With a second reading of the Retained EU Laws Bill expected soon, we're sharing a series of blogs about the laws and regulations designed to protect nature that are under threat. Today, Dr…

Karen introduces us to one of her favourite solitary wasps, the genus Ectemnius.

Alan Wright joins a woodland walk on one of our new reserves

May was a bug bonanza! Our latest wildlife sightings from across Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside have been dominated by buzzing, flitting, shimmering insects.

In the tiny world of insects, finding a suitable mate can be a BIG challenge - our love bugs need to pull out all the stops.

The end of summer is fast approaching and we are seeing the new queen and male bumblebees in our gardens regularly now. New social wasp queens are appearing and male wasps will follow in the next…

Is it that time of year already? As we move into July the early spring bees have finished their work and we start to see solitary wasps with more frequency and will start to see new queen…

Karen McCartney shares some more bee and wasp species to be on the look out for as we enter summer.

As we move into May and late spring we will start to see the first tiny workers of our early spring bumblebees. Karen McCartney gives us some species to look out for.

Meteorologically spring has sprung but for me personally spring begins when I start to see the first bees emerging after what feels like a long winter.