Nine amazing autumn fungi to spot
What’s your favourite thing about autumn? Ours is fungi, and there are so many weird and wonderful wild mushrooms and moulds appearing at the moment that it’d be a crime not to go for a fungi walk…
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Autumn Weddings
Welcome to autumn weddings at Brockholes - surround yourself with nature's colourful beauty
Autumn Woodland
Autumn is a time of hunting for conkers, kicking through great drifts of fallen leaves, roasting chestnuts, and roaring bonfires.
An autumn in Lancashire
Youth Council member and keen naturalist, Tanglewest, writes about the wonders of autumn in Lancashire
Autumn Reads
As we celebrate the autumn equinox, nature lovers from all over the Lancashire Wildlife Trust share their favourite wild reads. As summer comes to an end and we spend more time indoors, this is…
Autumn gentian
A late-flowering plant, Autumn gentian displays pretty, mauve, tube-like flowers atop its reddish stems. It favours dry, chalk grassland and sand dune habitats.
Autumn wildlife
For many plants, insects and some mammals, autumn is a time of slowing down, of shutting down. It’s all about changing where and how you live in preparation for the great annual emergency: winter. For many birds it’s about arrivals and departures, some flying south in pursuit of food and warmth, while others arrive from the Arctic for a mellower winter. The red deer decide that this is the moment to get dramatic about breeding, while all around them summer's lush greens become browns and oranges, punctuated with pops of red and purple berries.
Gardening for wildlife this autumn
Our friends at Vine House Farm share their top tips for wildlife gardening in autumn.
What to plant in autumn
Brighten up the colder months with some autumn planting for wildlife. My Wild City Project Officer, Hilary, is here to tell you how...
Wading into autumn
For many birdwatchers, things are just hotting up! We might be reaching the end of summer, but this is when a group of birds known as waders start to appear on our shores. Here are ten waders to…
Spotlight On: Heysham Nature Reserve, searching for autumn's butterflies
Spotlight On: Heysham Nature Reserve, searching for autumn's butterflies
In part two of his blog from Heysham Nature Reserve, Alan Wright seeks an autumn butterfly and other species appearing on a warm day.
The Greenhouse Project: Autumn
This was the first of the greenhouses to be developed and is largely given over to the production of annual vegetables.