On Wednesday, Henry Stanier is giving a fascinating talk to Peterborough Bird Club titled 'The Great Fen: Progress on the Peat'. Nature-loving non-members are welcome for a donation of £2.50 on the door. At St Mark's Church Hall, 7.30pm. bird.club/clubs/peterbor…

great news for Mongolia's wildlife

we can't wait to get back there in August

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So let me get this straight Sunak...

You've just announced you have 25 courtrooms and 150 judges able to sit and hear these cases so the planes can take off???

But rape victims are waiting YEARS for any semblance of justice..
Because the courts are FULL????
You're a disgrace

Spring Vetch recorded from a single anthill at Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe NNR yesterday, growing with Early Forget-me-not and Field Mouse-ear. Last recorded from the reserve in 1999 and the only post-2020 record for the Lincs coast
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Good to see my local population of Green-winged Orchids is still hanging in there. Only one plant in flower, but a few more to come...

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I found thousands of Cowslips at The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants Southorpe Meadow late this afternoon, just in time for the #wildflowerhour #CowslipChallenge BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Highlight of my day on a visit to Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR was seeing several tiny emerging Moonwort, scarcely 2 cm tall. Must be at least 35 years since I last saw it in Derbyshire. Thanks to Chris Kirby-Lambert for finding the first one...

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An excellent day at RSPB Frampton Marsh 🌍 with Chris Kirby-Lambert An aerobatic Black Tern, heaps of Sedge Warblers in full song, amorous Avocets and close views of the long-staying Lesser Yellowlegs by the car park. Distant Black-winged Stilt and Little Gulls too... perfect!

Lincsbirding

Mid-April and our local woods are filled with seemingly endless swathes of Bluebells, contrasting with the acid green of emerging leaves. Ramsons thrive in damper areas, edging out the Bluebells as our winters become milder and wetter.

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There really aren't many things that can beat a walk through the ancient woodlands west of Peterborough at this time of year. Photos taken at The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants Old Sulehay Forest reserve.

Rust biodiversity in our wild garden. Plenty of Puccinia malvacearum, here shown on Musk Mallow but P. sessilis (new to garden) only found on one Lords-and-ladies plant and Uromyces ficariae only found on one tatty Lesser Celandine leaf

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Have you seen a Cowslip in bloom this year? This week’s challenge is to find one and share your pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday using the hashtag #CowslipChallenge . Happy flower hunting! 💛

How we use our land without damage is explored today at the BES Policy #LandUseSummit . The multifunctional value of floodplain meadows & the work of Floodplain Meadows is on display as part of the conversation of the role of ecologists with land use. bit.ly/3xDvEgm

Bluebell woodlands are an amazing wildlife spectacle, but we are currently struggling to manage reserves in Cambridgeshire after the wettest winter and early spring we have ever seen. We’re sorry that some sites remain closed – this is essential to protect these ancient woodlands

No birdsong, no water in the creek, no beating wings: how a haven for nature fell silent by Phoebe Weston.

Devastating ear-witness evidence of nature loss in California.

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Bogbean is a species I rarely see - the only native population near Peterborough is inside the security fences of RAF Wittering.

This beauty was seen in Brandon Country Park lake, which also had two large Red-eared Terrapins!

Rather late for #wildflowerhour

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Herb-paris looking good at The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants Old Sulehay Forest this morning, benefiting from ride-edge management carried out last autumn. Known as the 'herb of equality' because all of its parts are considered equal and harmonious...
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#treeflowers (and one or two shrubs) for #wildflowerhour spotted in the last week...

📷clockwise from top left: Holly (male), Midland Hawthorn, Wild Cherry, Crack Willow, Larch, Crab-apple, Bird Cherry, Silver Birch (female catkin), Common Barberry

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