Bluebell flowers in a wood
Fields and misty hills
Dog violets
Primroses among leaves
Misty walk around Slindon and Nore Wood.
Amazed to find some very early bluebells, along with dog violets and primroses.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#Spring
#wildflowers
#bluebells
Three crows in a tree with a nest
The crow family have started to rebuild the nest in the birch tree that they used last year, successfully raising two chicks.
There aren’t many large trees round here, so they like this one and the proximity to water where they can dunk the bread they often feed to the young ones!
#corvids
Think this is a buff-tailed bumblebee, feeding on a dandelion on Worthing beach
I read lots of non-fiction, your book sounds fascinating!
Good news.
Replacing sheep with cattle at a nature reserve in the Yorkshire Dales has led to a boost in biodiversity.
A third of the UK's plant species can be found, including rare flowers like Teesdale violet, early purple orchid & Yorkshire sandwort.
#biodiversity
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Definitely, glyphosate and other chemicals are a big problem here
Moth populations are plummeting & many of the 2,500 species in the UK are at risk, numbers having fallen by 33% since the 1960s, due to habitat loss & climate breakdown
The RHS has asked gardeners to “allow for nibbling on ornamentals and vegetable crops”
#moths
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Maybe we can start a thread of what we love about books…
As a writer I love making up characters and as a reader I love exploring other people’s lives and worlds.
Book cover with image of white bird against a Scottish landscape
Book cover in blue gold and green with images of fox and bird
Happy #WorldBookDay!
To all writers and readers who love books, whether fiction, memoir, nature writing, speculative fiction, romance, history, graphic novels or books for young people.
I’m happy to have written and published two novels and to be working on a third.
#booksky
"Straight from the playbook of tobacco".
The Stove Industry Association has been pressuring councils to tone down their public health campaigns, telling them they were exploring options for potential legal action.
This stinks even more than the burning they promote. #WoodBurning #AirPollution
Goldfinches eating seeds on Cissbury Ring.
(Another reminder not to cut everything back until later)
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#gardeningforwildlife
#rewilding
Birch tree with white breasted bird with black cap
In more garden #birding news, pretty sure this is a male blackcap in our birch tree.
Last year they weren’t around so great to see it back.
Maybe one day!
Tortoiseshell butterfly on lilac flower
Common blue butterfly in grass
Wheatear on shingle beach
Fox in the grass
It’s #worldwildlifeday!
Here are a few of the gorgeous creatures that live around me.
A small tortoiseshell butterfly, a common blue butterfly, a wheatear on the beach and a fox in the garden.
#ourpreciousearth
A pair of bluetits investigating the new nest box!
Hopefully they’ll be making a nest there soon.
#Spring
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#gardenbirds
Lines from the song War by Edwin Starr written on an underground information board
Thanks to @allontheboard.bsky.social for these lines from Edwin Starr’s brilliant song War.
Blackthorn starting to flower
Pink wild blossom
Primroses among dead leaves
Silvery snail shell
A walk in the woods to remind myself that we live in a beautiful and magical world - the wars and climate chaos that are happening are because some people in power are behaving dangerously and irrationally.
Blackthorn, early pink blossom, primroses and a silver snail shell.
#nature
#woodlandwalks
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I’ve watched all of #DirtyBusiness now & even though I knew quite a lot about the #sewagescandal I was shocked by the corporate cover ups and the stories of illness connected to the water.
I love sea swimming but this has made me very wary
#dirtywater
#renationalise
www.channel4.com/programmes/d...
White dove on painted green background
My peace dove seems appropriate.
#nomorewars
#peace
#stopkillingchildren
Cowslip flowers in a lawn
Sun is out - again!
Cowslips are appearing in my mini wildflower lawn.
#wildflowers
#rewilding
#wildlifegardening
#Spring
There’s a legally binding target to achieve 16.5% woodland cover in England by 2050 🌳
#Ancient tells us why protecting the trees we’ve treated so carelessly is no idealistic luxury. As our ancestors knew far better than us, we can’t survive without them.
#booksky
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Brilliant news!!! 💚💚💚
So great to feel hopeful again.
#tideisturning
#hope
#greenvictory
Keeping everything crossed for a #greenvictory
#stopthefarright
#votegreen
Yes, it’s not just the young joining!
Good but Labour needs to do much more to protect and restore nature.
White-tailed eagles, pine martens & beavers will be released across England before the May elections as Labour govt attempts to staunch the flow of nature-loving voters to the Greens.
#rewilding
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tortoiseshell Butterfly in long grass
My first butterfly this year. Lovely to see this small tortoiseshell sunning itself on the long grass at West Parade, Worthing.
#butterflies
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
Dandelion in grass
Small blue speedwell flowers in grass
Golden lesser celandine in grass
Scattered yellow coltsfoot flowers on shingle beach
Dandelion, speedwell, lesser celandine and coltsfoot flowers on the shingle beach.
Wonderful to see the #wildflowers coming back!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
Will do!
Sitting outside too, listening to the birds, first time this year. 🌞
