A week with the trainees
The trainee's supervisor and mentor, Iain, explains how there's no such thing as a typical week...
The trainee's supervisor and mentor, Iain, explains how there's no such thing as a typical week...
A special guest blog from swift expert Sarah Gibson who explores the early life of these brilliant birds...
Climate action needs nature. Nature needs climate action.
Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies
One of our largest and most impressive solitary wasps, the bee wolf digs a nest in sandy spots and hunts honey bees.
Honeybees are famous for the honey they produce! These easily recognisable little bees are hard workers, living in large hives made of wax honeycombs.
The Red Mason Bee is a common, gingery bee that can be spotted nesting in the crumbling mortar of old walls. Encourage bees to nest in your garden by putting out a tin can full of short, hollow…
The bee orchid is a sneaky mimic - the flower’s velvety lip looks like a female bee. Males fly in to try to mate with it and end up pollinating the flower. Sadly, the right bee species doesn’t…
The Ivy Bee is a new arrival to the UK. First recorded here in 2001, it is slowly spreading north. It feeds exclusively on the nectar of Ivy flowers and can be seen in autumn when this plant is in…
Also known as the two-coloured mason bee, this beautiful bee is famous for nesting in old snail shells.