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Love nature, fresh air and books. Supporter of libraries. Monmouth, Wales, UK.
#Wildflowerhour Hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium in flower on a trackway despite rain, wind and frost. Near Monmouth.
November 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#Wildflowerhour Hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium in flower on a trackway despite rain, wind and frost. Near Monmouth.
#Wildflowerhour Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica in a village hedgerow near Monmouth.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#Wildflowerhour Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica in a village hedgerow near Monmouth.
#Wildflowerhour Bush Vetch, Vicia sepium survived Storm Claudia at the base of a hedgebank near Monmouth.
November 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
#Wildflowerhour Bush Vetch, Vicia sepium survived Storm Claudia at the base of a hedgebank near Monmouth.
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Dive into autumn leaves with today's @theguardian.com country diary by Phil Gates.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Autumn is a time to rake in the wildlife | Phil Gates
Crook, County Durham: There’s a contemplative pleasure to gathering up the leaves this time of year, and it’s a benefit to legions of invertebrates and toadstools too
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Dive into autumn leaves with today's @theguardian.com country diary by Phil Gates.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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2,000 crimes against wildlife were reported last year, with just 2% of these leading to convictions (exc fisheries) ⚖️
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
2,000 crimes against wildlife were reported last year, with just 2% of these leading to convictions (exc fisheries) ⚖️
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
#Wildflowerhour Tutsan, Hypericum androsaemum has survived wind and rain on a woodland ride near Monmouth.
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
#Wildflowerhour Tutsan, Hypericum androsaemum has survived wind and rain on a woodland ride near Monmouth.
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21 easy projects to help wildlife in your garden - you don't have to do them all, even just a few of these make a huge difference! www.wildway.info/p/21-ideas-s...
21 projects for starting a wildlife garden
How to make a wildlife garden to help nature
www.wildway.info
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
21 easy projects to help wildlife in your garden - you don't have to do them all, even just a few of these make a huge difference! www.wildway.info/p/21-ideas-s...
#Wildflowerhour A late flowering Welsh Poppy, Papaver cambricum on a shady, rocky and steep woodland bank near Monmouth.
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
#Wildflowerhour A late flowering Welsh Poppy, Papaver cambricum on a shady, rocky and steep woodland bank near Monmouth.
#Wildflowerhour Greater Celandine, Chelidonium majus at the base of a wall in Tintern, Monmouthshire. It has been present in Britain since Roman times, so perhaps was seen by the monks of Tintern Abbey.
October 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
#Wildflowerhour Greater Celandine, Chelidonium majus at the base of a wall in Tintern, Monmouthshire. It has been present in Britain since Roman times, so perhaps was seen by the monks of Tintern Abbey.
#Wildflowerhour Lamium album, White Dead-nettle frequent near Monmouth. The raised position on the hillside here made it possible to get a good view of the anthers.
October 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
#Wildflowerhour Lamium album, White Dead-nettle frequent near Monmouth. The raised position on the hillside here made it possible to get a good view of the anthers.
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$5.9bn = the amount spent annually on protecting and restoring forests
$409bn = the amount of subsidies going to agriculture industries destroying forests
Anyone else see the problem here?
$409bn = the amount of subsidies going to agriculture industries destroying forests
Anyone else see the problem here?
October 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
$5.9bn = the amount spent annually on protecting and restoring forests
$409bn = the amount of subsidies going to agriculture industries destroying forests
Anyone else see the problem here?
$409bn = the amount of subsidies going to agriculture industries destroying forests
Anyone else see the problem here?
#Wildflowerhour Red Valerian, Centranthus ruber frequent on village walls near Monmouth.
October 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#Wildflowerhour Red Valerian, Centranthus ruber frequent on village walls near Monmouth.
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What frightens me most about Halloween cobwebs isn’t how they look…..it’s that they catch the living.
Enjoy the season, but keep the plastic webs indoors; or skip them altogether.
Enjoy the season, but keep the plastic webs indoors; or skip them altogether.
October 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
What frightens me most about Halloween cobwebs isn’t how they look…..it’s that they catch the living.
Enjoy the season, but keep the plastic webs indoors; or skip them altogether.
Enjoy the season, but keep the plastic webs indoors; or skip them altogether.
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The Speckled Wood is unique in its ability to spend the winter as either a chrysalis or a caterpillar 🐛💤
Letting your grass grow long and leaving some dead plants is a great way to support this beautiful species throughout its lifecycle.
📷: Iain Cowe, Bob Eade, Andrew Cooper
Letting your grass grow long and leaving some dead plants is a great way to support this beautiful species throughout its lifecycle.
