Did u know? Cold weather can be as dry as a drought when all available water has turned to ice. To keep small souls hydrated, fill up containers with warm water a couple of times a day, putting a stone in as a bird perch. Hot saucepans can also be used to melt holes in frozen ponds. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐦‍⬛💧❄️

These long nights with very hard frosts are the times when Wrens are triggered to nest communally. Take care not to disturb sheds or outbuildings as night time approaches, if you have Wrens in the garden. They only approach in the deepest gloaming & can be hard to spot. @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social

Did u know? As summers get hotter & drier,gardeners can do a lot to mitigate the damage done to wildlife & soil by the sun. Create borders that have cheek-by-jowl planting.The ground-level green canopy you create will protect small souls from heat,stop the soil from drying out & look fab. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐜🐸🦎🐀

Did u know? Patios are barren spaces that can be rewilded to create new habitats. Mine has wildflowers that have self seeded in every gap; moth & b'fly pupae overwinter between patio slabs; pots provide quiet shelter & summer forage for small souls; water butts collect precious precipitation🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐜🦋

It’s #winter. The buzzing has stopped - mostly. So what’s happened to all the #bees? Let me explain. Please #repost this thread. Don’t just like/look. It literally takes you a second. Costs you nothing. Bees are in trouble and need you good people to help. Thank you. #share #nature #education 1/14

Did u know? Nothing says *new beginnings* more than the natural process of metamorphosis.This is a pic from last summer, of a Common Darter dragonfly emerging, in its adult form from its aquatic nymph stage.Insects are amongst the most precious lifeforms on earth,so let's protect them in '26. 🪲🌍🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱

Another beautiful account to follow... @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social paints birds, and other wildlife, in the most glorious way, often adding gold leaf... elevating everyday garden visitors to the level of importance they deserve. Worth a look 💛 #art #wildlife #birds #birdart

Did u know?It's a new year & new life is on its way.I even saw the first cyclamen in flower yesterday.We have ants to thank for the spread of these delightful blooms.They're attracted to their sticky sweet seed pods,chewing them up & dispersing the potential for new plants as they go-genius! 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🪲🌍🐜

Protect peat bogs, #wetlands & #waterways! Go #peatfree. Sign the petition. #gardeninig #peat #climate

Did u know? In '26 make a decision not to buy peat - it needs to stay in the ground, where it belongs. Instead, buy peat-free plants, or employ the services of these decomposing dudes & make your own compost. Just collect your organic & brown cardboard waste & watch the worms make new soil.🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪱

Winter Stream - by contemporary Ukranian landscape painter, Peter Vikhor #winter #art #winterart #landscapes

Did u know? This is where I'm coming from for the start of 2026....'Nuff said.... 😄🌍🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🪲🐝🦟🪳🪰🦗🐜🐞🦋🐛

'Sweden has declared Snowy Owl nationally extinct, marking the first official loss of a bird species in the country for two decades...' signalling 'a significant shift at the southern edge of its range.' Such sad news. #birds www.birdguides.com/news/snowy-o...

I haven't used peat for 20 years. It is perfectly possible to garden without it so why are we still using something so damaging to the environment.

Did u know? The next big event, eagerly anticipated, in the wildlife garden is frog & toad mating season. All eyes will be on my wildlife ponds (no fish in them)from Jan-March. I'm so excited to see the writhing gatherings of randy "ribbets" & then those tell-tale beautiful blobs of spawn. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐸🦎

Another campaign to go peat free, it only takes a second, please sign (link in comment below). Such an easy step we could take to address both climate and biodiversity crises.

As we approach the end of the year, 2025 is on track to be one of the UK’s warmest years on record, joining 2022 and 2023 in the top three warmest years. Find out more in our news release 👇 www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

Did u know? If you want to give a Xmas gift to your garden wildlife, add a plant they can use as food/habitat. Sarcococca, or sweet box is a fab winter food providing plant. It flowers when little else does. It's tiny sweet scented blooms offering essential sustenance to hungry pollinators.🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🪲🐝🌍

Did u know? The shortest day of the year is behind us & longer,warmer days are on their way & with them,all life will follow. It's easy to forget how much life will literally explode into being.This vid is a cheery reminder of the profusion to come:ladybirds,ants, bees,flies,aphids. Whoop! 🌱🌿🌱🇬🇧🌍🪲🐞🐝🪰

Did u know?During winter's lean months,it's extra special to find pearls from nature - Snowberries are such treasures. These glowing globes are toxic to many animals,but are enjoyed by robins & thrushes. Their shrubby habit also provides essential cover for small souls like rabbits & mice. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌿🌍🐦‍⬛🐭🐰

Enjoyed writing this version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen & singing it with #Cornwall Green Party friends at our festive social in Truro today.

A study showing synergistic effects of #glyphosate and urea #fertilizers is the latest indicator of the current system's #inadequacy in regulating #pesticides. 📣 In the absence of adequate regulation, tell your local mayors that adopting #organic land management is vital: https://ow.ly/v4TN50Xs4ix

Did u know?With most insects overwintering,I miss their fabulous presence.Let's stop to consider what amazing architects they are. These are just some of the incredible structures they make to complete their magical metamorphic lifecycles:Leafcutter tubes,silken cocoons & papery nurseries.🌱🌿🇬🇧🌿🪲🌍🐞🦋🐝🐛

#DumpTrump Foil #Farage... both Putin's puppets...

