Winter

Bark rubbing. © Lynn Dicks

How to make a bark rubbing

Zodiac being released. © RSPCA

Young seal found miles inland released back into the wild

Male house sparrow. © Ray Kennedy/RSPB

RSPB reveals results from the Big Garden Birdwatch

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

Red deer in the snow in the Scottish Highlands. © James Silverthorne/Getty

When is Winterwatch on TV?

A male Centrophlebomyia furcata from Greece. © Gordon Ramel

Fly of the Month – the dead donkey fly and the reindeer bot-fly

Snow leopard. © Abesolom Zerit/Shutterstock

When is Snow Animals on TV?

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Identify Wildlife

Wildlife to spot in a winter woodland

The Snail and the Whale. © Magic Light

What wildlife programmes are on this Christmas?

Alcoholic sloe drink. © Oksana Schmidt/Getty

How to make sloe port

Igel im Herbstlaub

Number of rescued hedgehogs hits a 5-year high

Beechwood sickener, Russula nobilis

Can you identify all these British fungi?

Hawthorn vinegar. © Tiffany Francis

How to make hawthorn vinegar