Dog walkers must lead the way
Leads are essential to prevent dogs harming nesting birds this spring and summer.
Leads are essential to prevent dogs harming nesting birds this spring and summer.
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.
Nick explores the many ways that the Trust can support communities that want to help wildlife in their neighbourhoods...
A small, but feisty scavenger, this carnivorous sea snail does not let anything go to waste!