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Love nature, fresh air and books. Supporter of libraries. Monmouth, Wales, UK.
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Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica in a village hedgerow near Monmouth.
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Bush Vetch, Vicia sepium survived Storm Claudia at the base of a hedgebank near Monmouth.
9 days ago
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Nic Wilson
11 days ago
Dive into autumn leaves with today's
@theguardian.com
country diary by Phil Gates.
#countrydiary
#naturewriting
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Country diary: Autumn is a time to rake in the wildlife | Phil Gates
Crook, County Durham: There’s a contemplative pleasure to gathering up the leaves this time of year, and it’s a benefit to legions of invertebrates and toadstools too
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/country-diary-autumn-is-a-time-to-rake-in-the-wildlife
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Wildlife and Countryside Link
16 days ago
2,000 crimes against wildlife were reported last year, with just 2% of these leading to convictions (exc fisheries) ⚖️ We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️ Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
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#Wildflowerhour
Tutsan, Hypericum androsaemum has survived wind and rain on a woodland ride near Monmouth.
16 days ago
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Jack Wallington
19 days ago
21 easy projects to help wildlife in your garden - you don't have to do them all, even just a few of these make a huge difference!
www.wildway.info/p/21-ideas-s...
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21 projects for starting a wildlife garden
How to make a wildlife garden to help nature
https://www.wildway.info/p/21-ideas-start-wildlife-garden-nature
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A late flowering Welsh Poppy, Papaver cambricum on a shady, rocky and steep woodland bank near Monmouth.
23 days ago
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Greater Celandine, Chelidonium majus at the base of a wall in Tintern, Monmouthshire. It has been present in Britain since Roman times, so perhaps was seen by the monks of Tintern Abbey.
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Lamium album, White Dead-nettle frequent near Monmouth. The raised position on the hillside here made it possible to get a good view of the anthers.
about 1 month ago
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Greenpeace UK
about 1 month ago
$5.9bn = the amount spent annually on protecting and restoring forests $409bn = the amount of subsidies going to agriculture industries destroying forests Anyone else see the problem here?
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Red Valerian, Centranthus ruber frequent on village walls near Monmouth.
about 1 month ago
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Lyle Lewis
about 1 month ago
What frightens me most about Halloween cobwebs isn’t how they look…..it’s that they catch the living. Enjoy the season, but keep the plastic webs indoors; or skip them altogether.
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Butterfly Conservation
about 2 months ago
The Speckled Wood is unique in its ability to spend the winter as either a chrysalis or a caterpillar 🐛💤 Letting your grass grow long and leaving some dead plants is a great way to support this beautiful species throughout its lifecycle. 📷: Iain Cowe, Bob Eade, Andrew Cooper
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Herb-Robert, Geranium robertianum is a frequent and welcome sight on my woodland walks near Monmouth.
about 2 months ago
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A long established and extensive patch of Sowbread, Cyclamen hederifolium on a roadside verge near Monmouth. The coiled stems will release the ripe seeds onto the soil.
about 2 months ago
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Ivy, Hedera helix in a hedgerow near Monmouth.
2 months ago
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David Elston
2 months ago
Close to my heart as well. Have just signed and hope others do too.
add a skeleton here at some point
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#Wildflowerhour
A
#FavouritePlant
of mine Euphrasia, Eyebrights. This group is growing on the edge of a woodland ride near Monmouth.
2 months ago
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David Blanchflower BSc
3 months ago
Alzheimer's blood test could 'revolutionise' diagnosis. 🧪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Alzheimer's blood test could 'revolutionise' diagnosis
Scientists leading the trial at University College London believe the blood test could improve the accuracy of diagnosis of the disease to more than 90%.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2ze84e8p1o
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#Seedheads
Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica is abundant on a woodland ride I walk near Monmouth. The seeds when they fall from the plant will start to germinate next spring.
3 months ago
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Alice Roberts
3 months ago
“The dense interconnectedness of the human family… means that in terms of our biology, there are no different races. We can all claim ancestry from across the world. Nevertheless, our politics is obsessed with distinctions based on national identity…” Gaia’s article more relevant than ever:
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#fruits
Blackberries, fruit of Bramble, Rubus fruticosus agg have been eaten since Neolithic times. Here on a woodland ride near Monmouth.
3 months ago
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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #FBR #BanX
3 months ago
This is evidence of the Nazification of the US: more than 600 books have been banned in Florida. One of them is Anne Frank's diary. This is part of a broader, nationwide censorship drive against teachings about race, gender & diversity. If this continues, entire sections of history will be erased.
