Cow parsley
The umbrella-like clusters of white, frothy flowers of cow parsley are a familiar sight along roadsides, hedgerows and woodland edges.
The umbrella-like clusters of white, frothy flowers of cow parsley are a familiar sight along roadsides, hedgerows and woodland edges.
Parsley fern lives up to its name - the pale green fronds form in clusters among rocks and look just like parsley. Look out for it in upland areas, particularly in Wales and Cumbria.
As counties go, Lancashire is completely batty! Find out which bat species can be found across the North West.
Local residents have discovered and recorded several new species of animal in North Manchester parks.
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Youth Council member, Chris, shares some simple ways in which you and your local community can help protect your wildlife by tackling Himalayan balsam.
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The Wildllife Trust and Sefton Council, our coastal conservation partner, are dismayed to find one of the conservation cattle on the Birkdale Hills Local Nature Reserve has died after seemingly…