The bioblitz blog
Julie takes a look at how recording the wildlife we spot is important and how you can get involved...
Julie takes a look at how recording the wildlife we spot is important and how you can get involved...
Often seen carpeting the floor of ancient woodlands, Dog's mercury can quickly colonise, its fresh green leaves shading out rarer plants. It is also very poisonous.
Growing in tufts, Crested dog's-tail is a stiff-looking grass, with a tightly packed, rectangular flower spike. Look for it in lowland meadows and grasslands.
Dog owners are being urged to keep their dogs on a lead when walking on nature reserves and in fields with livestock.
This sea snail is abundant on rocky shores around the UK. It is an active predator, feasting on mussels and barnacles before retreating to crevices to rest.
This long-lived bivalve can be found buried in the sand on the south and west coasts of the UK.
A small, but feisty scavenger, this carnivorous sea snail does not let anything go to waste!
Join the local community on a walk from Bewdley to The Devil's Spittleful...
Look for the pinky-white flowers of the dog-rose in summer, and its bright red rosehips in autumn. It is a scrambling shrub of hedgerows, woodlands and grasslands.
Leads are essential to prevent dogs harming nesting birds this spring and summer.
Our most familiar wild violet, the Common dog-violet can be spotted in a range of habitats from woodland to grassland, hedgerows to pastures. Its pansy-like, purple flowers appear from April to…