Autumn fruits and seeds
Showing 33 different nuts, cones, flying seeds and fleshy fruit produced by trees and shrubs, from acorns to sloes. How many can you find?
Showing 33 different nuts, cones, flying seeds and fleshy fruit produced by trees and shrubs, from acorns to sloes. How many can you find?
September and October are a good time for bushcraft. We’ve chosen 3 WildID guides featuring mammals tracks and signs, woodland trees, flowers and fungi and a guide to stars and planets in the night sky.
Between the heat of summer and the hard frosts of winter, September and October are fantastic for fungi. Three fold-out guides featuring over 100 distinctive species to find this autumn.
After the quiet of late summer, September and October mark a turning point in the birdwatching year. We’ve chosen 3 WildID fold-out guides featuring featuring birds and their tracks to spot this autumn and winter.
There are 26 conspicuous ladybird species in Britain and Ireland. Beautiful colour paintings of all species by Chris Shields show the key colours and patterns to look out. Co-created with the UK Ladybird Survey.
Is that a chaffinch, greenfinch or bullfinch at the bird feeder? Do you know a great tit from a blue tit? Covering the top 50 birds seen in parks and gardens, including ponds and rivers.
The Distinctive grassland fungi guide covers 40 species of spindles, corals, earthtongues, waxcaps, puffballs and more in Britain and Ireland.
Harvestmen are spider-like invertebrates common in late summer and autumn, although species are present all year. The 2nd edition of the FSC's fold-out guide to harvestmen covers all 34 species from Britain and Ireland.
WildID Shark and skate eggcases features the eggcases of the 3 sharks and 10 skates reported to the Great Eggcase Hunt from around the coasts of Britain and Ireland.
Looking for a quick guide to common wild flowers? Gardens, grassy tracks, quiet lanes, hedgerows, playing elds and canal towpaths are a great place to look. Features 42 different flowers to spot.
The Distinctive gilled fungi guide covers 40 species of fungi found in Britain and Ireland. Gilled fungi are the mushroom style fungi which produce their spores from gills underneath a cap.
The Distinctive non-gilled fungi guide covers 40 species of puffballs, earthballs, tooth fungi, clubs, corals, bracket fungi and boletes of Britain and Ireland.
Many mammals are shy, making them difficult to see. But mammals often leave signs they have visited an area, like tracks, droppings and burrows. Co-created with the Mammal Society.
44 birds to spot along the coast in winter. Seaside birding in winter is quite different to summer: plumage varies, some species are only present in the winter months and large feeding flocks can be seen.
The Waterside flowers guide covers 46 wild flowers you can see by ponds, canals, streams and rivers in Britain and Ireland. Beautiful colour paintings by Lizzie Harper show the key features of each plant.
Covering all 60 wild butterflies of Britain and Ireland, with beautiful colour life-sized paintings by acclaimed artist Richard Lewington. Co-created with Butterfly Conservation.