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Who or What am I? Answer: Leaf cutter bee. You will know they have been working if you see sections roughly semi-circular, neat edged and uniform in size cut from a leaf. She carries the piece of leaf slung between her legs. I watched one working by the pond platform yesterday.

Who or What am I? Correct Answerers: Carol Gerrard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 St Locks Kaz 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏍️ Angela Knisely-Marpole Insta - @angela1001 Who or What am I? More general answerers: Hazel P Alison Donovan Who or What am I? Very general answerers: Lynda Jones

Next weekend, Zog. Come for a film and themed craft session. If you would like to book, all the details can be found on our website.

Easy, one-ingredient banana ice cream is naturally sweet and so satisfying. No ice cream maker needed. Just freeze a banana, blend until creamy, freeze and serve! Recipe on our website shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk/recipes

We have a few spaces remaining on our Dragonfly ID Course on Saturday 5th July. These sessions tend to fill so we advise booking to avoid disappointment, all details can be found on our website.

Who or What am I? Hint 1: One of the most common butterflies. You may spot it flying on even an overcast day, for their dark wings absorb sunlight effectively, helping to keep them active. Second hint at noon.

Who or What am I? Hint 2: Of Medium size, mainly brown with small orange patches on the forewings. One eyespot on the forewing with only one small white ‘pupil’. The females, less active, have brighter wings than the males who patrol their territory. Answer here at 8pm

No, no, wrong philosophy, should just be, every day's a school day and Lynda Jones does take great photos

Who or What am I? Answer: meadow brown The caterpillars eat a wide range of grasses & among plants for nectar are Knapweed, Bramble and Thistle. The scientific name comes from their eye-spots once being seen as the devil keeping an eye on people. photo from butterfly conservation

Who or What am I? Correct Answerers: St Locks Carol Gerrard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Shropygirl 💜🤍💚 SarahCate Kaz 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏍️ SusansusyB (PA to Sid, 🌈Amber) 💙🇪🇺

Sweet chili halloumi wrap, a great lunch for a warm day. Feel free to use chicken or change the type of wraps (as I did) - it's your lunch after all. The recipe is on our website shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk/recipes

Who or What am I? Hint 1: a pioneer species with white flowers, diminutive, bilateral and snapdragon-like, mostly visited by bumblebees. You may also need the noon hint to help you decide.

Who or What am I? Hint 2: It has a square stem and narrowly spear-shaped leaves that are toothed and covered in soft hairs with no sting. It is swollen and spiky at the nodes. You may also need to look at the morning hint to help you decide. Answer here at 8pm.

Who or What am I? Answer: Hemp nettle. To me this plant looks a bit exotic. Its Latin name, Galeopsis, means weasel which is what they thought the petals of the flower resembled – the snout of the weasel maybe?

Who or What am I? Correct Answerers: Angela Knisely-Marpole Insta - @angela1001 Outstanding in the field

Amazing timing the other day as Andrew Fusek Peters popped in just after we’d taken delivery of his new book, so he was kind enough to sign some for us. On sale in our shop now

Our volunteer team collected yellow rattle seed. It's laborious work, but well worth it as the seed will be sown in areas where we don't have rattle growing. This incredible plant reduces vigorous grasses and paves the way for other wildflower species to take hold.

Lovely weather for our July car boot Saturday! Great to see so many visitors for another sold out event. A few boots remaining for August. We advise booking to avoid disappointment.

Honey-glazed mushrooms with noodles - a relatively quick weekday dish with a very satisfying blend of savory and sweet. The recipe is on our website shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk/recipes

Do you have any children’s books you want to clear out? We’d love to have them for our second hand book section For a small donation to our charity, visitors can choose from a huge range of pre-loved books from fiction, non fiction, kids & adults. Always grateful for your help