Flora and Fauna | Highfield Park Trust

‘Nature Notes’: January 2020

January is not June. Birds do not have young to feed. Bats and hedgehogs are hibernating. And few butterflies are

Following our fourth annual Mini Beast Safari, the helpers from the Herts Invertebrate Project – William Bishop and Joe Gray,

Report on our event ‘Bugs and beetles – and what they feed on’ The second instalment of our Spring–Summer 2019

Report on our event ‘Helping wildlife by submitting records…’ We kicked off the Spring–Summer 2019 programme of ‘Nature Talks and

Over the past couple of weeks, we have been contacting the various people who have conducted biodiversity surveys at Highfield

This 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) was photographed on a mild winter’s day in February 2019. It was found on the

Showcasing some of the flora and fauna found in Spring at Highfield Park. Photos courtesy of Austin Guest, a Trustee.

The Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis) is completely harmless; it just mimics a wasp brilliantly, as a means of defence from

The park has a Medlar tree (Mespilus germanica), hidden away in other foliage, but close to the path running by