Stork's-bill
The bill-shaped seed pods of Common Stork's-bill explode when ripe, sending the seeds flying! This low-growing plant has pretty pink flowers and can be seen on grasslands and coastal sands.…
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Vale views for volunteers
A beautiful nature reserve with fabulous views over the Vale of Evesham is need of some tender loving volunteers.
Through the depths of winter - sunshine, snow and storms!
From scatterings of snow to storms, this winter has been a busy one for our trainees. Jess explains more...
Virtual School Trips
With videos and resources to download, we can help you to bring your trips to Lower Smite Farm to your classroom or home learning platform instead...
Beginnings, middles and ends
All stories, even ones in gardens, have beginnings, middles and ends, as Anne is finding out...
Celebrating 50 years and 9935 species
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, the county’s largest nature conservation charity, has produced a video to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Spiked shieldbug
The spiked shieldbug has fearsome shoulder projections or 'spikes' and a predatory nature. This brown bug feeds on caterpillars and other insects in woodlands and on heathlands.
Avocet
A key species in the story of conservation, the avocet represents an amazing recovery of a bird once extinct in the UK. This pied bird, with its distinctive upturned bill, can now be seen on…
Goose barnacle
Goose barnacles often wash up on our shores attached to flotsam after big storms.
Recording your wildlife sightings
Habitat and species data collected within the county is stored and managed by Worcestershire Biological Records Centre (WBRC), based at Lower Smite Farm.
Razor shell
Their long narrow shells are a common sight on our shores, especially after storms, but the animals themselves live buried in the sand.
Channelled wrack
This yellow-brown seaweed grows in tufts at the very top of rocky shores. Its fronds curls at the sides, creating the channel that gives Chanelled Wrack its name.