Dyfi Osprey Project Blogs
No matter what your interest, whether it be farming, gardening or marine life, we have a blog for you! All our blogs are written by people with a passion for nature.
No matter what your interest, whether it be farming, gardening or marine life, we have a blog for you! All our blogs are written by people with a passion for nature.
This beautiful butterfly is one of our rarest, now mostly restricted to the western parts of the UK.
This beautiful beetle only arrived in the UK in 1960s but is now a common sight on garden herbs.
Egyptian geese were introduced to Britain from Africa. They are now widespread in southern England.
Red squirrels are native to the UK but are a lot rarer than their grey cousins. They live in a few special places across the UK thanks to reintroduction projects.
Once a rare visitor to the UK, this striking gull is now found nesting here in large colonies.
This beautiful bumblebee favours upland areas, but has declined in recent decades and is now nationally scarce.
The raven is famous for being the imposing, all-black bird that guards the Tower of London. Wild birds live in forests, and upland and coastal areas in the north and west of the UK.
Their empty, delicate pink or yellow shells can often be found washed up on beaches, but the animals themselves live buried in the sand all around the coasts of the UK.
The distinctive sight of a spoonbill is becoming increasingly common in the east and southwest of England, with colonies of breeding birds now established.
A very rare species, this moth is now limited to one site in the UK. Males can be a striking reddish buff in colour.