April's #WildfloweroftheMonth is the Snake's-head Fritillary. This account by Kevin Walker, BSBI Head of Science Kevin Walker tells you where it grows, whether or not it's a UK native & which famous artist painted it while under lockdown during WW1! bit.ly/2KLHGIW

Treat yourself to a whole hour on semi-natural grasslands (including floodplain hay meadows) with this great talk...

Celebrating #NatiionalMeadowsDay with with some of the species that call our #MotteyMeadowsNNR #Staffordshire Home. #Magnificentmeadows All About Newport ⭐️ StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Staffs Ecology Wheaton Aston Parish Plantlife BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Floodplain Meadows Partnership iNatureUK

Our work with the Facilitation Fund, carried out around the Mottey Meadows SSSI, will contribute to the area’s priorities which are biodiversity, water quality and reducing diffuse water pollution. #NationalMeadowsDay StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 ⁦NE_WestMids⁩ ⁦Environment Agency Midlands⁩

Sunshine between the showers at Mottey Meadows NNR, #Staffordshire. The permissive path is open for great views of these very special meadows. Please stay on the path and keep dogs on short leads to avoid trampling. StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 CPRE Staffordshire BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Creating a Natural Flood Management film with Picture Story and members of the Whiston Brook Catchment Facilitation Fund, looking at measures implemented over the last 5 years to help improve water quality in the area. StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 NE_WestMids Environment Agency Midlands

More Natural Flood Management filming with Picture Story and landowners in the Scotch Brook catchment, near Stone. Methods such as this settlement pool have been installed to store flood water upstream and help improve water quality StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Environment Agency Midlands NE_WestMids

It has been brilliant to have our first Whiston Brook Catchment Facilitation Fund training event this year about rainwater harvesting delivered by ADAS Ecology, which was really informative and engaging! StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 NE_WestMids

Finished filming in the Whiston Brook catchment for the Natural Flood Management film with members of the Facilitation Fund. NFM measures help to slow the flow of water, improve water quality and create wildlife havens. Picture Story StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 NE_WestMids Environment Agency Midlands

Nature-based solutions are key to tackling the twin crises of #climatechange & #biodiversity loss - Major new assessment of #naturebasedsolutions in the UK, led by British Ecological Society, now published See more about contributions from UKCEH scientists: ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media…

Constructed wetland creation at a farm in the Whiston Brook catchment with Mark Stubbs Contractors - now ready for wetland planting! Funded by WEG and the farmer to aid sediment capture and break down nutrients in the water column. Environment Agency Midlands NE_WestMids StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