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Bumblebee on yellow and purple wildflowers

Springtime is the bee’s knees!

Spring is one of the busiest times for bees, as bumblebees and solitary bees emerge from their nests to find food. Honeybees also restock their food supplies, which they have been living off…

A wildlife gardening award mounted on a wooden paque, placed in a winning garden. You can see a few shrubs, but the main focus is the plaque.

Wildlife Gardening Award 2024

Community Engagement Manager, Jo, tells us all about the success of our Wildlife Gardening Award which launched in 2023. Applications are now open for 2024 - read on to learn why you should enter…

Woman making bird and bat boxes on a table outside. She is being assisted by a man and another woman is watching on and smiling.

Community Habitat Creation Days

A series of recent Community Habitat Creation Days have seen individuals, families and community groups in Hull coming together to make a difference for nature across the city.

Toad

Toad-ally awesome!

As the temperature slowly rises and blue begins to peak through the winter clouds, life begins to return to our ponds. Our first frogs show themselves in mid-March, and frogspawn – that spectacle…

Bluebells in a woodland

Where to see woodland wildflowers

One of the first signs of spring is the slow peek of woodland wildflowers through the leaf litter of the forest floor, spreading out like a colourful carpet between the tree trunks. Nodding white…

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