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Grayling butterfly

Saving the Grayling

Small, brown and unobtrusive, The Grayling is a rare butterfly that is in danger of disappearing for good.

Hornet mimic hoverfly

Fascinating flies

Flies aren’t first on many lists of ‘nature’s wonders’, but they play a very important role in the creation of ecosystems and habitats all around the world.

A common blue butterfly perched on a grass head, with its blue wings spread open

Beguiled by blues

Butterfly expert Alan Sumnall offers a thorough guide to one of our most enchanting groups of butterflies – the blues.

A female blackbird staling through the long grass of a lawn, with a worm in her beak

Lions of the lawn

Discover some of the predators stalking through your garden’s grassland.

Marmalade hoverfly © Nick Upton/2020VISION

Wildlife laws under threat: pesticide regulations

With a second reading of the Retained EU Laws Bill expected soon, we're sharing a series of blogs about the laws and regulations designed to protect nature that are under threat. Today, Dr…

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