📷: Iain Cowe, Bob Eade, Andrew Cooper
October 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The Speckled Wood is unique in its ability to spend the winter as either a chrysalis or a caterpillar 🐛💤
Letting your grass grow long and leaving some dead plants is a great way to support this beautiful species throughout its lifecycle.
📷: Iain Cowe, Bob Eade, Andrew Cooper
Letting your grass grow long and leaving some dead plants is a great way to support this beautiful species throughout its lifecycle.
📷: Iain Cowe, Bob Eade, Andrew Cooper
#Wildflowerhour Herb-Robert, Geranium robertianum is a frequent and welcome sight on my woodland walks near Monmouth.
October 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#Wildflowerhour Herb-Robert, Geranium robertianum is a frequent and welcome sight on my woodland walks near Monmouth.
#Wildflowerhour A long established and extensive patch of Sowbread, Cyclamen hederifolium on a roadside verge near Monmouth. The coiled stems will release the ripe seeds onto the soil.
September 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#Wildflowerhour A long established and extensive patch of Sowbread, Cyclamen hederifolium on a roadside verge near Monmouth. The coiled stems will release the ripe seeds onto the soil.
#Wildflowerhour Ivy, Hedera helix in a hedgerow near Monmouth.
September 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#Wildflowerhour Ivy, Hedera helix in a hedgerow near Monmouth.
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Close to my heart as well. Have just signed and hope others do too.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save COUL LINKS protected nature from destructive Déjà Vu Groundhog golf course
I've just signed the petition opposing plans to build a destructive luxury golf course at beautiful rugged Coul Links in the Scottish Highlands. Will you sign too?
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Close to my heart as well. Have just signed and hope others do too.
#Wildflowerhour A #FavouritePlant of mine Euphrasia, Eyebrights. This group is growing on the edge of a woodland ride near Monmouth.
September 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#Wildflowerhour A #FavouritePlant of mine Euphrasia, Eyebrights. This group is growing on the edge of a woodland ride near Monmouth.
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Alzheimer's blood test could 'revolutionise' diagnosis. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Alzheimer's blood test could 'revolutionise' diagnosis
Scientists leading the trial at University College London believe the blood test could improve the accuracy of diagnosis of the disease to more than 90%.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Alzheimer's blood test could 'revolutionise' diagnosis. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Wildflowerhour #Seedheads Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica is abundant on a woodland ride I walk near Monmouth. The seeds when they fall from the plant will start to germinate next spring.
September 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#Wildflowerhour #Seedheads Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica is abundant on a woodland ride I walk near Monmouth. The seeds when they fall from the plant will start to germinate next spring.
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“The dense interconnectedness of the human family… means that in terms of our biology, there are no different races. We can all claim ancestry from across the world. Nevertheless, our politics is obsessed with distinctions based on national identity…” Gaia’s article more relevant than ever:
Something I wrote a year ago that’s infuriatingly relevant
Leaders should finally tell us the truth about migration: it’s here for good | Gaia Vince
It’s time to resist the right’s narrative of immigration as aberration. Nations thrive on it – and they always have done, says author Gaia Vince
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“The dense interconnectedness of the human family… means that in terms of our biology, there are no different races. We can all claim ancestry from across the world. Nevertheless, our politics is obsessed with distinctions based on national identity…” Gaia’s article more relevant than ever:
#Wildflowerhour #fruits Blackberries, fruit of Bramble, Rubus fruticosus agg have been eaten since Neolithic times. Here on a woodland ride near Monmouth.
August 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#Wildflowerhour #fruits Blackberries, fruit of Bramble, Rubus fruticosus agg have been eaten since Neolithic times. Here on a woodland ride near Monmouth.
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This is evidence of the Nazification of the US: more than 600 books have been banned in Florida. One of them is Anne Frank's diary. This is part of a broader, nationwide censorship drive against teachings about race, gender & diversity.
If this continues, entire sections of history will be erased.
If this continues, entire sections of history will be erased.
‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts
Hundreds of titles are being pulled from library and classroom shelves in the Republican-dominated state
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is evidence of the Nazification of the US: more than 600 books have been banned in Florida. One of them is Anne Frank's diary. This is part of a broader, nationwide censorship drive against teachings about race, gender & diversity.
If this continues, entire sections of history will be erased.
If this continues, entire sections of history will be erased.
#Wildflowerhour #GentianFamily Common Centaury, Centaurium erythraea frequent on a woodland ride near Monmouth.
August 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#Wildflowerhour #GentianFamily Common Centaury, Centaurium erythraea frequent on a woodland ride near Monmouth.