Contents 1: May 15 Purple haze Northamptonshire for Britain's best bluebell wood, nightingale & Goldilocks buttercup 2: May 16 Cuddly fish? Devon for common cuttlefish, spiny spider crab & Eurasian beaver 3: May 17 String of pearls Sussex for pearl-bordered fritillary, nightingale, two-banded longhorn beetle, burnt orchid & early spider orchid 4: May 18 Metamorphosis Oxfordshire for club-tailed dragonfly, monkey orchid & lady orchid 5: May 19 Hills & holes Cambridgeshire for pasqueflower, man orchid, yellow meadow ant & dingy skipper 6: May 20 Black Isle bottlenose Highland for common bottlenose dolphin, harbour seal & long-tailed skua 7: May 21 Dukes, without hazard Gloucestershire for Duke of Burgundy, Adonis blue, sword-leaved helleborine & pasqueflower 8: May 22 The Emperor's dawn Suffolk for the dawn chorus, stone-curlew, woodlark & emperor moth 9: May 23 Fertility rites Dorset for marsh fritillary, Adonis blue, Duke of Burgundy & grizzled skipper 10: May 24 The early bird... Denbighshire, Powys & Ceredigion for black grouse, common redstart & lesser twayblade 11: May 25 Ephemera Hampshire for mayflies, brown trout & bullhead 12: May 26 Ladies and gentlemen Kent for lady orchid, man orchid & monkey orchid 13: May 27 Spider(crab)man and Batman Pembrokeshire for spiny spider crab, otter, greater horseshoe bat & chough 14: May 28 Puffin without the huffin' Northumberland for the Amble Puffin Festival & roseate tern 15: May 29 Military bearing Buckinghamshire for military orchid, fly orchid, greater butterfly orchid & bird's-nest orchid 16: May 30 Snowdonia, in black and white Snowdonia for Snowdon lily, moss campion, starry saxifrage & raven 17: May 31 Ma'n Lesard goz dinerby Cornwall for twin-headed clover, thyme broomrape, heath spotted orchid, thrift clearwing & red-veined darter 18: June 1 The Wight stuff Isle of Wight for Glanville fritillary, small blue, common wall lizard, Dartford warbler & red squirrel 19: June 2 Does the Lady's slipper fit? Cumbria for lady's slipper orchid, lily-of-the-valley, white-spotted sable & pearl-bordered fritillary 20: June 3 Beetlejuice North Yorkshire for tansy beetle, & East Yorkshire for gannet & puffin 21: June 4 Skip, skip, skip to the Loy Highland for chequered skipper, pearl-bordered fritillary, argent and sable, & pine marten 22: June 5 Whiteface Highland for white-faced darter, lesser twayblade, red squirrel & osprey 23: June 6 Rain goose Shetland for red-throated diver, red-necked phalarope & whimbrel 24: June 7 Gull able not gullible Cumbria for lesser black-backed gull, herring gull, 'Walney pink', coralroot orchid & natterjack toad 25: June 8 Eype of the tiger Dorset for cliff tiger-beetle, & Devon for wood white 26: June 9 Streaky Cambridgeshire for black hairstreak, six-belted clearwing, glowworm & moon carrot 27: June 10 Water into wine Suffolk for great bittern, common crane, golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle, elephant hawkmoth & reed dagger 28: June 11 Flitting fritillaries Essex for heath fritillary, shrill carder bee, horehound longhorn & slowworm 29: June 12 Fragrant flora Kent for common poppy, late spider orchid, lizard orchid, black-veined moth & Rambur's pied shieldbug 30: June 13 Frozen in time County Durham for spring gentian, Teesdale violet, mountain pansy, shrubby cinquefoil & whiskered bat 31: June 14 Bee good to yourself London & Hertfordshire for bee orchid, early marsh orchid, white-legged damselfly & hairy dragonfly 32: June 15 A swallow's tale Norfolk for swallowtail, Norfolk hawker, scarce chaser & Chinese water deer 33: June 16 Shingle sensations Kent for Nottingham catchfly, sea pea, toadflax brocade & white-spot 34: June 17 Musky frogs Hampshire for musk orchid, frog orchid, common juniper & bastard toadflax 35: June 18 