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Today is #EarthOvershootDay the baseline for the Earth’s resources we can sustainably use First described in 1971 overshoot day was Dec 25th Now it’s August 2nd - we are now in ecological debt Humanity's demand for nature’s resources has exceeded Earth's capacity to regenerate

Our next event this week is the Taunton Flower Show on 4/5th August Taunton Flower Show - you'll find us in the plant village meadowinmygarden.co.uk/pages/events-2… #BritishSummer #GardeningTwitter #gardeningtips #biodiversity

Today we’ve revealed a huge surge in sightings of the Red Admiral as #BigButterflyCount 2023 enters its final days. 🦋🕚 The Red Admiral is currently flying high with 170,000 sightings reported so far, an impressive increase of 400% on the same period last year. 📈 📸 :

BREAKING: 50 MPs and peers, from all major parties, have written to Rt Hon Sir Grant Shapps demanding in the "strongest possible terms" to #StopRosebank. It's clear: the PM and energy minister stand with no one but oil billionaires on this disaster. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

5 more days to get this petition the response from Government that it requires. Sign and Share.... Or allow gardens like this to push Sparrows, Hedgehogs, Bees, Butterflies and countless others to extinction petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6331…

Wasps may seem like the down-side of summer, but did you know how important they are?! Why not check out Dave Goulson on 'Infinite Monkey Cage: Bees vs Wasps'?bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00… Read more about them here: nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-…

Short (4 minute) film on the potential of gardens to support insects youtube.com/watch?v=sUVU2c…

It’s unfathomable that trophy hunting still goes on 😡Please sign & share this petition 💚🦁 Ban lion trophy hunting imports into the UK - Sign the Petition! chng.it/dZC2Gt5c via Change.org UK

Tonight's goodnight image is ‘A Great Tree on a Riverbank’, William Fraser Garden, ink and watercolour, 1892. Available as a greetings card, or as part of the The Landscape Postcard Collection (No. 3). Sleep tight. rathergoodart.co.uk/product/the-la…

I’ve been a bit quiet lately, still reeling from the sadness of losing my simply beautiful Mum. Her funeral is tomorrow, another step on the ladder of grieving I’m told. Join me to raise a glass of Bailey’s & scoff Turkish delight for our remarkable darling xx

Kate No, it certainly isn't enough. Unlike most mammals, hedgehogs don't have the Flight or Fight Response to danger. So no matter how frightened they are, they don't bite, and they don't run away. Their response to danger is to curl up into a protective ball and wait untill the

Hedgehog Society Please change this advice, it is not helpful and may lead to a false sense of security and tragic deaths. "Lift up the base .." will do nothing: Hedgehogs don't have the Flight or Fight Reflex that we, and most other mammals have. So when faced with danger or threat they will

For anyone looking to make their #gardens more attractive to night flying #moths Nicotiana langsdorffs proved more popular in our garden than other nicotianas. Smaller blooms than other varieties, and flowers for months. Great for long-tongued bees, too! specialplants.net/shop/seeds/nic…

A last minute hare for SWLA mallgalleries finished yesterday now in a backpack with me on the train into London. It's not light! #haresculpture #hareart #metalsculpture

It's the PV of SWLA today mallgalleries Here are 4 of my sculptures. Show closes 11 Nov. Over 430 catalogued work plus projects to see. #wildlifeart #metalsculpture

Lovely sun peeping through rainy clouds this morning, after very heavy rain in night. Woken by heavy machinery being delivered to neighbour’s, to dig up & block pave their front garden; another barren area for nature & nowhere for rain to soak in 😢😡

Designing collages is a true love-hate relationship of mine. A patience game with an open outcome, you never know if or when it will be finished. But when the time comes, I’m happy and a little proud to have achieved it and I enjoy looking at it. #collage #insect #insects

I have to confess I’m scared-usually my jewellery pieces do ok but I’ve halved what I hoped to sell this evening & still haven’t done well. My jewellery’s an important source of income for me so anxiety’s⬆️. I’d be so grateful if you could RT my tweets about my Etsy shop below x

I've gained a few new followers after posting my most recent bird illustrations, hello all 👋 Here are some more from my growing collection. This is an ongoing personal project & I do illustrate loads of other things too! Have a browse of my website to see what else I do