Richard Dowling
@dowlingwildlife.bsky.social
UK Amateur Naturalist & Wildlife Gardener / Photographer. Tofu Eating Wokerati. Beetle Keeper, Interested in Nature, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Bumblebees & Climate 🟩 Ⓥ
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!
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...
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!
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.
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!
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.