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Tick on blade of grass

Be tick-aware

Ticks, mosquitos, horseflies, spiders, bees, wasps, ants, are all natural, native creatures that can feel very unwelcome when they sting or bite. But fortunately, they cause no long-term harm to…

Frog smiling with one eye open and one shut

Welcoming wildlife to your doorstep

Did you know that collectively our own outside spaces account for more of the UK’s green space than all our nature reserves combined?

Our gardens, yards and window boxes are undervalued…

Spurn National Nature Reserve

Walking to Spurn’s very own Land’s End

Spurn National Nature Reserve is a sandy peninsula jutting out, 3.5 miles from the end of the Holderness Coast, into the mouth of the Humber Estuary. This unique and iconic landscape may be ever…

Colour photo of Peter Lau in his wheelchair taking photos with a long lens at a nature reserve

Roaming outdoors with wheels

Wildlife Support Officer Peter Lau was an avid wildlife observer and videographer, who specialised in the under-water environment, and scuba dived many of our world's best locations.  

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