@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
Wildlife gardening.. love insects, plants, birds, fungi, grass snakes, trees, moths, rivers, caterpillars & all things wild, especially solitary bees, bumblebees... and Dippers! Art. Poetry. Cornwall Author 'Dancing with Bees - a Journey Back to Nature'
A map shows the locations of BTO satellite tagged Cuckoos in Africa. The headshots of four Cuckoos appear in circular frames around the map, alongside the wording: First Cuckoo Update for 2026.
1/ And they’re off! 📢 Our BTO satellite-tagged Cuckoos are on the move! 🌍
Follow their migrations via our interactive map ➡️ www.bto.org/cuckoos #Ornithology 🪶
Agapanthus stalks and “skeletons” against a blue sky.
Before you cut everything back to make the garden look “neat” — pause.
Right now in Ireland and the UK, many insects are still overwintering inside last year’s hollow stems.
Most don’t emerge until temps are regularly above ~10–12°C (often late March–April).
“Tidy” can mean destroying shelter. 🌱🦋
This change in predation pressure is linked directly to garden bird feeding see e.g. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Ornithology #UKBirding
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Another very lovely Cornish gate. Spotted on the coast path between Talland Bay and Polperro this morning, whilst out walking with my very lovely walking group.
Not sure they need the ‘private’ sign on this gate to keep folk out, though!
The full moon, but orange in colour.
Clear skies tonight for the #BloodMoon lunar eclipse #WormMoon go outside and have a look.
03.03.2026 19:31 — 👍 33 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0One of at least half a dozen Early bumblebee queens foraging on our Dwarf Comfrey this afternoon. The sunshine must have brought them out en masse!
03.03.2026 19:31 — 👍 88 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 1I do so love HFFBs!
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A collage of close-up photographs showing early spring budburst on trees and shrubs. Swollen pink and red buds, fresh green leaf shoots, unfurling scales, and pale catkins are shown against soft blurred backgrounds, illustrating sap rising and plants coming back into life in March.
March’s full moon, rising on 3rd March, is called the Worm Moon or the Sap Moon. As the soil warms, earthworms emerge, and plants stir as sap rises and buds begin to unfurl. This year’s March Moon is especially notable as it coincides with a total lunar eclipse in the night sky.
02.03.2026 08:00 — 👍 108 🔁 28 💬 2 📌 1Thank you Andrea. Life is too short and precious to spend time arguing on social media, so I decided to delete it :-)
02.03.2026 15:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I did, but went searching for more info, and read this article...
Looks like its in German, but actually in English.
www.petbook-magazine.com/wildlife/is-....
Aah... that explains. Thank you. I believe the advice still hold though - www.petbook-magazine.com/wildlife/is-....
02.03.2026 08:51 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0A1 generated illustration possibly - but the advice is correct.
02.03.2026 08:45 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
My 2026 wholesale catalogue is ready just in time for the Artisan Made UK fair next weekend, that focuses on artists/makers and takes place in North Yorkshire.
www.artisanmadeuk.com/directory
If you own a shop or gallery near by please come along and say hello 🤍
Thank you, Steve
27.02.2026 11:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0As part of her first solo exhibition (opens 27th March in Stirling) @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social is painting 30 small #wildflower canvases, which I'm looking forward to seeing every bit as much as her larger wildlife paintings! 🌼
27.02.2026 08:58 — 👍 37 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0So excited about this! #ProudMum
27.02.2026 08:52 — 👍 26 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
Amazing! If you watch just one video today, make it this one from @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social - who is SO worth a follow
#moths #mothsmatter
Yay! None here yet... male or female.
25.02.2026 11:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Female Hairy-footed Flower Bee
1st HFFB! We have seen Hairy-footed Flower bees (Anthophora plumipes) in late February before but always males, so surprised to find a female buzzing around the Pulmonarias yesterday before taking a break on a rustic leaf 🐝🙂. @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
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We planted an Alder a few years ago in the hope of getting Siskin,finally they have arrived,5 currently #birds
20.02.2026 20:21 — 👍 73 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 0How beautiful they are, Andy!
24.02.2026 21:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I was surprised when I lifted the sheet, Ben… I was hoping for a toad but over the moon to see the grass snake! Spring has definitely sprung. I hope yours returns this year.
24.02.2026 21:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0First grass snake of the year! Warming up under a sheet of corrugated iron in our garden...
24.02.2026 20:28 — 👍 142 🔁 12 💬 4 📌 1What a beauty!
24.02.2026 13:54 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What a wonderful experience that must have been!
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Illustration of White Peppered moth & Black Peppered moth. Writing explaining Natural Selection
My 14 yr old grandson comes to me on Mondays for Nature Studies & this term we're doing Natural Selection. Today we learned about the fascinating example of the Peppered Moth, and here's Indy's write up at the end of the day! I love learning alongside him... 😀
#NaturalSelection #moths
I feel so blessed that we have a healthy population in our village. This is the first garden we've seen them in for years..
23.02.2026 19:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Food has been taken on & off throughout the winter, but I've been refilling daily over the last week or so...
23.02.2026 19:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0How wonderful that he overwintered in your garden hedgehog house!
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Just been up to top-up the food in our hedgehog feeding station, and look who I found when I lifted the lid...
Yippee for this and every other #hedgehog who has made it through this wet soggy winter! 🦔
