerows,…
Scorpion fly
The scorpion fly, as its name suggests, has a curved 'tail' that looks like a sting. It is, in fact, the males' claspers for mating. It is yellow and black, with a long 'beak…
Alder fly
The Alder fly is a blackish invertebrate, with delicately veined wings that it folds over its body like a tent. It can be found near ponds and slow-flowing rivers; the larvae living in the silt at…