Night Thoughts Did you know that 70% of available water is consumed by agriculture? The return to nature-based agriculture is an important component of biodiversity, reduction of water consumption and thus a gain for our quality of life.💚🌱☘️🌿🌳🌲🍀💚

Followers of Botanical University Challenge Botanical University Challenge might be interested in our project to raise awareness and interest in plants and their associations with invertebrates and fungi. Come and join us, all welcome bigmeadowsearch.co.uk/about-bms-and-…

PROJECT UPDATE: 1 The Big Meadow Search Project launched in 2021 in Carmarthenshire & has spread across the UK into Ireland & Channel Islands. 612 areas have been searched. 168 recorders have submitted 20,534 plant records. Thank you to everyone who has participated so far.

Please don’t mow or spray the dandelions. They are a lifeline for pollinators including bees, butterflies, hoverflies. They support over 50 insect species. Our little film shows the life in a small patch 🐝 More: bit.ly/428s34x

Talk About Leeds (C) 🏆 Leeds United Kiyan Prince Foundation This is our Kiyan Prince. 18 years ago he was stabbed to death, aged 15, after selflessly attempting to break up a fight outside his school. His father Dr Mark Prince OBE has dedicated his life to Kiyan Prince Foundation working with young people most at risk of being involved in knife crime. #QPR

Share a place you can't stop thinking about (in photos) 📸📍

Please say no to pesticides and herbicides. Cocktails of these chemicals in fields, gardens, parks, verges, community spaces are poisoning wildlife including bees, birds, hedgehogs, butterflies, beetles, frogs, damselflies, and polluting our rivers. Let's restore nature 🐝

A wonderful #wildflowerhour & so lovely to see Dandelions rightfully taking centre stage for #InternationalDayoftheDandelion! Huge thanks to everyone who took part tonight! Hope you all have a great week & see you again next Sunday!

🗓️ 1month to go until Big Meadow Search 2024 starts. 1st June to 31st August across the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands. Any type of unimproved grassland can be searched. Everyone welcome, you don’t need to be an expert. Watch this space for updates bigmeadowsearch.co.uk

The conservation of the world’s biodiversity is utterly dependent on the way in which we interact with and use the world’s forests. via FAO Forestry

If you love what grows beneath your feet… why not take part in this years Big Meadow Search BBC Springwatch

I am pleased to announce the first search uploaded on to our BMS website, and therefore the first dot on the map for 2024, was in Llanfihangel ar Arth. Thanks Hannah Mitchell for being so quick off the mark. Who will be first in Channel Islands, England, Ireland and Scotland?

A warrior, a legend and an inspiration. Rob Burrow will be so, so missed.

#DidYouKnow that soil #biodiversity contributes to many ecosystem services and constitutes an important resource for sustainable agricultural production? 🤔🌱 Check out this infographic to learn more about #soil 👇 via Bangor University, Emma Withers

Please can you help and spread the word Our lovely Billy from DIY SOS had his car stolen a few days ago, with a rather obvious number plate. Can you RT and see if we can find it for him, as it’s made him awfully sad Thank you everyone

London today. What a sight. Westminster completely taken over by tractors. #FarmersProtest

Next level vegetative ID skills required 🫣

Here she is, the first and only Orange Tip Butterfly that I've looked after for '10 months' from an egg laid in my garden last year. Isn't she adorable! 🥚🐛🥐🦋 #Lepidopterist #conservation

This month brings a flutter of spring butterflies and moths to look for in your gardens and local green spaces 🌷🦋 Discover more species and tips on how to attract them with our free monthly e-newsletter 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/enews #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

We are currently living through a mass species extinction event, the largest ever known. We don't want to lose our wild, native UK #hedgehogs🦔 This #EarthDay2025, see what small actions you can take to make a difference to #wildlife. buff.ly/9NIZnyP 📷 Emily Clark