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Dr Sarah Knight
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Research Fellow in Greenspace & Health | GIS, ecology, health, inequalities & green social prescribing! Moth appreciator 🌍🦋 @salforduni.bsky.social
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📢 Check out our new blog post:

"The GreenME project for mental health: The need for complementary therapeutic interventions" by Zachary Zeiger & @hvscole.bsky.social

Our @greenme-project.bsky.social evaluation of nature-based therapy interventions!

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Welcome to the Community Garden
September 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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📢 Research survey!

🌳What do you think of Oldham's nature?
🌳Do they impact your mental health?
🌳Win £30 voucher for Veg in the Park!

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Do you like Oldham's parks & natural spaces? Do they impact your health? We want to hear from you! If you live in Oldham and are aged 18+ years...please complete our research survey! University of Salford researchers are exploring how mature can impact mental health. We are working hard to improve the health & wellbeing of Oldham's people, communities and nature.
July 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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A lovely fresh Gatekeeper butterfly in our garden in #York 🦋☀️

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July 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Clever moth folk... please can I ask for your help to ID this chap/chappess? Is it a Bird-cherry Ermine? Over 20 in the trap last night in York.

Thank you in advance! 😊

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June 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Nearly missed this lovely Red-necked Footman moth who was just chilling on a plant next to our light trap in #York. We've never had one visit us before! Brilliant 🦋

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Red-necked Footman (Atolmis rubricollis)
June 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Green was the theme in our #York light trap last night!

A nice Green Pug on the wall, Common Emerald, a nice fresh Light Emerald, & an absolutely battered Green Silver-lines.

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Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata) Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria) Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) Green Silver-lines (Pseudoips prasinana britannica)
June 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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A lovely sunny day with Mike Hardman at The Open Call Festival in Oldham yesterday talking with the community about their local green & blue spaces!

We want to know about how Oldham residents use their local nature spaces & how this relates to their health

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June 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Yippee... the Elephant Hawkmoths have arrived in the garden trap in #York. Also a lovely Scorched wing 🦋

#MothsMatter #TeamMoth @deanbats.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Super happy with last night's moth trap in #York. Some of my faves... Buff-tip, Peppered moth, Green carpet and... a 1st for us ever... an Eyed Hawkmoth! Woweeee.

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May 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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I love this time of year... my favourite, the peonies, are out! These guys are absolutely massive, so gorgeous!

#bloomscrolling
May 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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The Herald and a nice Pale Tussock in the trap in #York last night. Such great fuzzy arms 🦋

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May 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Yesterday was a great day in the moth trap in #York. Pale prominent, Spectacle, Brimstone, Buff-tip and others. Plus 8 cockchafer beetles!

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May 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Empty trap last night in #York except for this nice Scalloped Hazel moth.

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Scalloped Hazel moth (Odontopera bidentata)
May 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Speckled Wood under the ferns 🦋

#urbannature
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May 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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A nice Waved Umber moth in the trap in #York. I don't think we've ever had this guy in our garden before!

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Waved umber moth (Menophra abruptaria)
May 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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A lovely Angle Shades moth in the trap in #York last night.

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Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)
May 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Popped to #London & am loving the massive Alliums planted along the pedestrian walkway. Loads of pollinators incl. a blue butterfly (wouldn't sit still)!

It also redirects people from walking along the congested Euston Rd. Clean, green & purple 🐝🌷🌍

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May 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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The moth trap is back for 2025! A great haul in #York last night.

Managed to attract one of my faves.. this lovely Buff-tip 🦋🌛

#teammoth #MothsMatter
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May 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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A spot of urban green planting along the canal in Birmingham at the weekend

#urbannature #nature
April 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Lovely fresh Peacock butterfly out on the dandelions this morning in #York

#nature
#butterfly
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April 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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We made a little pond in the garden this weekend.

Wildlife action so far...minimal...but a hoverfly was spotted taking a drink! Success! The hard work has already paid off 🐝

#pond #pondlife
April 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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The Shuttlecock ferns are unravelling in the garden... love it when these guys appear!
April 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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A Comma butterfly sat & sunned itself this afternoon. Lovely 🦋🌷☀️
April 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Lovely Snake's head fritillaries are blooming on the University of #York campus today. Lovely!

🌷🌻🌺
April 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Great to have the wonderful Dr Helen Hoyle here in York to talk about her amazing research.

"The problem with green is that it is green"! Great talk about people's perceptions & preferences for planting & flowering!
April 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM