There are so many pretty flies I had never seen before. Today I came across a red bodied one that was too fidgety to photograph well but was unlike the one with a red stripe I found on the glass last week. And a golden sheen one with a metallic blue bottom that appears to have white frets on the side #biodiversity#inthegarden#insects#latespring
The Green Shores team have been busy the last few weeks, planting, field trips, organising fencing to protect new planting sites as well as keeping up with the plant propagation.
One of our volunteers spotted this amazing Emperor moth after a planting session at Dornoch Firth and shared it with us.
This is why we are doing all the work, to build spaces for biodiversity that have been lost or degraded.
Photo by J Robinson #moth#Biodiversity#Saltmarsh#NatureRestorationFund
In ganz Deutschland herrschen die Motorsensen. Ganz Deutschland? Nein, auf einem kleinen Fleck vor Mietshäusern in Berlin-Wilmersdorf dürfen Blütenpflanzen wachsen…. #Stadtnatur#Nature#Biodiversity
A Smooth Newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) standing out against a background of submerged sacking in a pathside pond.
Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.
#YellowRattle is used proactively to create & restore wildflower meadows, where it aids #biodiversity by suppressing dominant grasses & recycling of #soil nutrients. This improves chances of other species of wildflowers becoming established.
This is one of the best #NoTill#plants to sow if you're into #rewilding projects at your home & around your community. It's really easy to get yellow rattles established & an excellent choice if you're unable or don't want to till any topsoil. Scatter seeds across mowed lawn & water once - nature will help with the rest. It doesn't require good soil. You can tap a few seeds in the wild in late Summer to start your meadow rewilding. Seed pods are silver gray & sound like a rattle.
Nouvelle fiche : une #éponge (pas facile à discriminer de certaines copines sans exam' des #spicules) de Manche et probablement Méditerranée, un peu hirsute :
L'éponge-buisson plat orange.