Saving the Grayling
Small, brown and unobtrusive, The Grayling is a rare butterfly that is in danger of disappearing for good.
Blog: Butterflies
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Water for wildlife
During prolonged periods of dry weather we need to consider water for wildlife as well as people.
Butterflies, biodiversity and bio-abundance
To truly understand the scale and consequences of biodiversity decline, you need to do more than just count how many species we’ve lost: changes in species abundances can also have profound…
Birds, butterflies & blooms at Newdigate
If you judge it by the weather, spring 2023 was not particularly fabulous at Newdigate Brickworks Nature Reserve. It was cool and it was wet.
Beguiled by blues
Butterfly expert Alan Sumnall offers a thorough guide to one of our most enchanting groups of butterflies – the blues.
Lions of the lawn
Discover some of the predators stalking through your garden’s grassland.
Give weeds a chance
Leave caterpillar food plants to grow and see butterflies thrive
Waking up to wild flowers
A guest blog by children's author Zanna Davidson on her wildlife adventures in the Surrey Hills during lockdown
Go wild at the garden centre
With garden centres reopening from May 13th, follow our planting guide to create a garden that is blooming marvellous for bees and other pollinators.
Why should we care about disappearing insects?
Opinions are divided about insects. For some of us, insects are beautiful, fascinating, joyful creatures – their buzz or fluttering by a vital part of our spring and summer.