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Pink waxcap

Waxcap Wonders: Jewels of the Grassland

Brightly coloured waxcaps are a group of fungi that take their name from the waxy texture of their caps. There are about 60 species of waxcap in the UK, home to roughly half the world’s population…

A single wildflower with small white blooms grows from a barren, gravel-covered landscape under a wide blue sky with wispy clouds.

A Heatwave Warning We Cannot Ignore

As I write this, England is in the grip of its second heatwave of the summer. Earlier this week, the Met Office issued an Amber Extreme Heat Warning covering Staffordshire, advising people to…

Water storage in big tanks in a farm yard

Sow smart, Water wisely

Thea Margetts, Living Floodplains Officer, interviews Rob Foxall. Rob is a farmer in the Whiston Brook catchment who has made changes to water use on his farm.

Dawn Birds

Is Merlin really a wizard?

Celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day with an early alarm. How many voices can you pick out as the local birdlife sings in the day? It's truly magical experience… With or without Merlin!…