Got a bee hotel? Or planning to make/buy one this Spring? Then please join our Big Bee Hotel Experiment. Sign up below. It is free, fun, easy, will help us to work out which designs / locations are best, and you might win a £250 voucher. Please retweet!

🚨Last call for greenkeepers to take part in our water-sources survey 🚨 we’re closing this off on Friday so make sure you’re in the hat for the rain suit! RT’s appreciated 👍🏼 forms.gle/DMRroRQgv4n8YQ…

Planning for the year ahead on your golf course? ⛳️🌳Applications are open for Woodland Trust🌳 #MOREhedges which will subsidise up to 75% of the cost of new hedgerow creation (100-250m in length) supporting inverts, birds, small mammals and more! tinyurl.com/3kykav84

Field speedwell (Veronica persica) and Cowslip (Primula veris) in and around Sheffield city centre this week.. Cowslips galore in the ever-changing #GreytoGreen 🥰 #wildflowerhour

It’s springtime and migratory birds are on the move! Have you seen any of our fair-weather friends arriving? Stay tuned: we'll be shining a daily spotlight on our spring returnees. Check out the Arrivals Board to see who's flying in and when 🐦

Happy #WorldFrogDay! 🐸 Golf courses can provide great homes for frogs, particularly those with both terrestrial & aquatic habitats like Portmarnock Golf Club where this wee frog was spotted... But DYK 50% of UK ponds were lost during the 1900s and 80% of remaining ponds are in poor state!

Early morning finds in Forge Woods, Wortley, where I was searching for moschatel.. None found but plenty of marsh marigold, opposite-leaved golden saxifrage and my white BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland #WildflowerHour find - Barren strawberry with a lovely orange rust (Phragmidium fragariae) 🤍💚💛

Ground ivy, shining crane's-bill, and ivy-leaved speedwell for this weeks #WoodlandPlants #WildflowerHour spotted in woodland by Lathkill Dale whilst on the hunt for yellow Star of Bethlehem, no luck.. 💚🌱🌼

Delighted to have an article in Pitchcare talking all things biodiversity in golf! Thanks to all the golf clubs I have visited in the last couple of years who have made articles like this possible, keep up the excellent work!

Impeckable swift box on Henderson's Relish rebuild. 😍 Well done everyone involved and thank you. Swifts will be here in a few weeks looking for a new place to have their young. . Have you got a swift caller? Details on our website sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/how-to-attract…

Beautiful Norway maple flowers for this weeks #TreeFlowers BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour as well as moschatel (at last!) from Forge Woods, Wortley. A bonus common dog violet and a swathe of marsh marigold too 🥰💚🏵

Beautiful, dainty Petty Whin on a lowland heathland golf course today. Listed as Vulnerable in England, but thriving in pockets alongside golf where it can be found in roughs and carries 🌿⛳️

Garlic mustard on the margins of a hawthorn-rich hedgerow Hollinwell wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland #HedgerowChallenge feeding Orange Tips aplenty including this pair, the female of which was not a fan of the incessant advances being made by the male! We've all been there... 🙄😅

Just three weeks to go to the first Golf BioBlitz Carnoustie Golf Links 🌼🐦🐸 Have you signed up yet? Join us in our quest to find and record wildlife in the rough!

Just 2 weeks until the BioBlitz Carnoustie Golf Links from 7pm Thurs 27 & all day Fri 28 June🦋 Join us for guided bird walks, bat walks & more as we find out about the wildlife lurking in the links! 🐾🌿 More info here: carnoustiegolflinks.com/about-us/envir… All welcome, from novices to experts!

A delightful few days roaming Portmarnock Golf Club where the air is filled with the scent of Chalk Fragrant Orchid - check out the over-the-knee monster! Targeted grassland management that really works thanks to late summer and spring cut & collect = sp. rich rough 🌼 Green hay opps aplenty!

The Carnoustie Golf Links The R&A Golf BioBlitz was a special day, gathering like-minded folk (from 5-78 years old!) to discover & learn about the plethora of flora & fauna on the links 🪲🦋 Huge thanks to the seasoned naturalists, inquisitive kids, & curious golfers who came along!

Only 2 days left for #BigButterflyCount2024 so why not get out on the golf course this weekend & spend 15 mins recording butterflies (& day-flying moths!) flitting through the rough🦋 Earlier this week I recorded 9 species at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, how many can you spot? Get set, go!⛳️

4 weeks to go! 🎉 Make sure to submit your entries by Friday 13th September and be part of our celebration of all things sustainable in golf in January 2025. Take a look through the categories and find out how to send in your applications here: golfenvironmentawards.com

Super happy & proud (may have shed a tear) to share that I’ve provisionally been awarded FISC Level 4 following a thrilling test last month! Thanks for putting up with me taking an hour to move just a few metres, head down, botanising...but botany is for life! Level 5 next year?!