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Wildflower seedlings 🌱 from Seedball this November.

Frosty oak leaf, this morning.

It's bitterly cold here, grey and sleety. Summer seems a distant memory all of a sudden. Here's Clifton Ings in its early-summer glory to warm things up. This site has been managed as hay meadows for over a thousand years, and possibly since Roman times.

Today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight is the Scaup, the UK’s rarest breeding duck! 🦆

Numbers build in winter as birds arrive from Iceland and Scandinavia, gracing our coastal waters.

Look for their striking plumage and rounded heads as they dive in search of mussels & crustaceans.

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust purchases historic heart of wetland nature reserve | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has received support from National Lottery players via The National Lottery Heritage Fund to buy Dryham Farm, a central part of their North Cave Wetlands nature reserve, it wa...

Exciting new announcement for @northcavewet.bsky.social from Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
www.ywt.org.uk/news/yorkshi...

Peat Free Nurseries List The response to the Peat Free Nurseries List has been incredible. It’s fantastic to see such interest in sourcing peat-free plants. Thousands of people have accessed the list which now includ…

Bluesky has topped 20 million users! That's the same amount of users as there are tonnes of carbon stored in the Peak District's peat bogs. Hurrah for Bluesky & Peatlands!

If you'd like to buy bare-root plants for the winter season & keep peat in the ground, check out the Peat Free Nurseries List:

Winter scene from Moomin Valley. Moomintroll and friends sitting in snowy woodland clearing

Moomin Winter Snow - Tove Jansson

I always hoped when I was little that I might one day visit Moomin Valley. Maybe this winter.....

#moomins #winter #snow #ToveJansson

This cold snap reminded me of one of my favourite ever butterfly-related photos, by the incredible Ben Greenaway ... a 3rd instar Purple Emperor caterpillar on its 'dangle leaf', that is silked onto the stem to stop it falling 🦋

That’s so cool

Explore London's Autumn Wonderland: 3 Stunning Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves to Visit This Season - Seedball Spend your autumn outdoors with London Wildlife Trust. The Trust has a vision of a London alive with wildlife and you can visit one of their 36 nature reserves to marvel at the changing colours of the...

Here are three wintry woods, supported by the Wildlife Trust, to visit if you live in or near London:
seedball.co.uk/explore-lond...

Crikey

First bird of my day: ‘my’ Dunnock, sleek grey against the bright snow, the garden white, autumn leaves burning gold underneath the laden branches and somewhere hidden within the ivy, a choir of sparrows chattering. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

Cool ☃️

#SnowOff

Collage of 9 images, with moths in the outer slots and a moth trap in the centre.

Are you a moth trapper based in the UK, Ireland or Channel Islands? Why not get involved with #GardenMothScheme! Our summer recording season has come to a close, but we have a winter scheme for the brave all-weather trappers. Download a recording form here: gardenmothscheme.org.uk/downloads

What a fab collage of lovely yellowness

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Dandelion, a yellow flower in grass

Scentless mayweed, a white and yellow flower

Buttercup, a yellow flower

Bramble flower, a white flower with the green leaves of the plant visible behind

#TheWinter10 Part 1 Dandelion on the green out the front on Tuesday and scentless mayweed, buttercup and bramble flower at Lakeside Country Park on Monday. #WildflowerHour

When northern bogs first started forming following deglaciation, they caused some global warming. However, for the past many thousands of years they have cooled our climate. We need to save bogs and protect peat by keeping it mucky, healthy, and wet.

This is so beautiful to see

A beautiful collection for the winter ten! Thank you for sharing them Lesley! 🌸🌿👏🏻

Yup 💜

More flowers and wildlife-friendly gardening practices can create habitats and food for wildlife - like this tiny solitary bee.

This is Ivy, she roots for nature, the autumn flowers in her hair, feed late-flying pollinators, and her dusky winter berries sustain the birds, who find shelter and nest in her canopy. #dontcutivy

Fabulous news

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Last Oxeye daisies blooming at the Seedball allotment 💚💚💚

Blue sky over the allotment…

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Holy cow 🐮