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Chiffchaff or willow warbler? How to tell the difference
Chiffchaffs and willow warblers migrate to our shores every spring. Can you tell them apart? Discover the differences in appearance, call and habitat.
Alex Marshall • 03 Feb 2025
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Giant hogweed: the facts
How common is giant hogweed in the UK and is it really that dangerous? We've distilled the facts to give you the low-down on giant hogweed.
Helen Keating • 29 Jun 2022
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Trees woods and wildlife
Redstart
Colourful summer visitor and Atlantic rainforest specialist. These handsome birds love the mild, wet conditions of the UK's west coast woodlands.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Sand martin
These social summer visitors can be seen flitting from the river to their signature tunnel nests from March to October.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Mistletoe
Romantic, parasitic and poisonous, mistletoe loves broadleaf trees and provides an important habitat for woodland wildlife. Its leathery green leaves offer welcome colour among bare winter branches when much else is dormant.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Wood warbler
A woodland songster often heard trilling through the treetops, the wood warbler graces the UK with its rich song during the summer, before migrating to Africa for the winter.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Siskin
Stunning seed eaters with striking plumage. Bright yellow siskins rely on trees such as alder and birch for food.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Fox
A born survivor with a bushy tail. Ever adaptable, the fox is equally at home in our woods or city streets. It sits top of the woodland food chain with a diet that takes in everything from birds and beetles to rabbits and rats.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Lesser horseshoe bat
Plum-sized and pink-faced, the lesser horseshoe bat is one of the smallest bats in the UK. Look out for them at dusk in woodland, but not in winter when they hibernate underground in caves and tunnels.