Our #BumbleBird patch amongst an #EcoLawn and by a #WildflowerStrip Little Green Space 🦋 #GardenersWorld

Just been sent this great picture by a local friend who first thought it was a piece of Lego lying on the pavement. Mating lime hawks, Mimas tiliae. Plenty of limes (lindens) planted as street trees hereabouts. Sometimes I’m sent photos of the caterpillars.

I won’t be topping my #Ecolawn at 65mm for at least a week as it’s currently buzzing with bumblebees. (Not going to mention the honeybees…) Plantlife Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Don’t forget these! #EarwigShelters

Pleased to say they are all doing well! The shelter from the hazel probably helped in the heavy rain too!

Bottom trawling tears up fragile seabed habitats & harms the life that depends on them. Today’s UK Government decision to ban it in 40+ Marine Protected Areas offers hope: a chance to let our seas recover & life return. 🌊 Let's see Marine Protected Areas live up to their name.

2nd brood of starlings now hatched & very vocal!

#EarWigShelter deployment on broad beans to control aphids.

Full of life #BumbleBird patch Cotswold Seeds Bumblebee Conservation Trust RSPB BTO

Patch of Corky-Fruited Water-Dropwort (Oenanthe pimpinelloides) successfully introduced in spring 2024. 17 individuals now flowering! BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Worcs Wildlife Trust Joshua Styles Natural England

Sown in spring 2023, this year the #WildflowerStrips at Astley Vineyard have excelled! My bespoke mix has done particularly well! WineGB Midlands and North

So much to explore in the big, wide world for a little leveret 🥰 #hare #brownhare #leveret #Norfolk #BBCWildlifePOTD #wildlifephotography #countrysidephotos

Many of the caterpillars have now crawled away to pupate, this one will do shortly. Happy to have saved so many from the #SprayDrift Butterfly Conservation 🦋 West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Worcs Wildlife Trust

The #BumbleBird patch is truly buzzing this morning & fortunately the honeybees are yet to arrive! Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Goldfinches now using the #BumbleBird patch, harvesting mustard seed developing in the pods. RSPB BTO Cotswold Seeds

Every flower counts! Our #EcoLawn Plantlife

These #WildflowerStrips are being maintained at a height of 20cm in the alleyways. It might seem harsh to cut, but they will still deliver benefits for production & wildlife whilst limiting the impact on the growers & vines (e.g. shade). Thanks to Astley Vineyard for the pic

If you can do one thing in your garden for wildlife and have a lawn, raise the cutting height to 65mm. Look at this mosaic! #MakingGardensBuzz Little Green Space 🦋 The Wildlife Trusts Plantlife

Back at my old place of work today (Worcester University) and my old office is long gone, great to see the teasels I introduced have kept going! #NatureFindsAWay

Just like birds, pollinators come in very different forms. Don’t just think of honeybees!