Marford's Magnificent Minibeasts
We’re thrilled to announce we’ve been awarded £49,960 from a Landfill Disposals Tax grant to make Marford Quarry Nature Reserve an even more spectacular place for minibeasts and for people!
We’re thrilled to announce we’ve been awarded £49,960 from a Landfill Disposals Tax grant to make Marford Quarry Nature Reserve an even more spectacular place for minibeasts and for people!
Rydyn ni’n falch o gyhoeddi ein bod ni wedi cael £49,960 o grant Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi i wneud Gwarchodfa Natur Chwarel Marford yn lle mwy trawiadol byth ar gyfer trychfilod bach a phobl!
One of the most exciting things about 30 Days Wild is that it challenges you to look for nature everywhere. By looking more closely at the wild places around you, even if it’s just a little patch…
Buzzing with biodiversity, this old industrial site is now overflowing with invertebrate life.
Yn gyforiog o fioamrywiaeth, mae’r hen safle diwydiannol yma’n orlawn o infertebrata erbyn hyn.
Ordinary moss is very common in gardens and woodlands. moss provides shelter for many minibeasts, so encourage it to grow in your garden by providing logs, stone piles and untidy areas.
If you were to pick up a rock in the garden, you’d hopefully find a few common woodlouse. These hardy minibeasts have in-built armour and like to hide in warm, moist places like compost heaps.
A great way to get up close and personal with the magnificent osprey is via one of the many nestcams set-up in the places that it breeds: Scotland, Cumbria, Wales and the East Midlands.
The thresher shark is a migratory species and passes through UK waters in the summer months. If you’re lucky, you might see this magnificent shark jump high out of the water in to the air.
A regular in gardens, hunting around compost heaps and under stones, the brown centipede is a common minibeast. Despite its name, it has 15 pairs of legs - one on each segment of its body.
Found in compost heaps and under stones in gardens, the flat-backed millipede is a common minibeast. Despite its name, it only has about 40 legs. It is an important recycler of nutrients, feeding…