Summer

Short-beaked common dolphins photographed off Gerrans Bay, Cornwall, in August 2018. © Rupert Kirkwood

Record number of whale and dolphin sightings in 2018

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 21: Alan Titchmarsh attends the Chelsea Flower Show 2018 on May 21, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

People & Wildlife

Alan Titchmarsh discusses why he loves bee orchids

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

2018 was a roller-coaster year for UK wildlife

Svalbard reindeer grazing with mountains behind. © Valentin Heimer/Getty

Reindeer are able to maintain their internal clock even during total light or darkness

House sparrow bathing in water - garden birds need fresh water in the heatwave. © Ray Kennedy/RSPB

How to help your garden wildlife in the heatwave

High brown fritillary butterfly at Heddon Valley. © Matthew Oates/National Trust

Insects & Invertebrates

Bumper numbers of high brown fritillary butterflies reported by National Trust

Swift, Apus apus, single bird in flight, Oxfordshire, April 2012

How you can help swifts

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Discover fascinating facts about swifts

Small tortoiseshell butterfly. © Paula French/Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

Why do male butterflies chase other butterfly species?

Tiffany Francis with gorse bush

The art of foraging, with a recipe for hawthorn vinegar

Sir David Attenborough launches the Big Butterfly Count 2015, at London Wetland Centre, on 17 July 2015.

Attenborough is asking for your help

Orange tip butterfly egg. © Peter Eeles/Butterfly Conservation

Identify Wildlife

5 butterfly eggs to spot and how to see them

Ring Ouzel - Turdus torquatus - male

6 ring ouzel facts you need to know

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Filming nesting swifts