Spring

Grant Arms Hotel

John Craven to head the British Wildlife Book Festival

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

Gardens can create ideal habitats for wildlife in rural and urban areas. © Barry Herman/Getty

Wildlife Garden

Truth or fiction: gardens can save our wildlife

How to make elderflower gin. © Rostislav Sedlacek/Getty

How to make elderflower gin

Beepot

CLOSED - Win a Beepot planter

Swift Cambridgeshire. © Ben Andrew/RSPB

Swifts arriving later than usual due to bad weather

Add the tubes. © Sarah Cuttle

Help your local solitary bees and make a bee hotel

Mojito cocktail. © a_namenko/Getty

How to make wild mint mojitos

© Andrew Parkinson/Getty

Test you knowledge with our animal-themed Easter Quiz

Tachina ursina. © Nick Baldwin

Insects & Invertebrates

Fly of the Month – Tachina ursina

Michaela Strachan

Largest ever survey of England’s forest wildlife

How to make jumping jack wraps using garlic mustard leaves

Elder shortbread. © Jason Ingram

How to make tasty elder shortbread

Sunrise over bluebells in Warwickshire. © Ben Waters/Getty

Holidays/Days Out

Top places to see bluebells