@benjmatkinson.bsky.social
Lyscombe ranger for Dorset Wildlife Trust (views on here are my own). Interested in all things nature conservation, but especially birds, botany, butterflies, coppicing and rewilding.
Have seen a couple at Lyscombe this week 😀
August 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Have seen a couple at Lyscombe this week 😀
If there is any horseshoe vetch or cowslip seed left over we could use it at Lyscombe.
August 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If there is any horseshoe vetch or cowslip seed left over we could use it at Lyscombe.
Not as pretty, but just as crucial. The cattle also create bare ground. Great for insects like mining bees and butterflies, and ideal for wildflowers to germinate in.
Those cow pats are important too. Full of dung beetles which are food for things like bats, hedgehogs and birds.
Those cow pats are important too. Full of dung beetles which are food for things like bats, hedgehogs and birds.
July 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Not as pretty, but just as crucial. The cattle also create bare ground. Great for insects like mining bees and butterflies, and ideal for wildflowers to germinate in.
Those cow pats are important too. Full of dung beetles which are food for things like bats, hedgehogs and birds.
Those cow pats are important too. Full of dung beetles which are food for things like bats, hedgehogs and birds.
They still have plenty of work to do munching away on the SSSI, but the downland is already benefitting from their grazing. Plenty of wildflowers amongst the grasses.
July 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They still have plenty of work to do munching away on the SSSI, but the downland is already benefitting from their grazing. Plenty of wildflowers amongst the grasses.