Richard Dowling
@dowlingwildlife.bsky.social
UK Amateur Naturalist & Wildlife Gardener / Photographer. Tofu Eating Wokerati. Beetle Keeper, Interested in Nature, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Bumblebees & Climate 🟩 Ⓥ
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Ive updated my info-graphic on Artificial Lawns in light of yet more harmful impacts coming to light in recent years. Please feel free to save it and share it whenever you see people considering plastic grass on social media.
Cannot believe that just by creating a meadow lawn and a wildlife pond, I now have Muntjac Fawns coming in and out of my Hedgehog highway to nibble on the plants all day! Insane when you think what the garden was like when I moved in!
August 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Cannot believe that just by creating a meadow lawn and a wildlife pond, I now have Muntjac Fawns coming in and out of my Hedgehog highway to nibble on the plants all day! Insane when you think what the garden was like when I moved in!
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July 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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If there is more life on a kids nit comb than a garden, we need Government to step in and end the trend. Please sign to ban domestic use of Plastic Grass
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
July 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If there is more life on a kids nit comb than a garden, we need Government to step in and end the trend. Please sign to ban domestic use of Plastic Grass
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Every day I find a new species in my newly created wildlife garden. This week, Pirate Otter Spider, Roesels Bush Cricket and Red Tailed Cuckoo Bee
July 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Every day I find a new species in my newly created wildlife garden. This week, Pirate Otter Spider, Roesels Bush Cricket and Red Tailed Cuckoo Bee
Everyone says a Wildlife Pond is the #1 thing you can do for wildlife in your garden. And just a month in, I agree, a whole range of Visitors from Hedgehogs, Mallards, to Caddisfly Larvae and this Blackcap #Springwatch @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Everyone says a Wildlife Pond is the #1 thing you can do for wildlife in your garden. And just a month in, I agree, a whole range of Visitors from Hedgehogs, Mallards, to Caddisfly Larvae and this Blackcap #Springwatch @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
Disappointing that a TV show on the 270 Bee Species in Britain spends half the time promoting Honey Bees and giving air time to a hotel in London (the worst environment to have hives competing with our native Bees for scarce nectar) on plastic grass! #TheSecretLifeOfBees #Channel5
May 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Disappointing that a TV show on the 270 Bee Species in Britain spends half the time promoting Honey Bees and giving air time to a hotel in London (the worst environment to have hives competing with our native Bees for scarce nectar) on plastic grass! #TheSecretLifeOfBees #Channel5
Once a blank canvas with a grand total of one Blackbird visit when I moved in, my garden is slowly filling with life!
May 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Once a blank canvas with a grand total of one Blackbird visit when I moved in, my garden is slowly filling with life!
Build it and they will come!
May 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Build it and they will come!
Work has begun 🐸
April 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Work has begun 🐸
How do we stand a chance changing the course of species decline and habitat loss when in 2025, News outlets are still posting this utter garbage...
April 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
How do we stand a chance changing the course of species decline and habitat loss when in 2025, News outlets are still posting this utter garbage...
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Further to various comments from eg @markavery.bsky.social, @chrisgpackham.bsky.social and @raptorpersuk.bsky.social, about the decision by @privateeyenews.bsky.social not to take any more ££ from @wildjustice.bsky.social for their "pheasant" advert... I find myself at this week's letters page. 🧵1/8
April 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Further to various comments from eg @markavery.bsky.social, @chrisgpackham.bsky.social and @raptorpersuk.bsky.social, about the decision by @privateeyenews.bsky.social not to take any more ££ from @wildjustice.bsky.social for their "pheasant" advert... I find myself at this week's letters page. 🧵1/8
Just 5 months in my new home and blank garden with zero wildlife is already transforming. Crocus Lawn, Log Piles, Shrub Beds, Compost Bin built, Native Hedgerow and a Rowan planted and Bee Hotels fitted. Getting there!
March 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Just 5 months in my new home and blank garden with zero wildlife is already transforming. Crocus Lawn, Log Piles, Shrub Beds, Compost Bin built, Native Hedgerow and a Rowan planted and Bee Hotels fitted. Getting there!
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OK, maybe we're a tad biased, but RSPB Arne nature reserve really is something special. 😍
Get #Winterwatch on now to see it in all its glory!
Who's already watching?
Get #Winterwatch on now to see it in all its glory!
Who's already watching?
January 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
OK, maybe we're a tad biased, but RSPB Arne nature reserve really is something special. 😍
Get #Winterwatch on now to see it in all its glory!
Who's already watching?
Get #Winterwatch on now to see it in all its glory!
Who's already watching?
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@davegoulson.bsky.social Glad to see more and more insect lovers on Bluesky. Probably visiting Scotland again this year to see all the majestic bees again.
January 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@davegoulson.bsky.social Glad to see more and more insect lovers on Bluesky. Probably visiting Scotland again this year to see all the majestic bees again.
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From X to Bluesky, lets start with one of my first bumblebee photo's. Spring 2017 in front of my house in Delft
December 9, 2024 at 9:05 PM
From X to Bluesky, lets start with one of my first bumblebee photo's. Spring 2017 in front of my house in Delft
Made of most of rare afternoon sunshine in Lincolnshire to go and see the Seals at Donna Nook
December 29, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Made of most of rare afternoon sunshine in Lincolnshire to go and see the Seals at Donna Nook
Wildlife Gardening community, Photinia Red Robin, good for wildlife and pollinators or a waste of space please? Been offered a free one but trying to have maximum wildlife value in the garden.
December 16, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Wildlife Gardening community, Photinia Red Robin, good for wildlife and pollinators or a waste of space please? Been offered a free one but trying to have maximum wildlife value in the garden.
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What's your controversial opinion in your field? I think orcas are dickheads.
December 3, 2024 at 9:17 PM
What's your controversial opinion in your field? I think orcas are dickheads.
One for the home made Christmas cards. Fieldfare travelling from Scandinavia to feast on the UK's berries and windfall apples
November 23, 2024 at 3:53 PM
One for the home made Christmas cards. Fieldfare travelling from Scandinavia to feast on the UK's berries and windfall apples
Tougher to get Wildlife spectacles in Winter, but starling murmurations at Brighton Pier is a must!
November 21, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Tougher to get Wildlife spectacles in Winter, but starling murmurations at Brighton Pier is a must!
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Some rainy afternoon musings on whether it makes sense to talk about "garden rewilding".
youtu.be/JW0goeznrH4
youtu.be/JW0goeznrH4
What is "Garden Rewilding"?
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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November 19, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Some rainy afternoon musings on whether it makes sense to talk about "garden rewilding".
youtu.be/JW0goeznrH4
youtu.be/JW0goeznrH4
Ive updated my info-graphic on Artificial Lawns in light of yet more harmful impacts coming to light in recent years. Please feel free to save it and share it whenever you see people considering plastic grass on social media.
November 19, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Ive updated my info-graphic on Artificial Lawns in light of yet more harmful impacts coming to light in recent years. Please feel free to save it and share it whenever you see people considering plastic grass on social media.