Day 2 of #CouchTo10SpringBees Just to add, the mites on the bee are harmless and are hitching a ride until she founds a nest at which point they will disembark and keep her new nest clean. Google 'phoresis' to find out more...

A living ladybug found in someone’s transverse colon during a colonoscopy 📸American College of Gatroenterology

Dandelion and Red Dead-nettle are fantastic free sources of food for pollinators. Think twice about cutting or spraying. Let Nature Bee!

Ireland is opposed to biodiversity and ecological restoration. They think reintroducing some birds will distract us.

Currently doing this from local seeds and cuttings of trees, honeysuckle and ivy. It's a long game but worthwhile.

Podocarps, family Podocarpaceae, another group of gymnosperms. Sister group to the Araucariaceae. Mainly originate in southern hemisphere from #Gondwana. Shrubs and #trees. Separate male & female plants. Female cones mature to edible fleshy scales beneath inedible/poisonous seed.

Pretty daisy in the nectar border #aprilinthegarden #Gardenshour #alwayslate

What can you find flowering in woodland? That’s the challenge this week from Wildflowerhour! Post your finds using the hashtag #WoodlandPlants for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm. Happy flower-hunting!

Nature is best

Finished another fab Mural in Thomondgate this morning. Additional footage in the coming days but for now, feast your eyes on this ! Artist: Mariana Santos

What do we need? Another report! When will they take action? Post extinction. Sometimes I want to rip my face off in frustration 🫤

I decided to do a short thread, with references, explaining why artificial grass is terrible... 🧵 1. It may contain cancer-causing chemicals. ⚠️ theguardian.com/society/2023/m…

People asking us about the very small #bumblebees they’ve encountered (if they’re lucky this year!😔) over the past few weeks. Wanting to know if they are a specific species. So here’s a brief thread to explain what they are. Please #retweet if you find it interesting. 🙏🏼🐝 1/9

Why has the grass verge at Pinnock Hill, which was teeming with pyramid orchids last year, been mown recently? Just before the orchids flower. Same opposite the TravelLodge entrance Fingal County Council Pointless to be planting flowers and mowing the ones already there. #biodiversity

Environment: Just a thought.

Everyone should watch this film. Beautifully made. So emotional. Thought-provoking. Congratulations to everyone involved. #howtotellasecret How To Tell A Secret

Wow wow wow! Can be seen with the naked eye now. Go outside and take a look at the Northern Lights.