Identify Wildlife

Painted lady butterfly. Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

Big Butterfly Count: how to take part and species to spot

Painted lady butterfly. Getty

British wildlife in July

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Wildlife Gardening

How to identify and attract pollinators to your garden

Starling egg illustration © Mike Langman

Identify Wildlife

How to identify birds’ eggs

Students pond dipping at Epping Forest Education centre.

People & Wildlife

Citizen science: what are the benefits and how to get involved

Peacock butterfly. © Megan Shersby

Insects & Invertebrates

Garden butterflies to spot in March and April

Stoat (Mustela erminea)

Stoat and weasel guide: how to identify, habitat, diet and best places to spot

Blackthorn flowers. © Peter Stroh

Identify Wildlife

How to tell the difference between hawthorn and blackthorn

Bank vole peering out of hole in a wall

Identify Wildlife

How to identify animal holes

Red fox standing in the garden with flowers near the house in a suburb of London. © DG Wildlife/Getty

Identify Wildlife

How to identify animal droppings

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Identify Wildlife

Wildlife to spot in a winter woodland

Eurasian otter in Shetland. © Mark Hamblin/Getty

Can you identify these mustelids?

Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup covering its face with one of its flippers on the beach. © Marcos G Meider/Getty

Identify Wildlife

How to tell the difference between grey and common seals

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How well do you know your UK deer species?

Yellow cellar slug. © Emma Griffith/RHS

Gardeners asked to help on springtime slug hunt