Giant puffball
This football-sized fungus can be seen in autumn, sometimes growing on grass verges.
This football-sized fungus can be seen in autumn, sometimes growing on grass verges.
This common fungus puffs out clouds of spores when it's mature.
One of the UK’s rarest marine species, this giant of the rocky shore is a very special fish.
As its name suggests, giant hogweed it a large umbellifer with distinctively ridged, hollow stems. An introduced species, it is an invasive weed of riverbanks, where it prevents native species…
With yellow-and-black bands, the giant horntail looks like a large wasp, but is harmless to us. The female uses her long, stinger-like ovipositor to lay eggs in pine trees, where the larvae then…
An illustrated talk by Ian Barthorpe.
The giant house spider is one of our fastest invertebrates, running up to half a metre per second. This large, brown spider spins sheet-like cobwebs and pops up in the dark corners of houses,…
Explore the weird and wonderful biology of fungi and learn some identification skills too on this fascinating foray through Ray Wood.
Nature-based Day Camp for 8 - 12 year olds. Fully supervised by trained staff, without the need for parental supervision.
Nature-based Day Camp for 8 - 12 year olds. Fully supervised by trained staff, without the need for parental supervision.
Several Wildlife Trusts have trialled new 'Wildlife Explorer' cards to help non-English speaking communities find out about the wildlife near them. Cheryl Burns, The Wildlife Trusts…
A simple guide to fungi groups and classifications and the features to look out for