Make fake fossils
Fossilise your favourite nature finds with this easy guide.
Fossilise your favourite nature finds with this easy guide.
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature.
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
A handsome fish, the tench has olive-green flanks, powerful fins and distinctive red eyes. It can be found in lowland lakes and slow-flowing rivers around the UK.
A fierce pirate of the sea, the great skua is renowned for stealing fish from other seabirds and dive-bombing anyone that comes near its nests. It breeds on the Scottish Isles.
Did you know your seaside scampi was actually a kind of lobster? Traditionally so - although the scampi that is often eaten with chips can be anything from prawns to fish.
Common alder can be found along riversides, and in fens and wet woodlands. Its exposed roots provide shelter for fish, and its rounded leaves are food for aquatic insects.