Wintering ducks
Winter is the best time to celebrate the weird and wonderful world of Yorkshire ducks...
Winter is the best time to celebrate the weird and wonderful world of Yorkshire ducks...
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…
Hundreds of water birds have been reported feeding and loafing in Long Bank Marsh, part of Kilnsea Wetlands Nature Reserve near Spurn, following managed flooding of the area by Yorkshire Wildlife…
Kickstart your New Year with these beautiful wildlife spectacles!
Wetlands are some of our best winter reserves to visit – the shimmer of frosted reedbeds beautifully set off by clear blue skies and wide open mirrors of water. They also attract some of our most…
By looking more closely at the wild places around you, you can discover all kinds of creatures. Here's a guide to some of the most common minibeasts you might discover...
Every winter, millions of birds travel to the UK to escape the harsher weather that sets in at their breeding grounds. Families of whooper swans fly down from Iceland, thrushes and finches flee…
Spare a thought for your garden wildlife as temperatures plummet and the rest of us wrap up warm, hunker down and prepare for the advent of spring. Winter is the hardest season for our wild garden…
Enjoy crisp winter walks and go wonderfully wild at some of our favourite winter reserves.
A glacial lake formed at the end of the last Ice Age, Semer Water is the second-largest natural lake in North Yorkshire, and provides valuable habitat for breeding and wintering birds.
I am very lucky to be able to spend time in quiet, secluded locations where wildlife encounters occur. I always carry a camera and this often pays dividends when least expected.
There are several species of spider that live in our wetlands, but the water spider is the only one that spends its life under the water. In its pond habitats, it looks silvery because of the air…