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Joel Ashton

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#WildlifeGarden Designer & Installer for 19yrs | #HouseMartin & #Butterfly admirer | Once rescued a Cuckoo | https://bsky.app/profile/wildyourgardenltd.bsky.social ~ Book & Online Shop #NoMowSummer #WildYourGarden

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That is a beautiful thing to have been responsible for. We need more of this. Looking forward to pics of it at other times of the year.

09.12.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. I’ll be sure to post more pictures throughout the year of this and many other projects πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘

09.12.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cheers! from Corfu 🍷

Day 9 #AdventCalendar

Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius) by guest Allan F on our joint @butterflycorfu.bsky.social tour. They are partial to a drop of wine, fermenting fruit too.

As well as glasses, another tour that also raised funds for @europebutterfly.bsky.social

09.12.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Recently I revisited a 1/2 acre site to carry out the annual hay cut, where two years ago, I created a wildflower meadow & wildlife pond from a piece of mown grass. It’s now a thriving habitat that’s full of invertebrates, mammals, amphibians and many bird species. #NoMowSummer

09.12.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great day recently with @savebutterflies.bsky.social Lincolnshire branch, exploring the possibilities of habitat restoration for the now Red Listed Grizzled Skipper #butterfly. Very much looking forward to getting started on this project in the new year.

02.12.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great day recently with @savebutterflies.bsky.social Lincolnshire branch, exploring the possibilities of habitat restoration for the now Red Listed Grizzled Skipper #butterfly. Very much looking forward to getting started on this project in the new year.

02.12.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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01.12.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Not the warmest of days for getting in a pond and hand pulling reeds! πŸ˜…πŸ₯Ά #WildlifePond

26.11.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Not the warmest of days for getting in a pond and hand pulling reeds! πŸ˜…πŸ₯Ά #WildlifePond

26.11.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stunning Red-footed Falcon 'mega roost' documented in Hungary More than 5,000 Red-footed Falcons formed a single night roost in Hungary’s HortobΓ‘gy National Park in September 2025, a record for the Carpathian Basin that underlines the area's importance for migra...

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22.11.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A beautiful day for cutting hay! Managing one of the many #wildflowermeadows that I’ve created over the last 20 years. This one has 31 recorded butterfly species and has the same floral diversity as SSSI grassland. All on less than an acre. #Meadow #NoMowSummer

17.11.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A beautiful day for cutting hay! Managing one of the many #wildflowermeadows that I’ve created over the last 20 years. This one has 31 recorded butterfly species and has the same floral diversity as SSSI grassland. All on less than an acre. #Meadow #NoMowSummer

17.11.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beech leaves looking their BEST right now…! πŸ˜πŸ‘ŒπŸƒπŸπŸ‚

01.11.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ophrys reinholdii photograph, taken on the original & ultimate Greenwings Orchids of Rhodes tour in April 2025.

Ophrys reinholdii photograph, taken on the original & ultimate Greenwings Orchids of Rhodes tour in April 2025.

We interrupt this butterfly broadcast, for an orchid post...

Ophrys reinholdii from the @greenwingstours.bsky.social orchids of Rhodes tour in April.

02.11.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Terabytes of footage. Shocking discoveries. The fight to end bird shooting starts now.

02.11.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Beech leaves looking their BEST right now…! πŸ˜πŸ‘ŒπŸƒπŸπŸ‚

01.11.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great day today putting up boxes for two of my favourite birds - 1 x Barn Owl & 1 x Kestrel on my latest wetland project in #Lancashire. Both available via @wildyourgardenltd.bsky.social

17.10.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great day today putting up boxes for two of my favourite birds - 1 x Barn Owl & 1 x Kestrel on my latest wetland project in #Lancashire. Both available via @wildyourgardenltd.bsky.social

17.10.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My latest mini wetland project is coming along nicely in #Lancashire. 4 of 5 scrapes now complete and today I started excavating the main wildlife pond. Fingers crossed for a few dry days!

29.09.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My latest mini wetland project is coming along nicely in #Lancashire. 4 of 5 scrapes now complete and today I started excavating the main wildlife pond. Fingers crossed for a few dry days!

29.09.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Always a good day when you see your first skein of Pink-footed geese for the year! Especially when it’s over your house! πŸ˜πŸ‘Œβ€οΈ #PinkFootedGeese

22.09.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Always a good day when you see your first skein of Pink-footed geese for the year! Especially when it’s over your house! πŸ˜πŸ‘Œβ€οΈ #PinkFootedGeese

22.09.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scrape 2 of 5 now complete on my latest mini wetland project in #Lancashire. These mini scrapes are designed to provide a feeding ground for wading birds such as Curlew, Oystercatcher, Snipe & Lapwing and will sit alongside wildlife pond number 6 - a larger, lined water body.

17.09.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Loving my new @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social level. This piece of kit will be pivotal in the creation of many wildlife habitats for many years to come, including my latest project - a new wetland including a 20m x 10m #wildlifepond with 5 x adjacent scrapes for wading birds in #Lancashire.

09.09.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazed to not only see a new species of butterfly that I’ve only previously seen abroad, but also to record it less than a mile from my house, and to top it off, an even rarer variant call β€œHelice.” Ladies & gentlemen, I give you the Clouded Yellow…! πŸ˜πŸ¦‹

05.09.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Share if you love dogs. This is one of my 6 - Frank - A 3.5 y/o GSD/Belgian Mali cross, rescued from spending 23 hours a day in a concrete shed. He was beaten & abused. An absolute goof & I love him to bits. As humans, we don’t deserve dogs. They’re the best friend you’ll ever have ❀️🐺

24.08.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just a Red Admiral doing its thingβ€¦πŸ˜πŸ¦‹

08.08.2025 06:52 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I think I’m going to need more cabbages! πŸ˜†πŸ‘ #Butterflies #WildlifeGarden

22.07.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Huge thanks to everyone that came to visit my mini #wildlifegarden over the weekend @GlobalBirdfair. Met some amazing people & am now planning future projects for wildlife. Thanks also to all the amazing volunteers that make this yearly event the best of its kind ❀️

14.07.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Huge thanks to everyone that came to visit my mini #wildlifegarden over the weekend @GlobalBirdfair. Met some amazing people & am now planning future projects for wildlife. Thanks also to all the amazing volunteers that make this yearly event the best of its kind ❀️

14.07.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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