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‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts
Hundreds of titles are being pulled from library and classroom shelves in the Republican-dominated state
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/florida-new-book-bans
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#GentianFamily
Common Centaury, Centaurium erythraea frequent on a woodland ride near Monmouth.
3 months ago
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#DaisyFamily
Hemp-agrimony, Eupatorium cannabinum on the edge of a woodland ride near Monmouth.
3 months ago
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#WildWebsWednesday
A Speckled Wood butterfly, Pararge aegeria resting on Nettle on the edge of a lane through woodland. Monmouth area.
3 months ago
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Wild Carrot, Daucus carota frequent on the footpath at Runnymede on the River Thames. As this is a native plant I like to think of it growing there when the Magna Carta was signed and sealed in June 1215.
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Wild Angelica, Angelica sylvestris on the damp edge of a woodland ride near Monmouth.
4 months ago
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#DeadNettleFamily
Wild Marjoram, Origanum vulgare frequent on verges near Monmouth.
4 months ago
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Helen Day
4 months ago
You can only pick one. Which one?
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Lin Hawthorne
4 months ago
naturallatin.com/2016/05/30/t...
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The Extravagant Partisanship of the Leek-Green Faction
When first I became a maker of wood-meadows, it was in response to the devastating losses in flora and fauna that we have witnessed during my lifetime. That over 97% of lowland meadows have gone un…
https://naturallatin.com/2016/05/30/the-extravagant-partisanship-of-the-leek-green-faction/
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#WildWebsWednesday
A Jersey Tiger moth, Euplagia quadripunctaria resting on Bramble on a footpath edge in Lydney, Gloucestershire.
4 months ago
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#WildWebsWednesday
A Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus in a meadow area near Monmouth.
4 months ago
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reposted by
Caroline Lucas
5 months ago
One quick thing to do to help keep us all
#SAFER
from impacts of climate breakdown? Please sign & share
@climatemajority.bsky.social
petition urging government to invest more in
#climate
adaptation. 100,000 signatures triggers likely debate in parliament 🤞
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Great Willowherb, Epilobium hirsutum on the edge of a woodland ride near Monmouth. It has the cross-shaped stigma but there appear to be five spreading lobes. Apparently this happens occasionally.
#WildflowerID
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#hairyplants
Enchanter's Nightshade, Circaea lutetiana abundant in woodland near Monmouth. Stems have a few glandular hairs and hairs on the fruits are hooked.
5 months ago
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#WildWebsWednesday
Many caterpillars of the Cinnabar moth, Tyria jacobaeae feeding on Common Ragwort on a lane verge near Monmouth.
5 months ago
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Common Mallow, Malva sylvestris in bloom and developing fruits on a verge near Monmouth.
5 months ago
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Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria in woodland near Monmouth.
5 months ago
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#Wildflowerhour
#GrassChallenge
I think this is Timothy, Phleum pratense in a small meadow area near Monmouth.
5 months ago
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#GrassChallenge
I think these are Crested Dog's-tail, Cynosurus cristatus in a small meadow near Monmouth.
5 months ago
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#WildWebsWednesday
A Grypocoris stysi, Mirid Bug exploring White Bryony on a footpath in Lydney, Gloucestershire.
5 months ago
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Scarlet Tiger moth, Callimorpha dominula resting on the edge of a woodland ride near Monmouth.
5 months ago
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Many Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre seen in wet woodlands near Monmouth.
5 months ago
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That Librarian: Amanda Jones
5 months ago
What are you doing today to help your public library? Be a part of the solution and not the problem.
#SaveLibraries
@la-cac.org
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#UrbanPlants
Fox-and-cubs, Pilosella aurantiaca growing in a gutter in a village near Monmouth.
5 months ago
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#WildWebsWednesday
Trioza centranthi, Valerian Psyllid larval leaf roll galls on Red Valerian, Centranthus ruber near Monmouth.
6 months ago
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#PeaFamily
Bush Vetch, Vicia sepium on a shady lane verge near Monmouth.
6 months ago
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reposted by
Dave
6 months ago
I've written a blog for my recent Lizard Heathlands trip as it was full of lovely plants to share with you, at
sylvatica2022.blogspot.com
several plant ID tips too, hope you like it.
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#WildWebsWednesday
Several Mullein moth caterpillars, Cucullia verbasci on Mullein and other vegetation. Verge of a car park in Tintern, Monmouthshire.
6 months ago
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