Restoring Shropshire's Verges Project
@shropsverges.bsky.social
Founded 2018 by local people to restore our wildflower rich verges with support from @nationaltrust.bsky.social, Caring for God's Acre, Shropshire Hills National Landscape, Shropshire Council, and with guidance from @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
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November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Field Madder. Most conspicuous in the size of its very tiny mauve-pink flowers. A new one for me observed along a well trodden Lincolnshire farmland footpath #WildflowerHour
October 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Field Madder. Most conspicuous in the size of its very tiny mauve-pink flowers. A new one for me observed along a well trodden Lincolnshire farmland footpath #WildflowerHour
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A Restharrow of sorts but despite some apparent spines, which one I am still not sure. #WildflowerHour
October 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A Restharrow of sorts but despite some apparent spines, which one I am still not sure. #WildflowerHour
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With a hint of pareidolia, this fantastic Selfheal flower at the edge of our garden path has been watching me go to work all week and was still around this late afternoon to see me in after a working weekend #WildflowerHour
October 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
With a hint of pareidolia, this fantastic Selfheal flower at the edge of our garden path has been watching me go to work all week and was still around this late afternoon to see me in after a working weekend #WildflowerHour
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Hedgerow Crane’s-bill amongst the concrete remnants of a former Lincolnshire airfield #WildflowerHour
October 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hedgerow Crane’s-bill amongst the concrete remnants of a former Lincolnshire airfield #WildflowerHour
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Two fab carrots from down that way also. Bupleurum tenuissimum, mostly in fruit now and Bupleurum falcatum flowering away on its road verge. #wildflowerhour
October 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Two fab carrots from down that way also. Bupleurum tenuissimum, mostly in fruit now and Bupleurum falcatum flowering away on its road verge. #wildflowerhour
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I'm honoured to have had a positive review from Mark!
Sunday book review - Endemic by @bsbicountries.bsky.social
Publisher: @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @chiffchat.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/10/19/s...
'Great book!'
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #buglife #Lundy #coleoptera #stonefly #fungi @ianparsons.bsky.social #cambridge #york #ragwort
Publisher: @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @chiffchat.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/10/19/s...
'Great book!'
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #buglife #Lundy #coleoptera #stonefly #fungi @ianparsons.bsky.social #cambridge #york #ragwort
October 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I'm honoured to have had a positive review from Mark!
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Sickle-leaved Hare’s-ear Bupleurum falcatum on its Essex road verge. Native-or-not, who cares, it’s lovely and still flowering well. The second of two edge-of-patch ticks today
October 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Sickle-leaved Hare’s-ear Bupleurum falcatum on its Essex road verge. Native-or-not, who cares, it’s lovely and still flowering well. The second of two edge-of-patch ticks today
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A late flowering Common Vetch on a road verge at Canworthy Water in Cornwall today for #WildflowerHour
Vicia sativa subsp segetalis
Vicia sativa subsp segetalis
October 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A late flowering Common Vetch on a road verge at Canworthy Water in Cornwall today for #WildflowerHour
Vicia sativa subsp segetalis
Vicia sativa subsp segetalis
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Meadowsweet still has a few plants in flower amongst hundreds along a rural road verge at Canworthy Water in Cornwall today for #WildflowerHour
Filipendula ulmaria
Filipendula ulmaria
October 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Meadowsweet still has a few plants in flower amongst hundreds along a rural road verge at Canworthy Water in Cornwall today for #WildflowerHour
Filipendula ulmaria
Filipendula ulmaria
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October 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Some interesting earth tongues of different shapes, and a photo with a rabbit poo for scale. All on a grassy moorland road verge growing with some waxcaps yesterday.
With @wonkyeggs.bsky.social who did all the digital recording because I (🙄)hadn't downloaded the @plantlifeuk.bsky.social waxcap app
With @wonkyeggs.bsky.social who did all the digital recording because I (🙄)hadn't downloaded the @plantlifeuk.bsky.social waxcap app
October 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Some interesting earth tongues of different shapes, and a photo with a rabbit poo for scale. All on a grassy moorland road verge growing with some waxcaps yesterday.
With @wonkyeggs.bsky.social who did all the digital recording because I (🙄)hadn't downloaded the @plantlifeuk.bsky.social waxcap app
With @wonkyeggs.bsky.social who did all the digital recording because I (🙄)hadn't downloaded the @plantlifeuk.bsky.social waxcap app
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🎭🎨 Market Drayton is bursting with creativity – from local artists & theatre to heritage & hands-on workshops.
Explore the town’s vibrant arts & culture scene 👇
🔗 zurl.co/Unh0Z
#MarketDrayton #ArtsAndCulture #MakeItMarketDrayton #ShropshireEvents #SupportLocal
Explore the town’s vibrant arts & culture scene 👇
🔗 zurl.co/Unh0Z
#MarketDrayton #ArtsAndCulture #MakeItMarketDrayton #ShropshireEvents #SupportLocal
October 21, 2025 at 6:44 AM
🎭🎨 Market Drayton is bursting with creativity – from local artists & theatre to heritage & hands-on workshops.