Largin' it Somerset for large blue, six-belted clearwing, pyramidal orchid & 'wasp' orchid 36: June 19 Manxie and thrifty Gwynedd for thrift clearwing, chough, Manx shearwater & grey seal 37: June 20 Pretty in pink Suffolk for proliferous pink, field wormwood, Spanish catchfly, powdered grass-veneer & marbled clover 38: June 21 Small is beautiful Powys for small white orchid, heath fragrant orchid, wood bitter vetch & small pearl-bordered fritillary 39: June 22 Seabird cityscape Northumberland for Arctic & Sandwich terns, puffin & guillemot 40: June 23 For peat's sake Shropshire for white-faced darter, common hawker, large heath & common raft spider 41: June 24 Heddon on earth Devon for high brown fritillary, dark green fritillary & silver-washed fritillary 42: June 25 Festival of fauna Somerset for great white egret, bittern, argent and sable, & Iberian water frog 43: June 26 Gorge yourself Somerset for for Cheddar pink, slender bedstraw, peregrine, greater horseshoe bat & water vole 44: June 27 Where there's muck... West Yorkshire for bittern, marsh harrier, avocet & black-necked grebe 45: June 28 The perfect meadow Wiltshire for hay-rich flower meadows with burnt orchid, great burnet & adder's-tongue fern 46: June 29 God's own North Yorkshire for large heath, wood tiger, green tiger-beetle, round-leaved sundew & keeled skimmer 47: June 30 The purple empire Northamptonshire for purple emperor & white admiral 48: July 1 Easy, tiger! Norfolk for dune tiger-beetle, bee-wolf & dune chafer 49: July 2 Against all odds Perth & Kinross for mountain ringlet, black mountain moth & arctic-alpine plants 50: July 3 The Welsh tepui Conwy for grayling, silver-studded blue, dark red helleborine, spiked speedwell & Kashmir goat 51 July 4 The living mountain Highland for ptarmigan, dotterel, Scotch burnet & trailing azalea 52: July 5 The Devil's goat Cambridgeshire for lizard orchid, pasqueflower, chalkhill blue & Daubenton's bat 53: July 6 Boggy bonanza Dorset for bog bush-cricket, bog orchid, brown beak-sedge, keeled skimmer & Lulworth skipper 54: July 7 Highland fling Highland for azure hawker, northern emerald, black-throated diver & creeping lady's-tresses 55: July 8 Bumbling through the machair Argyll & Bute for corncrake, great yellow bumblebee, moss carder bee, machair & basking shark 56: July 9 Leaping clear Dorset for white-beaked & common bottlenose dolphins, Balearic shearwater & basking shark 57: July 10 Primrose pilgrimage Orkney for Scottish primrose, orca, great skua & corncrake 58: July 11 Beech bum Surrey for narrow-lipped helleborine, broad-leaved helleborine, silver-washed fritillary, & Sussex for purple emperor 59: July 12 Down on the dunes Merseyside for red squirrel, sand lizard, natterjack toad, northern dune tiger-beetle & dune helleborine 60: July 13 Small is beautiful Dorset for red squirrel, Sandwich tern, yellow-legged gull & common lizard 61: July 14 Bolt from the blue Shropshire for silver-studded blue & hobby, & Staffordshire for woodcock & nightjar 62: July 15 Heavenly heathland Surrey for brilliant emerald, downy emerald, black darter, true lover's knot & sand lizard 63: July 16 Bright eyes Hampshire for burnt orchid, chalk milkwort, marsh fragrant orchid & marsh helleborine 64: July 17 Not so dinky minke 158 Northumberland for minke whale & white-beaked dolphin, & County Durham for dark red helleborine & northern brown argus 65: July 18 Badgerland 160 Dorset for badger & fox 66: July 19 Allure of the rare Conwy for Ashworth's rustic, Weaver's wave, true lover's knot & chough 67: July 20 True blue Cornwall for blue shark, porbeagle shark & short-beaked common dolphin 68: July 21 A rough diamond Essex for round-leaved wintergreen, green-flowered helleborine, common spotted orchid & brown-banded carder bee 69: July 