PollinatorsPlayground @PollinatorsPla1

@jmedeCCF Tony Banks watch out.

Not only do these hummingbird hawkmoths fly thousands of km each year on migration, they also transfer pollen between geographically isolated populations of flowers - increasing the plant health as a result! #insectmigration @MigGenomics

We're now 2 yrs into the decisive decade. Emissions should be in an unprecedented fall, instead we're seeing the 2nd biggest rise ever recorded. We're wasting invaluable time pretending we can solve this crisis without treating it like a crisis. World leaders are still in denial.

New @Tesco ‘chill’ train departs #Tilbury2 loaded with groceries for Christmas lunch. The new daily service from Tilbury2, to Scotland will take 17,000 containers off the road each year, saving 7.3 million road miles & nearly 9,000t #CO2 emissions. 👉bit.ly/3p1CINa

The IUCN Red List has just been updated, with the number of known animals, fungi and plants at risk of #extinction exceeding 40,000 for the first time: iucn.org/news/species/2…

In the first of our three Winter Specials, @Kate_Bradbury shows us how to take care of the birds and bees in our garden over the winter. A must-watch TOMORROW night at 8pm on @BBCTwo ☃🐦🐝 #GardenersWorld #Wildlife #FlowersOnFriday #Winterwatch #WildlifeGardening

📢 Ivy Bees (Colletes hederae) have been found in Scotland for the first time by recorders in East Lothian! Voucher specimens obtained to confirm identification, have now been donated to us for long term preservation & accessibility. Community science in action! #Biodiversity 🐝

I used to be out clubbing on a Saturday night presenting The Hitman and Her, these days it’s a glass of wine in a hotel room watching strictly!! Couldn’t help but smile at Greg doing the Macarena! Quality night in.

.@DaveGoulson urges UK to follow example of France which banned synthetic pesticides in public spaces in 2017, and banned them in garden use from 2019 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Dear councils, please create more allotments! 90,000 people are on UK waiting lists - some likely to wait 40 years. That's huge potential benefits for health, wellbeing, communities, wildlife, biodiversity, and for producing healthy fresh food without packaging or food miles! 🐝

Deadly heatwaves, floods, storms, wildfires, droughts, crop failures... This is not “the new normal”. We’re at the very beginning of a climate and ecological emergency, and extreme weather events will only become more and more frequent. #FaceTheClimateEmergency

Will you carry on wearing a face mask 😷 after July 19th? Like, if you will RT, if you will Follow, if you will Build a community of friends, if you will

Biodiversity crisis, what biodiversity crisis? The last few white clover being mown at Flint Castle today. We MUST come up with a blueprint for all councils and local authorities to follow so that we halt this environmental vandalism and save money.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if every pavement looked like this!?

MRoss 💙 @starlinguk

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@WorthingCan @ChrisGPackham @steve_waight @WSCCNews @BeccyCooper4Lab @DaveGoulson @Love_plants They've not got round to weeding the pavements here because of Covid and it's honestly kinda awesome.

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🦔 IMPORTANT 🦔 Hedgehogs are REALLY struggling: nos have ⬇️⬇️ from 30m in 1950’s to 1.5m. @hedgehoghugh’s petitioning the gov’t to introduce hedgehog highways & ⬆️ protection. Debate Monday 5th. PLEASE sign this petition to ⬆️ chances of change for 🦔🦔 change.org/p/help-save-br…

All the suggestions in my pinned thread have been shown by peer-reviewed research to diminish cortisol levels. Simple suggestions like the ones listed in that thread can seem insignificant/laughable, but can actually help enormously during acute/chronic anxiety or low mood.

Some extras to try if you have a bit more energy: 🪶Do your teeth, have a shower, get dressed (1 of these is great tbh) 🪶5-10mins of stretching or a short walk near/among trees 🪶Sow some seeds on your windowsill. It’s a 👌🏻time to sow toms/sweet peas 🪶Play yr favourite music...

The sparrow hawk has made another garden kill and I’m wondering if I should start a gruesome collection of beaks? 🧐

It's hairy-footed flower bee time again - happy days :) (photo by @HaringsmaPieter)

@sophiepavs I can't get my head round why people do this. Top marks for clearing up after people who aren't capable of it themselves.