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Autumn leaf ID quiz: can you identify 10 trees?
Test your tree knowledge. As autumn sets in, many of the trees around us change colour, but do you know what they are?
Helen Keating • 21 Sep 2020
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Trees woods and wildlife
Silver-washed fritillary
These flashy butterflies are strong fliers with a flair for the dramatic. Spot the silver-washed fritillary charging through the air along woodland rides in search of a mate, or the caterpillars munching on their favourite flowers: violets.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Birch, downy
Soft on the outside. Tough on the inside. On a global scale, this tree, with its fuzzy leaf stalks, shoots and twigs, grows further north than any other broadleaf species.
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10 best winter woodland walks
Embrace the simpler things in life with a winter woodland walk, when spectacular frosty landscapes and leafless trees reveal hidden history and elusive wildlife. Check out 10 of our favourite woods for inspiration.
Charlie Mellor • 16 Nov 2023
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Trees woods and wildlife
Natterer’s bat
Foliage foragers and cave-dwelling contortionists, these ‘red-armed bats’ are expert hunters and can squeeze themselves into the tightest of spaces.
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Nature, art and youth vision unite with new mural at Brynau Farm
A once unremarkable concrete wall has been transformed into a stunning work of art thanks to a collaboration between Coed Cadw (the Woodland Trust in Wales) and Swansea College of Art.
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Baby bird identification: UK garden birds
Learn to identify garden bird youngsters with our guide to some of the most commonly encountered little'uns.
Amy Lewis • 15 May 2020
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Trees woods and wildlife
Hawthorn
Named after the month in which it blooms and a sign that spring is turning to summer. The pale green leaves of this hedgerow staple are often the first to appear in spring, with an explosion of pretty pale-pink blossom in May. It simply teems with wildlife from bugs to birds.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Grey squirrel
Tree-climbing nut buriers. Scampering grey squirrels are a familiar sight, but sadly these American imports have had a disastrous impact on the native red squirrel.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Hazel dormouse
Sleepy, charming, undeniably cute. This minute mammal needs trees to survive and is seriously endangered.