A Crucifer Shieldbug (?) with a beetle friend at Croome NationalTrust Worcs Wildlife Trust #shieldbug

Thick Headed Fly - Myopa Clausa Found at Croome NationalTrust A weird looking critter! Worcs Wildlife Trust The British Nature Guide Amateur Photographer BBC Wildlife

There's a blue haze in the Church Shrubbery, behind the Temple Greenhouse and by the lake 🩵💙💜 have you seen them yet? #Bluebells 📷 Katherine Alker

🎉 Open day today, Tuesday 23 April 🎉 Panorama Tower is open from 12 until 2.30pm today. The sun is coming out so we should have fantastic views. More info from reception. #WorcestershireHour

Ooh, look at these beautiful Green Winged orchids which have popped up on Church Hill 😍 Have you seen any yet? 👀 We're keeping our eyes peeled over the coming weeks for Pyramidal, Common Spotted and Bee orchids, all of which can be found at Croome. 📷 Hugh Warwick

5 singing male nightingales at Croome NationalTrust early this morning (4am start) Glorious! 😍🎶🐦‍⬛🎵 Worcester Birding Glos Bird News #Worcsbirding #Ukbirds #Nightingale #Nightingales #CroomeCourt

Is it a bird? Is it an insect?? 🦗🐤 It's the wonderful & unmistakable sound of a Grasshopper warbler in the park at Croome! RSPB National Trust in the Midlands Worcs Wildlife Trust Worcester Birding 📹 NT / Craig Welsby

Croome NationalTrust in the sunshine 😍 Is there a prettier place to spend a relaxing afternoon?

Just amazing to see our founder Octavia Hill’s vision and ethos brought to life as a green oasis at #ChelseaFlowerShow - and now winner of the Children’s Choice Award too! Blue Diamond Garden Centres National Trust Ann-Marie Powell

Wonderful photo 😍 by Richard Clifford 🇬🇧 Worcs Wildlife Trust National Trust in the Midlands Buglife Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Happy World Bee Day 🐝 💖 Our meadows are buzzing with insects now that the weather has warmed up. And on the theme of the day 🐝.... the rangers have spotted Bee Orchids back in the parkland again this week! 😍 #WorldBeeDay 📷 NT / Hugh Warwick

Looking for something a bit different to do on half-term Wednesday? The Panorama Tower is open from 12 until 2.30pm on Wednesday 29th May. Find out more about the tower & climb the spiral staircase for fantastic views! nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/worceste… 📷 NT / Katherine Alker

Capability brown masterpiece around Croome NationalTrust yesterday 🌿

📢 Panorama Tower Open day 📢Today Wed 29th May 12 - 2.30pm! Come & admire the views across the countryside just like the 6th Earl of Coventry intended when he had the tower built in 1801. More info from reception. #WorcestershireHour 📷 NT / Katherine Alker

On this day in 1857, Edward William Elgar was born in this little cottage. Elgar’s sister, Lucy, recalled his birth “How well I remember the day he was born! The air was sweet with the perfume of flowers, bees were humming and all the earth was lovely…” 📷 Katherine Alker

Fantastic day Croome NationalTrust with #fourseasons participants collaborating on new outdoor sculpture designs, to be unveiled in October. 🍁 #socialartpractice  #commission  #climatechange #croome #sculpture #nature  Faye Claridge National Trust in the Midlands  National Trust

West Midlands Butterfly Conservation held a Moth morning at Croome NationalTrust and it was brilliant. So many fascinating moths to see. Thanks to Mike Williams Look out on Croome NationalTrust website for future events. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 #mothsmatter National Trust in the Midlands Elephant Hawk Moth ⬇️

Thank you West Midlands Butterfly Conservation for a fascinating Moth Morning! Over 35 different species of moths were found in the 4 traps they had set overnight including hawk moths & the cleverly disguised Buff Tip moth which looks like a twig! #WorcestershireHour National Trust in the Midlands 📷 NT / Katherine Alker

📢 Panorama Tower Open day now !! Friday 28 June 12 - 2.30pm. Climb the spiral staircase to get great views from the balcony. More info from reception. #WorcestershireHour

There are beautiful orange Strelitzia & blue Agapanthus on display in the Temple Greenhouse right now 🧡💙 Bright yellow broom & creamy white flowered oak-leaved hydrangea are blooming in the shrubberies 💛🩷 📷 NT / Dawne Middleton / Katherine Alker