Wednesday Wanders: Wild Flower Identification
Join Barton Area Group for their 'Wild Flower Identification' walk.
Join Barton Area Group for their 'Wild Flower Identification' walk.
Join Barton Area Group for their walk around Hendale Woods.
Join Barton Area Group for their 'Bird Song and Bird Identification' walk.
Did you know there are 232 similar ‘microspecies’ of dandelions in Britain! Lorna shares some of her simple identification tips that she has picked up in her second week as Assistant Conservation…
Local lawn care expert and former head greenkeeper, Ian Stephens, loves grass and his work creating healthy, vibrant lawns at homes across Notts and Lincs. But Ian has long seen ‘beyond the green…
Do you have a passion for inspiring children about nature and the natural world? Would you like to help deliver environmental activities to school groups and at family events? This role could be…
The Early purple orchid is one of the first orchids to pop up in spring. Look for its pinkish-purple flowers from April, when bluebells still carpet our woodland floors. Its leaves are dark green…
This is probably the most widespread and commonest of the marsh orchids.
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 petals of the rare Lizard orchid's flowers form the head, legs and long tail of a lizard. They are greenish, with light pink spots and stripes, and smell strongly of goats! Spot this tall…
A short, but pretty plant of unimproved grasslands, the Green-winged orchid gets its name from the green veins in the 'hood' of its flowers. Look for it in May and June.