Aren’t all orchids protected?
Round about now kettle-cases start popping up on the Isle of Wight. That’s the local name for early-purple orchids, which,
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The Ventilator
Incorporating The Ranger's Blog
Landslides don’t destroy coastlines, they create them
The Guardian irritatingly brays: Fossil hunters warned off as landslide destroys Jurassic coastlineFossil hunters were warned to keep away today
Read moreKnotweed to be unravelled at last?
An insect has been identified that just might prove to be the holy grail of biological control: a safe predator
Read moreAussies open ‘toad detention centres’ and make fertilizer out of them
Remember the invasive Cane Toads – scourge of Australian native wildlife? they were the subject of one of the most
Read moreI’ll see your numbered pebble and raise you a numbered butterfly!
Ranger regular Dave Larkin noticed the article on the numbered pebble, and typically, manages to knock that into a cocked
Read moreOf Bluebells and Golden Caddis Fly Larvae
By Ruth D’Alessandro, The Wildlife Gardener Someone once said they wouldn’t know a caddis fly larva if it bit them
Read moreA worm that looks like a pig’s backside
Those crazy marine biologists! What wacky prank will they think up next? They’ve only gone and named a worm after
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A rubbish idea
The CPRE’s champion, Bill Bryson, has launched a campaign to reduce flytipping and litter called Stop the Drop. Bravo, says
Read moreWill You Still Weed Me… When You’re 64?
By Ruth D’Alessandro, The Wildlife Gardener The Wildlife Gardener expects to drop down dead in the tomato bed (like Vito
Read moreNatural England: former EN website was hacked
Naturenet reported on 7 April about the problems with the former English Nature website. A fortnight later and it’s still
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