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Wildflower seedlings 🌱 from Seedball this November.
November 20, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Wildflower seedlings 🌱 from Seedball this November.
Frosty oak leaf, this morning.
November 20, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Frosty oak leaf, this morning.
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It's bitterly cold here, grey and sleety. Summer seems a distant memory all of a sudden. Here's Clifton Ings in its early-summer glory to warm things up. This site has been managed as hay meadows for over a thousand years, and possibly since Roman times.
November 20, 2024 at 9:25 AM
It's bitterly cold here, grey and sleety. Summer seems a distant memory all of a sudden. Here's Clifton Ings in its early-summer glory to warm things up. This site has been managed as hay meadows for over a thousand years, and possibly since Roman times.
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Today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight is the Scaup, the UK’s rarest breeding duck! 🦆
Numbers build in winter as birds arrive from Iceland and Scandinavia, gracing our coastal waters.
Look for their striking plumage and rounded heads as they dive in search of mussels & crustaceans.
Numbers build in winter as birds arrive from Iceland and Scandinavia, gracing our coastal waters.
Look for their striking plumage and rounded heads as they dive in search of mussels & crustaceans.
November 20, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight is the Scaup, the UK’s rarest breeding duck! 🦆
Numbers build in winter as birds arrive from Iceland and Scandinavia, gracing our coastal waters.
Look for their striking plumage and rounded heads as they dive in search of mussels & crustaceans.
Numbers build in winter as birds arrive from Iceland and Scandinavia, gracing our coastal waters.
Look for their striking plumage and rounded heads as they dive in search of mussels & crustaceans.
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Exciting new announcement for @northcavewet.bsky.social from Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
www.ywt.org.uk/news/yorkshi...
www.ywt.org.uk/news/yorkshi...
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust purchases historic heart of wetland nature reserve | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has received support from National Lottery players via The National Lottery Heritage Fund to buy Dryham Farm, a central part of their North Cave Wetlands nature reserve, it wa...
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November 19, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Exciting new announcement for @northcavewet.bsky.social from Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
www.ywt.org.uk/news/yorkshi...
www.ywt.org.uk/news/yorkshi...
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Bluesky has topped 20 million users! That's the same amount of users as there are tonnes of carbon stored in the Peak District's peat bogs. Hurrah for Bluesky & Peatlands!
If you'd like to buy bare-root plants for the winter season & keep peat in the ground, check out the Peat Free Nurseries List:
If you'd like to buy bare-root plants for the winter season & keep peat in the ground, check out the Peat Free Nurseries List:
Peat Free Nurseries List
The response to the Peat Free Nurseries List has been incredible. It’s fantastic to see such interest in sourcing peat-free plants. Thousands of people have accessed the list which now includ…
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November 19, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Bluesky has topped 20 million users! That's the same amount of users as there are tonnes of carbon stored in the Peak District's peat bogs. Hurrah for Bluesky & Peatlands!
If you'd like to buy bare-root plants for the winter season & keep peat in the ground, check out the Peat Free Nurseries List:
If you'd like to buy bare-root plants for the winter season & keep peat in the ground, check out the Peat Free Nurseries List:
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Moomin Winter Snow - Tove Jansson
I always hoped when I was little that I might one day visit Moomin Valley. Maybe this winter.....
#moomins #winter #snow #ToveJansson
I always hoped when I was little that I might one day visit Moomin Valley. Maybe this winter.....
#moomins #winter #snow #ToveJansson
November 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Moomin Winter Snow - Tove Jansson
I always hoped when I was little that I might one day visit Moomin Valley. Maybe this winter.....
#moomins #winter #snow #ToveJansson
I always hoped when I was little that I might one day visit Moomin Valley. Maybe this winter.....
#moomins #winter #snow #ToveJansson
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This cold snap reminded me of one of my favourite ever butterfly-related photos, by the incredible Ben Greenaway ... a 3rd instar Purple Emperor caterpillar on its 'dangle leaf', that is silked onto the stem to stop it falling 🦋
November 19, 2024 at 7:38 PM
This cold snap reminded me of one of my favourite ever butterfly-related photos, by the incredible Ben Greenaway ... a 3rd instar Purple Emperor caterpillar on its 'dangle leaf', that is silked onto the stem to stop it falling 🦋
Here are three wintry woods, supported by the Wildlife Trust, to visit if you live in or near London:
seedball.co.uk/explore-lond...
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Explore London's Autumn Wonderland: 3 Stunning Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves to Visit This Season - Seedball
Spend your autumn outdoors with London Wildlife Trust. The Trust has a vision of a London alive with wildlife and you can visit one of their 36 nature reserves to marvel at the changing colours of the...
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November 19, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Here are three wintry woods, supported by the Wildlife Trust, to visit if you live in or near London:
seedball.co.uk/explore-lond...
seedball.co.uk/explore-lond...
