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British newts: an identification guide
Learn to tell the difference between the UK's three newt species with our quick and easy identification guide.
Amy Lewis • 19 Feb 2020
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Trees woods and wildlife
Oak, red
Fiery, fast and spiked, the red oak is a fast-growing tree native to North America. It is often planted as an ornamental tree for its flaming autumn colour. Although it isn’t as valuable to wildlife as our native oaks, it’s popular with nesting birds and pollinators.
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Woodland Welcome Wood
Havercroft Railway
West Yorkshire
2.70 ha (6.67 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Lascombe Walk
Puttenham
2.54 ha (6.28 acres)
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Do bats hibernate in winter? And more bat facts
What do British bats do when winter is coming? Find out more about six UK bat species and what you can do to help them.
Joe Bates • 03 Dec 2018
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National Trust Wood
Harting Down Local Nature Reserve
West Sussex
131.86 ha (325.83 acres)
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Clinton Devon Estates Wood
Uphams Woodbury Castle and Boundridge
Devon
44.16 ha (109.12 acres)
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Trees woods and wildlife
Brook lamprey
Reclusive, primitive and eel-like. The brook lamprey is an ancient and rarely seen fish found in the rivers and streams of several of our woods. It lives most of its life as a larva buried in the silty stream bed before turning into an adult and swimming upstream to spawn - its last act before it dies.
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Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council Wood
John Leigh Park
Greater Manchester
6.01 ha (14.85 acres)
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Trees woods and wildlife
Glow-worm
Emitting an eerie yellow-green glow at night, female glow-worms use bioluminescence to attract mates. Not worms at all, they are actually beetles that lurk in lowland Britain.