Autumn

Girl playing with fairy toys garden. © Getty

People & Wildlife

Nature activities for children

Blackthorn flowers. © Peter Stroh

Identify Wildlife

How to tell the difference between hawthorn and blackthorn

Gorse flowers. Callum Redgrave-Close/Getty

How to make gorse kick mead

Alcoholic sloe drink. © Oksana Schmidt/Getty

How to make sloe port

Igel im Herbstlaub

Number of rescued hedgehogs hits a 5-year high

Hedgehogs. © Mike Lane/Getty

Look out for hedgehogs this Bonfire Night

Beechwood sickener, Russula nobilis

Can you identify all these British fungi?

Hawthorn vinegar. © Tiffany Francis

How to make hawthorn vinegar

The bog hoverfly.

Insects & Invertebrates

Fly of the month – bog hoverfly

The Berry Cocktail. © Emma Mitchell

How to make an autumnal wild berry cocktail

Wild berry pancakes

How to make berry blast pancakes

Blackberry vodka. © Elena Kirey/Getty

How to make blackberry vodka

A year in the wild, beautiful artwork made from plants

Red squirrel on Brownsea Island. © Chris Lacey/National Trust

2018 was a roller-coaster year for UK wildlife

English oak

Identify Wildlife

How to identify trees in winter