Explore the town’s vibrant arts & culture scene 👇
🔗 zurl.co/Unh0Z
#MarketDrayton #ArtsAndCulture #MakeItMarketDrayton #ShropshireEvents #SupportLocal
Explore the town’s vibrant arts & culture scene 👇
🔗 zurl.co/Unh0Z
#MarketDrayton #ArtsAndCulture #MakeItMarketDrayton #ShropshireEvents #SupportLocal
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🚍 North Salop Wheelers Community Bus makes it easy to explore Market Drayton! Every Wednesday, catch a ride to shop, meet friends, & enjoy the town. It's a lifeline for rural communities. 🌟
Want to join? Visit zurl.co/gHvi3
#MarketDrayton #Volunteer
Want to join? Visit zurl.co/gHvi3
#MarketDrayton #Volunteer
October 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🚍 North Salop Wheelers Community Bus makes it easy to explore Market Drayton! Every Wednesday, catch a ride to shop, meet friends, & enjoy the town. It's a lifeline for rural communities. 🌟
Want to join? Visit zurl.co/gHvi3
#MarketDrayton #Volunteer
Want to join? Visit zurl.co/gHvi3
#MarketDrayton #Volunteer
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Skylark in the heather on The Long Mynd in South Shropshire, glad it spotted me so I could get this shot looking directly at the camera #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography
August 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Skylark in the heather on The Long Mynd in South Shropshire, glad it spotted me so I could get this shot looking directly at the camera #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography
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Good morning 🌞 today features the colour red. The hedgerows and gardens are full of berries.
#gardenfeed 🌱
#gardenfeed 🌱
August 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Good morning 🌞 today features the colour red. The hedgerows and gardens are full of berries.
#gardenfeed 🌱
#gardenfeed 🌱
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It looked like really quite traps at first this morning but it was better than it looked with 27 Species. 1 NFY with an Oak Hook-tip. Other highlights: Pale Eggar, Orange Swift, Centre-barred Sallow, Frosted Orange, Angle Shades, Ruby Tiger, Flame, Small Blood-vein #teammoth
August 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It looked like really quite traps at first this morning but it was better than it looked with 27 Species. 1 NFY with an Oak Hook-tip. Other highlights: Pale Eggar, Orange Swift, Centre-barred Sallow, Frosted Orange, Angle Shades, Ruby Tiger, Flame, Small Blood-vein #teammoth
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August 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Pleased to get a Scorched Carpet (feedplant =Spindle) last night, albeit rather worn; adding to the ‘fire’ collection last night: Flame Carpet, Flame and Flame Shoulder. #teammoth
August 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Pleased to get a Scorched Carpet (feedplant =Spindle) last night, albeit rather worn; adding to the ‘fire’ collection last night: Flame Carpet, Flame and Flame Shoulder. #teammoth
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Hoary Ragwort and Fleabane providing splashes of late summer colour at @teeswildlife.bsky.social Bowesfield Marsh NR, Stockton-on-Tees.
August 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Hoary Ragwort and Fleabane providing splashes of late summer colour at @teeswildlife.bsky.social Bowesfield Marsh NR, Stockton-on-Tees.
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August 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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1. Go to buff.ly/6S8Tle4
2. Install the app and Donation Reminder extension
3. Activate your donation before shopping online and the retailer will automatically donate to us for free.
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2. Install the app and Donation Reminder extension
3. Activate your donation before shopping online and the retailer will automatically donate to us for free.
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...The huge, overriding problems remain, however, and they are ones we share across Europe and the UK; how do ground-nesting birds live on farmland?"
Read Mary's report from Curlew Action's visit to Poland in May:
Read Mary's report from Curlew Action's visit to Poland in May:
Poland trip report 2025 | Curlew Action
The Curlew Action team revisit Poland to learn about the impacts that EU Life funding is having on conserving Curlews.
www.curlewaction.org
June 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
...The huge, overriding problems remain, however, and they are ones we share across Europe and the UK; how do ground-nesting birds live on farmland?"
Read Mary's report from Curlew Action's visit to Poland in May:
Read Mary's report from Curlew Action's visit to Poland in May:
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"Poland’s Curlews are in crisis, but the EU Life funding is holding out a lifeline. The team, both professional and volunteers, are doing a wonderful job and it gives us all hope for the future...
Poland trip report 2025 | Curlew Action
The Curlew Action team revisit Poland to learn about the impacts that EU Life funding is having on conserving Curlews.
www.curlewaction.org
June 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"Poland’s Curlews are in crisis, but the EU Life funding is holding out a lifeline. The team, both professional and volunteers, are doing a wonderful job and it gives us all hope for the future...