22 The heath at Pooh Corner Sussex for adder, golden-ringed dragonfly, black darter, woodlark & nightjar 70: July 23 Marvellous moths Dorset for Jersey tiger, silver y, worm pipefish & tompot blenny 71: July 24 Sounds of summer Hampshire for large marsh & woodland grasshoppers, bog bush-cricket, scarce blue-tailed damselfly & southern damselfly 72: July 25 Welsh dragons Pembrokeshire for small red damselfly, scarce blue-tailed damselfly & common hawker, & Ceredigion for common bottlenose dolphin 73: July 26 The colours of summer Essex for great green bush-cricket, white-letter hairstreak, scarce emerald damselfly, marbled white & brown-banded carder bee 74: July 27 Vision Cambridgeshire for southern hawker, broad-bodied chaser, drinker, milk parsley & marsh pea 75: July 28 Tell 'em about the honey, mummy North Yorkshire for honey-buzzard, nightjar, tree pipit, common lizard & adder 76: July 29 Rockpool ramble Devon for cirl bunting, snakelocks anemone, velvet swimming crab & Cornish sucker 77: July 30 Helleborine's angels Oxfordshire for narrow-lipped, violet & broad-leaved helleborines, striped lychnis & yellow birdsnest 78: July 31 Drum and Bass East Lothian for gannet, fulmar, shag & northern brown argus 79: August 1 Batfan Dumfries & Galloway for whiskered bat, brown long-eared bat, noctule bat & Daubenton's bat 80: August 2 The British lions Suffolk for ant-lion, bee-wolf, painted lady, hummingbird hawkmoth & wood sandpiper 81: August 3 Get to the Point! Norfolk for harbour seal, spoonbill, devil's-bit scabious, chalkhill blue & clouded yellow 82: August 4 Cathedrals & castles Sussex for peregrine & water vole 83: August 5 Rafts of gulls Norfolk for Mediterranean gull, & Suffolk for fen raft spider 84: August 6 Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea Devon for Lundy cabbage, Lundy cabbage-weevil, grey seal & basking shark 85: August 7 Sunfish, sea, sand Cornwall for ocean sunfish, harbour porpoise, short-beaked common dolphin & grey seal 86: August 8 Whale of a time North Yorkshire for minke whale, humpback whale, harbour porpoise & white-beaked dolphin 87: August 9 Black on black Anglesey for raven, corkwing wrasse, yellow birdsnest, grass-of-Parnassus & red squirrel 88: August 10 Basking in glory Argyll & Bute for basking shark, minke whale, harbour porpoise & white-tailed eagle 89: August 11 Cry freedom Derbyshire for red grouse 90: August 12 Osprey! Rutland for osprey, wood sandpiper, Roesel's bush-cricket & violet helleborine... & the Birdfair 91: August 13 Summer's golden days Lincolnshire for brown hairstreak, purple hairstreak & hazel dormouse 92: August 14 The eagle has landed... again Western Isles for white-tailed eagle, golden eagle, harbour seal & otter 93: August 15 Mini-beast magic Essex for bryony ladybird, shrill carder bee, wasp spider, water vole & marsh frog 94: August 16 Creatures of the night Suffolk for stone-curlew, Reeve's muntjac & badger 95: August 17 Birds of a feather Ceredigion for Manx shearwater, gannet & osprey 96: August 18 Pelagic wanderers Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly for Cory's & great shearwaters, short-beaked common dolphin, lesser white-toothed shrew & prickly stick-insect 97: August 19 A capital day London for Aesculapian snake, autumn squill, water vole, noctule bat & wasp spider 98: August 20 Silver and gold Surrey for silver-spotted skipper, chalkhill blue, lace border, Roman snail & autumn gentian 99: August 21 Greenham Common ladies Berkshire for autumn lady's-tresses, autumn gentian & grayling, & Buckinghamshire for starfruit & edible dormouse 100: August 22 Dewy damselflies Norfolk for small red-eyed damselfly, willow emerald damselfly, clouded yellow & peregrine Further information 244 Index of sites 246 Index of wildlife targets 250
