Using Botanical Keys
Learn how to use botanical keys to identify wild flowers. Using a key is not rocket science but can be fun. The important thing is to understand the terminology used and to hunt carefully for…
Learn how to use botanical keys to identify wild flowers. Using a key is not rocket science but can be fun. The important thing is to understand the terminology used and to hunt carefully for…
The Wildlife Trusts publish list of the UK’s Government’s broken promises to nature
A common tree, ash is familiar to many of us for its autumnal bunches of winged seeds, called 'keys'. It can be found in woodlands and prefers damp and fertile soils.
Like many of our farmland birds, the corn bunting has declined in number in recent years. Spot this streaky brown, thick-billed bird singing from a wire or post - it sounds just like a set of…
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…
Lyndsay Wayman-Rook, Old Chalk New Downs Projects Officer, explores how partnership work was key to restoring eight KWT sites across the Kent Downs as part of this inspiring project.
Nora’s study of bird behaviour explores how small bird communities flock together to ward off larger predators. Nature has many things to teach us and is now widely acknowledged as a key…