What do you think of our Prime Minister @rishisunak as a result of him blocking swift bricks ? Comment below. Don’t hold back - swifts’ existence is at stake. Perhaps he hasn’t quite understood…..

Meadow Saxifrage from the garden wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland #wildflowerhour

#DandelionChallenge wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Dandelion Appreciation Society

Dandelion from the garden. Think from the mottled mid vein this might be section Hamata? #stroud

Tory govt has covertly signed a contract targeting 20% cuts to new education plans for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to bring down costs.

With a SEND son, I know the pain this will cause to so many children & families
😡 theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/s…

Otters on my bike ride home today I. Stroud. How many motorists got to see this #otter s #otter Mammal Society Jeremy Vine

Apparently Sangita Myska
has been sacked from LBC for having integrity & speaking out against Israel. Please sign this petition to get her re-instated! #istandwithsangita

change.org/p/reinstate-sa…

Need some bee help, is this short fringed, which I suspect form enlarged tibia or Big-headed Mining bee? #bees #miningbee

Join the Big Bee Hotel Experiment, and help us find out which bee hotel designs are best, and where to site them. It's easy and fun, and helps us to help the bees. Go to:
thebuzzclub.uk/thebigbeehotel…
The Buzz Club Pls RT

Moth species 238 recorded in the garden - Coleophora lineolea. Potentially also Wax Moth to be added as 239.

A fly - Phytomyza chaerophylli & European Elm Flea Weevil (Orchestes alni) brings the general insect list to 168

#mothsmatter #insects #stroud #gloucestershire

Wood forget-me-not? Cemetery in Stroud wildflowerhour #WildflowerID BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Cowslips on a cemetery reserve in Stroud #CowslipChallege BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour

Flower crab spider, now renamed Bee-box crab spider #spider #bees BAS

Please donate if you can… Amanda reaches for the skies in new adventure stroudtimes.com/amanda-reaches… via Stroud Times

Grow your grass long man! 93% boost for butterflies (in intensive farming areas) Brilliant research by Richard Fox and Butterfly Conservation 🦋 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Flutterbies in and around the garden yesterday

#butterfly #butterflies Butterfly Conservation 🦋 𝙱𝙲 𝙶𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚎

Very excited about our new paper! Lisbeth Hordley & I show that if you have long grass in your garden you’ll see more butterflies, that more long grass is better & that the effects are greater for gardens in more urban & arable landscapes. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 🧵

Try making a clay bee hotel for hairy-footed flower bees. It really seems to work: 3 residents so far :)
youtu.be/o1w8_6ctgZ0?si…
Plus, if you have any type of bee hotel, please join the Big Bee Hotel Experiment, sign up via The Buzz Club

Any experts out there on pot beetle larvae? #potbeetle #beetles Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland NHM Coleoptera