Blog: Wildlife

Tom Marshall

A cranefly with heavily patterned wings resting on a leaf

Long legs, short lives

Thursday 31 August 2023

Insect expert Ben Keywood from Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust takes a closer look at craneflies.

Wildlife Friendly Garden Design Competition!

Design a wildlife-friendly garden in a pot

Summer wildlife gallery

Enjoy the latest nature photos sent in by our supporters

The elephant in the room

Late summer is the best time to discover one of the UK’s chunkiest caterpillars, the elephant hawk-moth.

A great spotted woodpecker pecking an ice covered mossy branch.

The woodland drummers

Meet the dawn chorus’s percussion section…

Thick-legged flower beetle on yarrow, Hampton Woods, meadow

Meadows and pollinators: New Wildlife Gallery

Enjoy the latest nature photos sent in by our supporters

A six spot burnet moth resting on the pink, globe-like head of a red clover flower. The moth is glossy and black with six bold red spots on each forewing.

Glorious grasslands

A summer meadow is a beautiful sight, but there’s so much more to it than gently waving grass heads and fabulous flowers.

Dazzling demoiselles: New Wildlife Gallery

Enjoy the latest nature photos sent in by our supporters

Spring sunshine: New Wildlife Gallery

Enjoy the latest nature photos sent in by our supporters

Ducklings and spring flowers: New wildlife gallery

Enjoy the latest nature photos sent in by our supporters

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Blog: Wildlife

Long legs, short lives

Wildlife Friendly Garden Design Competition!

Summer wildlife gallery

The elephant in the room

The woodland drummers

Meadows and pollinators: New Wildlife Gallery

Glorious grasslands

Dazzling demoiselles: New Wildlife Gallery

Spring sunshine: New Wildlife Gallery

Ducklings and spring flowers: New wildlife gallery

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