Chiltern gentian
Considered to be one of the prettiest gentians, the Chiltern gentian is a rare plant in the UK. It likes chalk grasslands, its purple, trumpet-shaped flowers blooming from August.
Considered to be one of the prettiest gentians, the Chiltern gentian is a rare plant in the UK. It likes chalk grasslands, its purple, trumpet-shaped flowers blooming from August.
Find out how to tell a Chiltern gentian from an autumn gentian with our infographic.
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The early gentian is a rare plant that is only found in the UK. It likes sunny, lowland chalk grasslands, its purple, trumpet-shaped flowers blooming in May and June.
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Penny Cullington, of Bucks Fungus Group, writes about discovering two species of fungi new to Britain at BBOWT's Rushbeds Wood nature reserve
A talk by Dr Helen Roy from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
BBOWT member Claire Manojlovic takes a walk through the Chilterns, visiting Homefield Wood nature reserve on her way
Today’s The State of the UK’s Butterflies 2015 report from Butterfly Conservation and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology shows that more than three-quarters of the UK’s butterflies have declined…
The Chief Executive of the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) has said Government plans to expand the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) are a 'hollow promise…