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First bird of my day: ‘my’ Dunnock, sleek grey against the bright snow, the garden white, autumn leaves burning gold underneath the laden branches and somewhere hidden within the ivy, a choir of sparrows chattering. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 19, 2024 at 7:42 AM
First bird of my day: ‘my’ Dunnock, sleek grey against the bright snow, the garden white, autumn leaves burning gold underneath the laden branches and somewhere hidden within the ivy, a choir of sparrows chattering. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
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November 19, 2024 at 8:58 AM
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Are you a moth trapper based in the UK, Ireland or Channel Islands? Why not get involved with #GardenMothScheme! Our summer recording season has come to a close, but we have a winter scheme for the brave all-weather trappers. Download a recording form here: gardenmothscheme.org.uk/downloads
November 18, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Are you a moth trapper based in the UK, Ireland or Channel Islands? Why not get involved with #GardenMothScheme! Our summer recording season has come to a close, but we have a winter scheme for the brave all-weather trappers. Download a recording form here: gardenmothscheme.org.uk/downloads
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#TheWinter10 Part 1 Dandelion on the green out the front on Tuesday and scentless mayweed, buttercup and bramble flower at Lakeside Country Park on Monday. #WildflowerHour
November 17, 2024 at 8:28 PM
#TheWinter10 Part 1 Dandelion on the green out the front on Tuesday and scentless mayweed, buttercup and bramble flower at Lakeside Country Park on Monday. #WildflowerHour
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When northern bogs first started forming following deglaciation, they caused some global warming. However, for the past many thousands of years they have cooled our climate. We need to save bogs and protect peat by keeping it mucky, healthy, and wet.
November 17, 2024 at 5:42 PM
When northern bogs first started forming following deglaciation, they caused some global warming. However, for the past many thousands of years they have cooled our climate. We need to save bogs and protect peat by keeping it mucky, healthy, and wet.
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A beautiful collection for the winter ten! Thank you for sharing them Lesley! 🌸🌿👏🏻
Early for #WildflowerHour
This week’s #TheWinter10 :
Cyclamen, Green Alkanet, Daisy, Creeping Bellflower, Wood Avens, a Fleabane, Ox-eye Daisy, Black Horehound & Ivy
This week’s #TheWinter10 :
Cyclamen, Green Alkanet, Daisy, Creeping Bellflower, Wood Avens, a Fleabane, Ox-eye Daisy, Black Horehound & Ivy
November 17, 2024 at 8:44 PM
A beautiful collection for the winter ten! Thank you for sharing them Lesley! 🌸🌿👏🏻
More flowers and wildlife-friendly gardening practices can create habitats and food for wildlife - like this tiny solitary bee.
November 18, 2024 at 7:56 AM
More flowers and wildlife-friendly gardening practices can create habitats and food for wildlife - like this tiny solitary bee.
This is Ivy, she roots for nature, the autumn flowers in her hair, feed late-flying pollinators, and her dusky winter berries sustain the birds, who find shelter and nest in her canopy. #dontcutivy
November 18, 2024 at 7:50 AM
This is Ivy, she roots for nature, the autumn flowers in her hair, feed late-flying pollinators, and her dusky winter berries sustain the birds, who find shelter and nest in her canopy. #dontcutivy
Last Oxeye daisies blooming at the Seedball allotment 💚💚💚
November 18, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Last Oxeye daisies blooming at the Seedball allotment 💚💚💚
Blue sky over the allotment…
November 17, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Blue sky over the allotment…
Happy Saturday nature-lovers. 💚🐝
We thought we’d have a hover over here for a look see, from you know where!
We thought we’d have a hover over here for a look see, from you know where!
November 16, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Happy Saturday nature-lovers. 💚🐝
We thought we’d have a hover over here for a look see, from you know where!
We thought we’d have a hover over here for a look see, from you know where!
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The last Photo I took.... Hopefully the first of many more over here on Bluesky...
November 15, 2024 at 11:31 AM
The last Photo I took.... Hopefully the first of many more over here on Bluesky...
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Lovely Guardian country diary to start the day from @jensoilandpen.bsky.social on the life that thrives in & around Merseyside's 1950s municipal waste tips & spoil from the first Mersey tunnel.
What's the point of Saturday morning if it doesn't include a few Turnstones? #naturewriting
What's the point of Saturday morning if it doesn't include a few Turnstones? #naturewriting
Country diary: Turnstones and beet among the trolleys and bikes | Jennifer Jones
Otterspool, Merseyside: This is land built on waste-tips and spoil, but wildlife is thriving. Perhaps one day the otters will return, too
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November 16, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Lovely Guardian country diary to start the day from @jensoilandpen.bsky.social on the life that thrives in & around Merseyside's 1950s municipal waste tips & spoil from the first Mersey tunnel.
What's the point of Saturday morning if it doesn't include a few Turnstones? #naturewriting
What's the point of Saturday morning if it doesn't include a few Turnstones? #naturewriting
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November 15, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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A moment of play for today's #FoxOfTheDay , shared by @kartoffelpilz on Instagram
November 16, 2024 at 10:43 AM
A moment of play for today's #FoxOfTheDay , shared by @kartoffelpilz on Instagram