Swallow
Look out for the swallow performing great aerial feats as it catches its insect-prey on the wing. You may also see it perching on a wire, or roosting in a reedbed, as it makes its way back to…
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How to identify swifts, swallows, sand martins and house martins
Learn how to identify swifts, swallows and martins. These birds are all summer visitors to the UK. Here's how you can find the difference between a swift and a swallow or work out what kind of martin you could have spotted!
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Hob Hey Wood Friends Group – a wonderful way to learn about and help nature
Wilder Champion Mark O’Sullivan shares the remarkable achievements of the Hob Hey Woods Friends Group.
Our nest camera...
Our headquarters at Bickley Hall Farm are playing host to a new family of swallows – and even better we have managed to capture their antics on film!
An interview with Manda Moore from the Sky Garden Project
Wilder Champion Manda Moore tells us more about The Sky Garden, a visionary project in Warrington that transformed an urban space into a wildlife haven.
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Two spotted goby
These colourful little fish are a delight for snorkellers or shallow water divers to photograph, rarely being scared off by their presence!
Keeled skimmer
The keeled skimmer is a dragonfly of heaths and commons with shallow pools. It has a skittish and weak flight, and is on the wing in summer and early autumn.
Natterjack toad
The rare natterjack toad is found at just a few coastal locations, where it prefers shallow pools on sand dunes, heaths and marshes.
Ballan wrasse
The largest of the UK wrasse species, the ballan wrasse with its striking patterning is a delight for any rocky reef snorkeller or shallow water diver!
Water-plantain
Water-plantain is an aquatic plant of shallow water and muddy banks. In bloom over summer, it displays tall branches of loosely clustered, pale lilac flowers.