Absolutely shocking. We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases. We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.

Did u know? Have lots of hidey holes in your garden to shelter small souls over the winter. My sentry box is a great place to put ladybirds during the chilly months, because it has a gap in the door for exit purposes, when the weather warms up next spring. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐞

Did u know? As the chill of winter bites, small souls rely on seed heads, spent flowers, hollow stems, or leaf piles to hide until the spring warmth returns. In fact, anything that's coloured brown in your garden will be sheltering tiny lives, so don't chop, chip, or tip...believe in brown. 🤎🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🍂

It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat. Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'. Get on with it already! Sign the petition: actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

Did u know? Moss is not "unsightly" on roofs, so don't get it sprayed off. Moss soaks up carbon, is a habitat for all sorts of important microorganisms & it provides food for larger souls, like birds. Here, a charm of Goldfinches is grazing on the moss on my roof, pecking out moss spores. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🐦‍⬛🦠

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

Did u know?Winter is a time to plan for the nxt season.My wildlife garden is about supporting small souls,so providing native plants is key.I've just planted a bare root Spindle sapling - a woodland edge plant that'll provide food for pollinators & its berries are fab. Berry pic,Wildlife Trust.🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍

Good morning, please can you share this petition by @peatfree.bsky.social to end peat sales - all previous petitions were for the Conservative Government, and we're now close to making this law with Labour so peat habitat can never be used again actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

Did u know? Next season let's make a little more space for wildflowers(*weeds*)in our gardens. They're the food plants for so many essential & beautiful insects. Stinging nettles are caterpillar food for Small Tortoiseshell,Comma & Peacock b'flies. Go a little bit wild & reap the rewards. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🦋🐛

Unfortunately, this article in the Guardian, is stuffed full of disinformation about Otters, which seriously misleads the public. I created this thread below, to correct these false claims, which are in wide circulation. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 1/2

Did u know?Next summer let's offer a reprieve to insects we normally call "garden baddies". Earwigs,for e.g are great for balanced ecosystems. They keep things in check by predating on aphids & other numerous invertebrates; they consume decomposing organic matter & even do a bit of pollination🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲

Did u know? I'm new to this, but I'm trying out no-dig gardening. Not only will it create new soil without damaging the structure of existing soil integrity, the raised beds will mitigate damage done to plants by flooding caused by climate change, as the beds are above the flood line. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍

It seems to me that extreme inequality is at the root of all our societal instability. It creates poverty and puts vast power in the hands of an unelected greedy few.

🇪🇺 The Green Party is clear: we should be repairing our relationship with the EU and undoing the damage of Brexit. That's why yesterday Green MPs voted in favour of re-joining the Customs Union - as a vital first step.

Did u know? Warm winter weather caused by global warming has resulted in huge amounts of rain in the UK. Small souls like ants, worms & beetles will drown in waterlogged soil. To help excess rain drain away quicker avoid compacting the soil by walking on borders, or even your lawn right now. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🪱

🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯 The Green Party has passed 180,000 members! That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉 All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope. Be part of it. Join today ⤵️

Did u know? In the UK,there's a saying that kissing's out of fashion when Gorse isn't blooming - in other words, never. Gorse is a unique wildflower in that it can flower at any time in the year,or all year. Mine is in full throttle atm,so great for pollinators in lean months. Gorgeous Gorse.🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐝🦋

Please sign folks... 🙏

Today marks 25 years of offshore wind power: an initiative that reduced the UK’s spending on imported fuels by up to £30bn. Without wind power the country would’ve imported & burned over 20 million tonnes of gas over the last 25 years. Wind works 🌬️ For the climate and the economy.

We’ve got tens of thousands of new members. Let’s get active. This is a crucial moment - make sure you’re a part of it. Let’s make hope normal again. Find your local party and get involved today 🔗 greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...

Please sign/share link below Madness on the Avalon Marshes Peat STILL being extracted and imported for horticulture opposite peat restoration project!! @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @iolowilliams.bsky.social @naturescotland.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

Did u know? Does anyone remember when all the apples (all the food) we ate looked like this? Blemishes, bruises & imperfections - in other words, their natural & normal state. Wherever we can, buy organic/grow your own or buy "wonky". Celebrate the scars. #organic 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🍎

Did u know? This is the most beautiful sound in my garden - the combined throbbing wing beats of scores of house sparrows who live in my front garden hedge. They're so used to us, that,rather than fly off, they pulsate up & down the hedge waiting for their winter feed from us. Sound, right up 🐦‍⬛🌍🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱

Did u know? Winter is a time when nature is laid bare, with much less profusion. However, this lean season also means that other beauty is revealed & can be appreciated. For example, with few leaves on trees, hidden intricate bird nests are suddenly on display, in all their twiggy splendour. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐦‍⬛