Did u know? Caterpillars are essential food for nestling birds - they're full of moisture & nutrients & are easy for them to swallow. Baby birds are fed approx 5,000 caterpillars by their parents before they leave the nest, so learn to love your larvae. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐦‍⬛🐛

Did u know?Zombies are a thing. This🐞has been parasitized by a tiny wasp.It laid an egg inside the🐞 which hatched & ate its insides,leaving enough to keep the🐞"alive".It took over its brain so when the larva formed a pupa the zombie 🐞 kept guard of the pupa until the wasp emerged & the🐞died. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🐞🌍🪲

Did u know? With hotter,drier summers it's a challenge to keep plants hydrated.I have 3 wildlife ponds for small souls who live in my garden,but what about the plants? To lock moisture in,use an organic mulch like straw/wool,or you can add bottles with holes in the tops for slow release water. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌍💦

Did u know?Social wasps get a bad rap,but we should celebrate them for their paper making skills.This worker scrapes wood fibres from a fence which'll be processed in her nest by mixing it with saliva,breaking the wood down into papier maché which is moulded into new nest cells for her young. 🌍🪲🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱

Did u know?Can this be true?I'm interested to know -has anyone heard of a Small White butterfly laying eggs on radish plants?The larvae are hatching & feeding too,which I'm amazed at & very happy with,as this patch isn't producing edible veg now. I'm hoping these will keep them off my kale. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🐛🦋🪲🌍

@bsky.app please unblock @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social she’s an important voice for nature conservation.

Did u know?Butterflies can't get all the nutrients they need from nectar. To fill the nutrients gap & obtain certain minerals, amino acids & salts for their diet, they suck liquid from nutrient-rich sources like fresh cowpats - like this Marbled White,muddy puddles,animal carcases,even sweat.🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🦋🪲

Did u know? My tiny greenhouse acts as a handy moth trap. It's always fascinating to see what small souls need releasing. This is a fabulous Scarlet Tiger Moth. It's in my garden because I grow its larval food - Green Alkanet & Comfrey & adult food - Red Valerian & Hemp. Celebrate the small.🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐛🦋

Please consider signing this petition to #reverse #cuts in environmental protections... #Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #Geology #geodiversity #brightonwildlife 🖊️ www.change.org/p/urgent-res...

Did u know? Ladies Bedstraw is a fab plant to add to your no-mow lawn. Its name comes from the fact that its sweet, frothy flowers were used as a stuffing for pillows. For wildlife, it's the larval food plant for the Elephant Hawk-moth & Small Elephant Hawk-moth. Go on, get frothy.🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐛

Join thousands of others and defend a local wildlife habitat and stand up against more global heating. Here is the link to object to more Bristol Airport expansion. planning.n-somerset.gov.uk/online-appli...

Did u know?Holding this small soul makes wildlife gardening worthwhile. If I'd used pesticides in my garden,I would've poisoned him;if I'd mown my lawn,I would've chopped him with blades;if I weeded to destruction,I would've destroyed cool places for him to hide in safety. Be froglet-friendly 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐸

Yup - "Nero Farage"...🔥

When you see a tree in the middle of a road, please be patient as it takes time for them to cross

A hummingbird hawk moth at dusk to soothe the soul. #TeamMoth

Did u know?You're missing out on fab wildflowers in yr lawns because of mowing.Meet,Self-Heal.It'll be growing in yr lawn because its habitats are wild verges/meadows.It's reputed to have healing powers & it's fab for pollinators,esp' bees & butterflies & it lks gorgeous too.Cut out the cut.🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🦋🐝

Did u know? Some caterpillars spin a silken den while they're developing. This gives them somewhere to hide from predators & weather extremes. Their home is precious to them - see how this(I think)Painted Lady b'fly larva eats Cardoon leaves, but stays in contact with its den as it munches 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐛🦋

Did u know? Growing up, as well as along is great for wildlife in your outside space. It adds extra flowers & food for pollinators & other animals; it creates shade for small souls in ever hotter summers; it provides material for nest building & it creates a wildlife highway for safety 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🦔🐦‍⬛🐝🐸

Did u know? Some insect phenomena look scary, but aren't. When honey bees swarm, they're simply following their queen to find a new home. As they have no young to protect,they're very relaxed & gentle. My friend who filmed this was wary, but the bees were just passing through..🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐝

Did u know? To combat the harmful effects of heat during our ever hotter summers, let your plants grow large & spread out, cheek-by-jowl, creating an uninterrupted cool canopy that protects small souls who shelter in its depths; it also traps moisture in & keep temps down - Looks fab too. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐸🦔🐦‍⬛

Today was my first visit to the 'Bee City' at Castlemartin Range, Pembrokeshire, since April. This extraordinary population of Golden-ringed Mason Bee (Osmia aurulenta) nest in empty ammunition casings - an incredible adaptation to living on an activity military site!

