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Summer brings its own delights in the Aussie bush, like the beautiful moodjar tree (or WA Christmas tree), colourful Christmas spiders and other delights 🌿🌱 #ozflora #ausinverts #wildoz #mistletoe www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Day 5 of the grassland reclamation /expansion at Newbold Quarry.Quarry spoil from Portland cement works. See ALText

At the Southern end of #AshlawncuttingLNR the cutting becomes embankment to cross the Rainsbrook valley.This Knapweed was left standing over Winter and is obviously benefitting the Goldfinches. The new policy of only cutting half seems to be paying off.We'll cut half of the remaining half in Spring.

Looked in on the scrub that we'd layed a bit of after making a gap to extract an overhanging Willow to open up the pond on the other side. The decision to leave the large Yew now reinforced by the presence of a Goldcrest that seemed very happy there. At #AshlawncuttingLNR

After finding Siskin @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Brandon Marsh SSSI yesterday I wanted to see if there were any at #Ashlawncutting (home reserve) and wasn't disappointed :-). Good to see them feeding,hope they & Redpoll find the wetland 1/2 a mile to the North & Alders we planted with self set Birch

#Birdoftheday Look at those yellow feet! Little Egret feeding beside the shared use path on National Cycle Route 41 at #AshlawncutingLNR #HeronsandEgrets

Hello and welcome to our new society. Set up by existing & former members of West Midlands BC. More details about us and our aims are available on our website: wmbutterfliesandmoths.org

Not long now until our 15th #NewYearPlantHunt! From 1 - 4 January, let's head out and see how many wild or naturalised plants we can find in bloom. Resources to help us: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... The data we collect will deepen our understanding of how our plants are responding to a changing climate.

Nothing stood out by way of floering plants at #AshlawncuttingLNR so heres a little snapshot including some of the bright Gorse that always in flower somewhere in the cutting. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Economist @angelaisfranc.bsky.social speaking at the National Emergency Briefing. "faster transition saves $12 trillion compared to staying on fossil fuels". It's time for Governments to start listening to the experts. Link below to full talk. #NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp #NationalEmergencyBriefing

Out looking for Redwings in the sunshine when a marauding flock came through the hedge. Only one stayed still long enough for a photo. Busy birds with things to do and places to be !!

Caught up with a small flock of Siskin this afternoon @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Brandon Marsh . Checking out all the Alders got a few steps in! Better light this time :-). Acrobatic feeders...

Tufa springs on coal tips 💦 These rare micro-habitats form where water passing through coal spoil picks up calcium - likely from ancient marine bands - and deposits it at the surface. Unusual in the acidic Valleys, and vital for specialist wildlife like soldierflies. #GloiNatur #CoaltoNature

A very unusual bird sighting in the cutting. #AshlawncuttingLNR hosting a very noisy tribe of House Sparrows on this rainy Friday.I wonder if someone nearby has cut or grubbed out a edge in their garden....Once ubiquitous but now on the red list and declining in numbers

Blackbirds were filling up with Hawthorn berries at #AshlawncuttingLNR today. @beaknikpoetry.bsky.social

A reason to leave Burdock standing when doing grassland management by cut and collect. Goldfinches love 'em.

The @mammalsociety.bsky.social Mammal Champion Awards 2026 are open for nominations. Nominate yourself, another or a group for an award in recognition of efforts to help monitor, protect & restore #mammals in the UK. Deadline 19 #January2026. #wildlife Form: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Prosperity Through Growth rests on a false premise: that GDP can rise forever on a finite planet. We know it cannot. Any economic model that ignores climate and biodiversity is detached from reality. #PostGrowth #ClimateJustice

Arriving early with tools for our work party at #AshlawncuttingLNR to be greeted by the Song Thrush near this entrance. It took a while to locate the bird high up in one of the Ash trees. #Birdsong #Birdphotography

£7.8m will go to southern and central Scotland #communities hosting #energy transmission infrastructure. Upskilling and development, social cohesion projects, green improvements and more will be funded through the investment. environmentjournal.online/energy/7-8m-...

We continued with the conservatin lay of Holly and Hawthorn on the Northern side of the reservoir pond at #AshawncuttingLNR and......

'FastTech' and cheap Christmas lights are a leading cause of bin lorry, recycling plant and landfill fire. The UK spent £1.7bn on these items during 2024's festivities. #ewaste #electricalwaste #pollution #recycling @recycleelectricals.bsky.social environmentjournal.online/waste-recycl...

Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used > neal.fun/size-of-life/

Seasonal delights @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Brandon Marsh today...It wasn't often the Redwing showed themselves clearly though.

Well done Mark. Thank you. Swifts need all the help they can get.

Saw my 1st Siskin of the Winter today and it waved back . @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Brandon Marsh checking out the Alders.

The evidence keeps on stacking up. When are we going to call out the honey bee #Beewashers? #BeeWashing www.sciencenews.org/article/hone...

"Hologram lecturers. AI coaching. Robot sandwich-makers." Somebody needs to confiscate the Loughborough PR team's collection of Red Dwarf videos.

We missed the very worst of storm Bram this morning at Newbold quarry but still felt the heavy downpours that came and went. Every time we thought about packing up it stopped for a bit!! The orchid shelf grassland extension is getting larger and enthusiasm counts for a great deal.

Members it’s time to check you mailbox! Our Winter Newsletter is hot off the press 😀 Find out how our butterflies & moths performed this year! Also updates on conservation work & our Events! We would love any feedback ☺️ #warwickshire #newsletter

A good leg stretch @wildlifebcn.org PItsford Water SSSI today saw the best near the end of a 7 mile walk anticlockwise round the reserve.

Allies @wildlifebcn.org Pitford Water SSSI . 2 Great White and 1 Little Egret foraging together with a Grey Heron. Tolerance an/or mutual benefit?

Conservation sometimes tumbles down to gardening. We should work with nature not against it. Change is a constant.

Looks like Sweet Violet,spotted flowering near the ebtrance to our reserve at #AshlawncuttingLNR. And Gorse,always in flower somewhere on site. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

See ALT for a description of today's (rainy) work party at #AshlawncuttingLNR. Conservation lay of Holly underway and nearby existing hedge trimmed .

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Little Egret stops foraging,leaves the water,stretches and flies. Grace and elegance at #AshlawncuttingLNR Delighting passers by.... #Bird

#FungusFriday finds at #AshlawncuttingLNR See ALT

High and Low at #AshlawncuttingLNR this morning.

#FungusFriday meets #birdphotography @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Brandon Marsh. Thanks @larkinlichen.bsky.social for your helpful hint . Xylaria hypoxylon looks best fit. Fungi get everywhere.. @britmycolsoc.org.uk

Couln't resist a look. Supermoon 04/12/25.....

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A very soggy session saw us glad to pack up at 13:00 but not before we'd cleared up all the brash from last week and got the deas hedge extension underway as well as prep. work for the living Holly Hedge between the healthy living walk and resevoir pond. #AshlawncuttingLNR

How amazing is this? The BSBI is offering money for people to engage in plant training or research. You don't even have to be a member!!

A school in Canning Town, #EastLondon, has launched a pioneering community #solar project which could save the campus over £6k per year, and deliver cheap #energy to neighbours. #newham #London #schools environmentjournal.online/energy/first...

Heard more often than seen. Amber List Song Thrush at #shlawncuttingLNR this morning.

Sequence showing an encounter with a Lttle Egret in the pathside ditch near Pytchley Rd. access at #AshlawncuttingLNR . A cyclist disturbed the bird so it flew up into a tree to wait or the all clear. A lovely start to a walk n a lovely bright morning.