Where to see wildlife in the summer

Swallowtail Butterfly

©Terry Whittaker/2020VISION

Where to see wildlife in the summer

Summertime specials

Summer is a time of colour. By day, colours zip and dart along the waterside as kingfishers and dragonflies go about their business of hunting. Butterflies flit between flowers, reptiles bask in the sun, and seabirds clamour on the cliffsides. The activity goes on under cover of darkness - bats sweep swiftly through the air, natterjacks chatter and nightjars churr, while glow-worms adorn the night with pinpricks of light.

Meadow Crane's-bill

©Mark Hamblin/2020VISION

Wildflower meadows

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Badger

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION

Badgers

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Blue dragonfly

Chris Lawrence

Dragonflies and damselflies

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