Find out which early species to watch for, how to make your patch more butterfly-friendly and where to record your sightings for science

March is a month of change for Nature, says James Lowen…

Nadia Shaikh goes synaesthetic for the start of spring, almost tasting the orange tang of an early butterfly

Karen Youngs is on the lookout for nature’s collectibles during a sunny spring walk

I like unusual words and there are a couple that seem appropriate for this time of year. March, we know, is a fickle beast, where the weather can flicker from T-shirt to thermals in the course of a da

Handsome, chunky and often brightly marked, shieldbugs emerge in spring, quietly shaping the life of hedgerow and garden