A Bluebell growing in the shadow of an Irish Fairy Fort. A potently magical plant growing in a potently magical place🪻🪨 In parts of Ireland they were referred to as Harebells presumably being confused with the flower of this name 🐰 💜 More darkly, elsewhere, they were named

What an absolute crime against nature presently taking place on the Annadale Embankment Two men with lawnmowers chewing through a whole manner of wildflowers and refuge for wildlife

The reason Ireland is amongst the most nature degraded places on Earth is because of Government. The Department for Communities are paying men to destroy the river bank in South Belfast Oxeye Daisies, Ragged Robin, Starwort, Thistles and God knows what else. Obliterated.

Foxgloves are without a doubt one of our most fantastic native wildflowers 🦊🩷 Growing to the height of a small human, the morning dew, collected from the leaves and flowers of this amazing plant, allows magic practitioners to communicate with the Otherworld. 🌷✨ They have

Native insects need native plants 🐝🦋

Hazel trees are symbolic of wisdom in Ireland and across Europe and when left alone can live for 80 years and grow to 12 metres ☘️🌳 But a Hazel tree does not want to be left alone and when coppiced, either by people or wildlife, they forget to get old and can live for centuries

Blackbirds are just beautiful 🐦‍⬛🌿 Like many animals they are associated with a wealth of folklore both complimentary and unfortunately not so complimentary 🪶✨ It was once believed that should a Blackbird find and use tufts of human hair in the building of its nest that the

A gift to wildlife resting in a sea of ferns but across Britain and Ireland Elder was considered to be a tree filled with malicious magic and an evil temper ☘️🪄 If a child was hit with a stick of Elder they would cease to grow (don't hit children with sticks) and if the wood

Northern Ireland is a biodiversity disaster. Two days ago the Department for Communities destroyed a stretch of the Lagan riverbank between the Governors and Kings Bridges. Today three men with strimmers came and destroyed a bit more. Wildlife has nowhere to go. Nettles,

Did you know that finding a horse tooth is good luck? 🍀 Should you find one and keep it with you in your pocket you will never need to worry about money or bad luck for the rest of your days 💰 The only caveat is, just as with the elusive four leaf clover, that the magic of

Belvoir Forest is being eaten alive by Laurel and Bamboo amongst other things The mismanagement of Northern Ireland's woodlands is a disgrace and DAERA must relinquish care to the Woodland Trust so that they may be saved. DAERA Andrew Muir MLA @PeterMcRey

When this Belfast pub was founded wolves still roamed in the hills of Ireland and had not yet been persecuted to the point of extinction🐺☘️ Japan has a land area comparable to that of Britain and Ireland and a substantially larger population of 125 million people yet boasts

Hedgehogs are magical little creatures that skirt the boundaries of our world and exist in the edge spaces where magic happens✨ In Britain and Ireland people once believed that Witches transformed themselves into Hedgehogs 🪄 🦔 And in spite of the Hedgehog's now well known