Invertebrates > Insects
OverviewThe Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea), also celebrated across Britain and continental Europe as the Blue Hawker, is one of the largest, most inquisitive, and acrobatic dragonflies in the Old World, belonging to the darner family Aeshnidae. Dominating sheltered...
Invertebrates > Insects
OverviewThe Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) is one of the most striking, familiar, and ecologically indispensable social bumblebees in Europe, belonging to the true bee family Apidae. Revered by gardeners and naturalists for its dramatic, high-contrast...
Plants > Broadleaf Trees
OverviewThe European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), known in mythology as the World Tree Yggdrasil that binds the nine realms in Norse cosmology, is one of the tallest, most graceful, and ecologically indispensable native deciduous hardwood trees in Europe. Belonging to...
Plants > Broadleaf Trees
OverviewThe Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea), celebrated as the Cornish Oak, Durmast Oak, and the national tree of both Wales and the Republic of Ireland, is a colossal, venerable deciduous hardwood tree belonging to the beech family Fagaceae. Dominating the rocky...
Invertebrates > Insects
OverviewThe Black Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) is a remarkable, clumsy, and fascinating flightless beetle belonging to the blister beetle family Meloidae. Wandering slowly through sunny coastal grasslands, wildflower meadows, and chalk downlands across Europe in...
