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A large number of birds eat seeds and will be attracted to your garden if you hang up a seed feeder. More...
This is the month when summer suddenly seems to give way to autumn. Colours in the garden become more muted as seeds and fruit ripen, and leaves take on the first hints of red and brown. More...
Wood is a good insulator, so a shed is usually warm and dry making it ideal for a host of different creatures to find shelter here throughout the year. More...
A border full of shrubs could be likened to a hedge, however the species grown are generally ornamental and not native. More...
Silver y moths vary in colour from purple-grey to almost black, but they all have the characteristic ‘y’ mark on each forewing. More...
These legless lizards with long, smooth, shiny, grey or brown bodies, look very similar to tiny snakes. More...
Slugs are similar to snails, but they have no shell. Instead they have a horny plate concealed under the mantle or saddle. More...
Despite its name, the small skipper is not our smallest skipper, although it is smaller than the large skipper: the other skipper likely to occur in gardens. More...
The small tortoiseshell is bright orange and black with a row of blue crescents around the wing edges. Adults emerge from hibernation on the first warm spring days and look for mates. More...
The speckled bush-cricket is a species of bush-cricket common in well vegetated areas of England and Wales, such as woodland margins, hedgerows and gardens. More...
Speckled woods have brown wings with creamy-yellow spots; there is one black and white eyespot on the forewing and three on the hind. The undersides are patterned orange, yellow and brown. More...
The common spindleberry is a large native shrub that is found in hedgerows and scrub, particularly on alkaline soils. More...
