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House mouse or field mouse? Easy guide to types of UK mice, voles, rats and shrews
Are you curious about what mouse or vole you saw in your garden or out on a walk? Or did your cat bring one in and you wondered what it was? Here's a quick guide to the more common mice, voles, rats and shrews of the UK.
Helen Keating • 28 Mar 2022
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Trees woods and wildlife
Field vole
Cute and in huge numbers, but rarely seen. The grass-tunnelling field vole is our most abundant mammal and represents a vital link in the food chain.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Cypress, Leyland
At the centre of many neighbour wars, Leyland cypress can reach great heights very quickly. It’s one of the fastest growing conifers and often towers over houses and gardens.
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Hedgehog poo & tracks: identify signs of hedgehogs
Is a hedgehog visiting your garden? Learn how to identify the signs these prickly characters leave behind.
James Martin • 16 Mar 2020
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Trees woods and wildlife
Land caddisfly
These clever case-builders break all the rules. They're the only species out of 200 UK caddisflies to spend their lives entirely on land.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Willow, grey
A soft, silvery lover of damp woodland, the grey willow is a bit scruffy but full of charm. Caterpillars flock to feed on its leaves and its fuzzy catkins are an early pollen source for pollinators.
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Have your say on tree protection in Northern Ireland
The Woodland Trust has invited the Northern Irish public to participate in a consultation on a Tree Protection Bill.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Common gorse
With bright, beaming yellow flowers with the scent of coconut, common gorse is a sight to behold.
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Life cycle of a plant: seeds, shoots and roots
Plant lives have a beginning and end just like ours. Here's a roundup of the different stages plants go through, from a new seed to eventual death.
Sally Bavin • 02 Mar 2021
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Woodland Trust statement on Whitewebbs Oak felling
We are shocked and devastated by the recent felling of the ancient Whitewebbs Oak in an Enfield park in London. We want to see justice for this nationally significant oak tree.