EU citizens want the UK to rejoin. UK citizens want to rejoin. So why not just do it? Question for @andyburnham.bsky.social

Did u know? By observing the lives of the small souls in my garden, I've realised that moulting is an exhausting process for 🐛This Cinnabar moth 🐛was still for a couple of days & I wondered if it was ok. On the 3rd day, I could see it had moulted,with the same 🐛hiding-still tired after moulting. 🌍🐛🪲

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Did u know? I was shocked to see the state of this tea bag that I discovered in my compost pile yesterday. It's definitely not made from paper.It's always good to check that you're buying compostable bags when you buy your tea...It's been designed to look & feel like paper, but this is plastic.🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍

Tavener was remarkably talented. 'Hedgerow and Downs No.3', Robert Tavener, linocut, 1970.

Excited to share my pic of keen birder Bobby Moore, the birdwatching skipper of our World Cup winning team in 1966. I was only five, but vividly remember being inspired to go out into our garden. I found a Garden [email protected] @niallmachin1.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social

Did u know? Stop & consider the amazing lives of small souls in our outside spaces. This munching Mullein moth, for example - it will molt 4 times before turning into a pupa & then it's in the ground, in this stage for up to 5 years before the brown adult moth emerges! Celebrate the small. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐛🦋

Shropshire Council took action in May 2026 and explained fulsomely the law on erecting flags when, where and why and said they would prosecute perpetrators when illegal flag were displayed and charge them the cost of removing the flags. newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk/2026/04/shro...

Did u know? As many moth species are nocturnal, they need to hide from predators during day. They do this by, either lying low in herbage, or by hiding in plain sight by finding places that have similar colours to them. This Chamomile Shark moth (I think) has got it spot-on, colour wise 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🦋🪲

Yup. Don't get pissed at work...

Did u know? The spring/summers erratic temps this year are showing in the varying sizes of my Cinnabar moth larvae. Some adult moths emerged early & mated, then the temps dropped. Then it got warm again, so more adults & more mating...The end result - tiny new larvae & older chubby dudes. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🐛🌍🦋🪲

When your name is called during a meeting but you weren't listening... 📷 Hanne Siebers

Flying underwater...using table tennis bats....What an amazingly diverse world...

Did u know? If neighbours are getting mardy about your no-mow lawn, mow a pathway around it, or through it, so folks can see you're not lazy, you're a conservationist. 🌿🙌🌍No-mow lawns have 10x the life in them, than sterile traditional lawns. Put your mower out to pasture...🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐸🐦‍⬛🐞🪲🐝

Spawning Minnows! Among the great wonders of UK wildlife, unbeknownst to most of us, but to be found in our luckier rivers. My prize upon slipping into our local chalk stream, River Lark, Cavenham Heath, at start of Whitsun, suffering withdrawal from not having been in one since March. #MySwim 1/15

Did u know? Bumblebees need to sleep, just like us & spend 10-15% of their time dozing.They sleep inside the colony, at its entrance, or in safe, warm place like grassy tumps,or inside flowers.Their fave flowers can be cone shaped,for warmth & protection, or multi-headed for food provision. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐝

1.A 🧵on my attempts at veg growing.I have a garden that's productive for wildlife(it's 90% rewilded),but I want to make it productive for me by learning how to grow food;to connect even more deeply with nature;to become less reliant on big brother & grow food without harming nature -Potatoes 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍

I want to go back to school, now.... 🌍🙌SUCH good news...

Lovely review of my new book, Eat The Planet Well, in the Lancet today, but sadly most of it is behind a paywall.

Bird wins favourite butterfly poll! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Did u know?It's worthwhile pointing out who this mini garden beastie is as lots of folks don't get the connection, 'cos they look so different to the adults,but this is a 🐞larva.They're quirky insects that walk like alligators(true!)& they're great to have in yr gardens 'cos they eat aphids. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐞🪲

Did u know? Planting Alder Buckthorn has enabled me to support the whole metamorphic cycle of the Brimstone butterfly. The larvae are fussier eaters than adults,so if you find out what they feed on, you'll be duly rewarded. Some pics from my B.B's metamorphic lifecycle - eggs, larvae, adult. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐛🦋

Did u know?After being inspired by @benjyhere.bsky.social seeing various male Melitta bees asleep in his Campanula flowers,I've been keeping an eager eye on my blooms, hoping to see the same sight.So far, only slumbering Silver Y Moth -not a bad "second place" though. I want a Campanula bed 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🦋🐝

Did u know? The easiest thing to do to yr garden to rewild it is to rewild your patio. Patios need a lot of control to keep plants from self-seeding between cracks in the slabs & they're blasted with jet washers, but if you stop all of that & welcome in the plants, then all life will follow. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐦‍⬛

Did u know? Damselflies are amongst the most colourful insects in our gardens, but when they first emerge, after developing as nymphs in water for a couple of years, their exoskeleton is really soft & along with that, their colour is very milky too. This stage is called "teneral". 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲

Signed...Please do the same folks...🙏

Do you do (maybe not do?) No Mow May? You probably don't have to go to these lengths... good for Wolf Ruck! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #garden #grass #lawn #long @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social @birdscanada.bsky.social