COUNTRYSIDE BLOG

The age-old question... Q. What's the difference between a stoat and weasel? A. A weasel is weasily wecognised and a stoat is stoatally...

Just as it feels like the summer season is winding down for the cooler months and plants are dying back, one species is just waking up...

Within properly functioning ecosystems, deer play an important role by maintaining open areas, which can enhance the biodiversity and...

This month GWCT's Megan Lock takes a look at the Long Eared Owl. Said to be our most nocturnal owl, the long-eared owl is seldomly seen...

GWCT's Megan Lock discusses blackthorn, her Species of the Month. Blackthorn is a thorny shrub that can cause nasty wounds if left...

GWCT's Megan Lock spots the ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita), perhaps one of the UK’s most beautiful tiny insects, barely 10mm in length...

Jess Brooks, Advisory to the GWCT lets us into the secrets of the parasitic Toothwort. Looking like a stack of vertebrae protruding up...

The largest and fastest of our swimming crabs, the velvet crab has specially adapted paddle-shaped back legs allowing it to propel...

If we are looking for a symbol to reflect newfound positivity and hope in trying times, what better than a staunchly resilient, yet...

The UK is home to six native freshwater species of mussels, one of which is amongst the rarest animals in the world and something very...

Jess Brooks of the GWCT tells us of one of the mammals in our seas – and amongst the marine members of this class is an athletic,...

Late autumn heralds the arrival of many species of wintering birds to UK shores, including our smallest migratory goose, the brent goose...

Just spotted on the GWCT site: Jess Brooks tells us about Devil's Fingers (Clathrus archeri). Found between July and October, this...

GWCT's Jess Brooks tells us about this fascinating fish. The bullhead is the only freshwater-dwelling species of sculpin in the UK. A...

Meadowsweet is a tall, robust herb from the rose family that grows in damp soil on grassland and river banks where the water levels...