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A blackbird perches on the very top of a spruce pine. Its bright yellow beak is wide open in song.

A spotter’s guide to spring: for families

We’ve put together a spring spotter’s sheet which you can use in your garden, on your daily walk or (if you can’t get out) from your window – see how many things you can spot!

A grey seal lying on rocks with a flipper over its face.
20 Apr 2020

St Abb’s Head through the seasons: autumn

Enjoy a stunning gallery of autumn wildlife, captured by award-winning nature photographer Laurie Campbell at St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve.

A woman sits on the forest floor as two children examine something under a magnifying glass.

Spotter's guide for families: Insects

There are many different species of insects in the gardens and places we look after.

A golden-ringed dragonfly perches on a thin branch. Its black and gold bands along its body are clear. Its almost transparent wings are held out horizontally from its body.

Spotter’s guide: Insects

There are many different insect species in the gardens and places we look after.

A white gannet comes in to land. Its wings are arched and its black webbed feet are stretched out in front.

St Abb’s Head through the seasons: summer

Enjoy a stunning gallery of summer wildlife, captured by award-winning nature photographer Laurie Campbell, at St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve.

13 Apr 2020

In the vegetable garden at Brodie Castle

Head Gardener Ed Walling plants brassicas in the vegetable garden.

A man holds out a hanging basket in front of him. It is planted with purple and yellow flowers.

How to make a spring hanging basket

Plant up a hanging basket with colourful bedding plants this spring.

A close-up of purple thrift flowers growing in a grassy field. Clusters of little flowers form a ball at the top of a long thin stalk.
10 Apr 2020

Blooming gorgeous: thrift

Nothing is more beautiful than a pink carpet of thrift framing a coastal headland on a spring day.

A heron sits in a pine tree.

Spotter’s guide: Birds

The Trust protects the habitats of more than a million seabirds, as well as birds that nest in our woodlands, gardens and hills.