European hedgehog
Considered a gardener’s best friend, hedgehogs will happily hoover up insects roaming in vegetable beds. Famously covered in spines, hedgehogs like to eat all sorts of bugs and crunchy beetles.…
Considered a gardener’s best friend, hedgehogs will happily hoover up insects roaming in vegetable beds. Famously covered in spines, hedgehogs like to eat all sorts of bugs and crunchy beetles.…
Discover more about the world of mammals.
Discover why hedgehogs are Britain's most beloved mammal.
The European larch was introduced into the UK from Central Europe in the 17th century. Unusually for a conifer, it is deciduous and displays small, greeny-red cones on brittle twigs.
Able to camouflage itself to its surroundings, the European flounder is one of our many amazing flatfish!
Seabass is a seafood favourite, appearing on menus throughout the UK. But it's in trouble in UK seas, with much of the seabass we eat imported from European fish farms.
Come and join us for our monthly Wildlife Watch. Discover our native mammals in the UK, learn how we can track our fury friends on the reserve and fun themed craft activities.
A walk about the grassland and woodland of the reserve, searching for evidence of the smaller mammals on site, including investigating Dormouse tubes / boxes.