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Photography Masterclass

Episode Four: How to use backgrounds to take a great wildlife photograph

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Make Things

How to make a footprint tunnel

A 7-spot ladybird on a flower. © Jacky Parker Photography/Getty
Identify Wildlife

How to identify beetles

Hazel dormouse. © David Chapman
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British wildlife in May

Shore crab. © Getty
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How to identify rockpool wildlife

Pill woodlouse. © Konrad Wothe/Getty
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How to identify insects and invertebrates under logs and stones

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City Nature Challenge: when it takes place and how to take part

A male blackbird in song, in Norfolk, UK. © David Tipling/Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty
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Dawn chorus guide: what it is, how to enjoy it, and when International Dawn Chorus Day is celebrated

Common frog © Mike Lane / Getty
Identify Wildlife

How to tell the difference between a common frog and a common toad

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Make Things

How to make a parabolic reflector from a plant pot

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Make things

Making a nestbox. © Getty
Make Things

How to make a garden bird nestbox

Girl and boy crouched on lawn with the equipment for building a small pond in a container and a wheelbarrow. © DK Images
Make Things

How to make a small pond for wildlife

Roast chestnut. © Shutterstock
Make Things

How to roast sweet chestnuts

Blackberry pud. © Sanjida O'Connell
Make Things

How to make blackberry pudding

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Watch wildlife

Sunrise over bluebells in Warwickshire. © Ben Waters/Getty
Flowers

Bluebell guide: how to identify the different species, and the top places to see them

A male great crested newt, photographed in controlled conditions. © Dave Kilbey
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British wildlife in April

A female hairy-footed flower bee. © Ian Redding/Getty
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British wildlife in March

An emperor penguin chick holds out its wings in front of the rest of its colony. © Getty Images
Watch Wildlife

Best nature documentaries to stream

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Photograph wildlife

Episode 3: Masterclass with wildlife photographer Sergey Gorshkov
Photography Masterclass

Episode Three: Interview with Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020 winner Sergey Gorshkov

BBC Wildlife Photography Masterclass – Snettisham, Norfolk
Photography Masterclass

Episode Two: Wildlife photography hotspots – Snettisham, North Norfolk

Wildlife Photography Masterclass
Photography Masterclass

Episode One: In The Field with Sam Hobson

Mark Carwardine is the presenter of the BBC Wildlife Photography Masterclass series
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BBC Wildlife launches a new wildlife photography series by Mark Carwardine

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Wildlife gardening

A pair of blue tits at a nestbox. © Stef Bennett/Getty
Wildlife Gardening

Garden bird nestbox guide: which species use them, how and when to clean them, how to put them up

A female blackcap on a branch in winter. © Mark L Stanley/Getty
Birds

7 garden birds to spot this winter

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Wildlife Gardening

How to identify and attract pollinators to your garden

Blue tit perched on the branch of a spring flowering crab apple tree
Wildlife Gardening

Best garden plants for wildlife

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Quizzes

Two red fox kits on their hind legs fight playing. © Carlos A Carreno/Getty
Quizzes

Wildlife crossword 20 – answers

A singing song thrush perched on the top of a flowering hawthorn bush. © Sandra Standbridge/Getty
Quizzes

Wildlife crossword 20

Storksbill plant growing in the wild in the UK. © Sandra Standbridge/Getty
Quizzes

Wildlife crossword 19 – answers

A dunnock sings from the bare branches of a tree in early spring. © Tom Podesta/Getty
Quizzes

Wildlife crossword 19

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