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An Introduction to Craneflies

… Wildlife Trust takes a closer look at craneflies. … How to identify a cranefly There are around 350 different species … the true craneflies look very similar and are difficult to identify. However, you can recognise a female cranefly by … or forked tails. The female’s pointed tail is actually an ovipositor, used to pierce the soil and deposit her eggs. The …

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How to grow a wild patch or mini meadow

… rattle Common mallow Hoary plantain Devil's-bit scabious Viper's bugloss Kidney vetch Salad burnet Lady's bedstraw Nettle leaved bell … and small mammals. So simply let nature move in! Set aside some lawn, leaving it to grow, and wait to see what …

Roadside Nature Reserves

… Roadside Nature Reserves include a number of scarce and … create new chalk grassland on nearby arable land. … Roadside Nature Reserves can link existing wildlife areas, … species, particularly reptiles such as slow-worms and viviparous lizards, and mammals such as badgers. … Some …

basking shark swimming in the ocean with its mouth wide open

The mysterious basking shark: What we know (& some things we don’t…)

… into its mouth. It is one of just three sharks, alongside the whale shark and the megamouth shark that filter feed … water into its mouth. This enormous mouth, alongside five large mucusy gills (which nearly surround the … a number of other shark species, these giant fish are viviparous, which means that they give birth to live young. …