Wildlife watch

Jenny Ackland spots an explosion of colour this June as wildlife gears up for the start of summer.

Fragrant and frothy, elder blossom is a highlight of May and June. The flat-topped flowerheads turn together to track the sun each day and attract a host of invertebrates, especially hoverflies and ti

This month, go wild for June, discover the secret world of penguins and listen to curious questions.

It was spring 2013. A little afternoon sunlight was glinting through the rushes into one of the most secret spots in the world: a quarter of a square metre of marsh at RSPB Ynys-hir in Powys where, re

THE BIG BUTTERFLY COUNT 18 JULY TO 10 AUGUST

With returning swifts screaming across the rooftop and golden buttercup pollen gilding his Wellingtons as he strides across the cow meadow, John Lewis-Stempel marvels at the many pleasures of May