Go wild at the garden centre
With garden centres reopening from May 13th, follow our planting guide to create a garden that is blooming marvellous for bees and other pollinators.
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Deciphering the dawn chorus
Wildlife expert Nick Acheson introduces some of our feathered superstars to listen out for this spring.
The beauty of bluebells
Not many wildlife spectacles can beat the overwhelming beauty of swathes of violet bluebells under the pale green of newly opened leaves.
Why should we care about disappearing insects?
Opinions are divided about insects. For some of us, insects are beautiful, fascinating, joyful creatures – their buzz or fluttering by a vital part of our spring and summer.
Why I believe that now is the time to take Action For Insects
Often, if the subject of insects is raised, our instinct is to squirm. Insects don’t have the appeal of little hedgehogs snuggled in the autumn leaves or fox cubs playing in the grass, and yet…
Dennis the Menace Goes to Nower Wood
A short story inspired by Tobias' visit to Nower Wood for International Children's Book Day
It's all about bees, bugs & butterflies
Changing the fortunes of the UK’s threatened invertebrates
Spring on the wing - the orange tip butterfly
The orange-tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) is present throughout Surrey and is one of our most widespread and earliest emerging butterflies.
A host of golden daffodils
The yellow trumpets of daffodils brighten up the dullest spring day as they cluster together in gardens and roadsides during March and April. But these are often the planted or escaped garden…
Food for the soul
How a Forest School course restored the spirits of an SWT manager