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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · 9d

The shocking pink berries of spindle are just opening out to reveal their equally flamboyant orange seeds,their leaves turning a subtler shade of gorgeous colour.

Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · 9d

A magnificently exciting project!

Norfolk Ponds Project @norfolkponds.bsky.social · Sep 15

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A stunning dreamy planty pond. Pond covered in pondweeds

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · 10d

Fieldfares! A flock of 40+ chacking and flying between ash trees in the Oswestry hills.

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · 13d

Fly agarics in the Oswestry hills. #fungi #autumn

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Apr 28

Last summer my husband was given some puss moth caterpillars by a guy he met while in hospital. We fed them on willow leaves and watched in fascination as they grew. In time they developed chrysalises. Today two of them emerged! #moths

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Apr 21

Absolutely! Field forget-me-not - slip of the fingers (not to mention brain cells).

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Apr 20

Cuckoo flower, a favourite food plant for orange tip butterflies. #wildflowerhour

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Apr 20

Field speedwell growing between the tarmaced pavement and my neighbour's wall. #tinyflowers #wildflowerhour

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Apr 13

I'm late for #Wildflowerhour but here is a cluster of Field Maple flowers. They are so easily overlooked but exquisitely lovely when you notice them. #treeflowers

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Apr 7

You have to seek out town hall clock, a tiny woodland plant with 5 green flowers arranged in a unique cube-shape. Every spring I go back to an old, overgrown tramway cutting where it thrives in the damp shade.
#WildflowerHour

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Apr 6

Town hall clock, bluebell, cherry blossom and wood anemone for #wildflowerhour #woodlandplants

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Apr 3

Freshly arrived from North Africa, a blackcap is singing its song with a flourish in a local wood. Meanwhile, a male blackcap that has been silently feeding in my garden since January, is still here but will imminently be off to it's breeding grounds in central Europe. #seasonscollide #birds

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Apr 1

My white flowering currant is alive with bees. At 8pm it was still buzzing with huge queen bumblebees and much smaller, black female hairy footed flower bees. Such a good shrub for wildlife. #bees #wildlifegardens

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Mar 31

One in my garden today too!

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Mar 31

A rare and very welcome piece of good news.

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · Mar 31

Peatland burning ban aims to protect wildlife and England’s carbon stores

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Peatland burning ban aims to protect wildlife and England’s carbon stores

Labour’s measures to ban deep-peat burning aim to safeguard habitats, tackle carbon emissions, and protect wildlife, so why are hunters up in arms?

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Mar 31

Beyond the wood!

Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Mar 30

...or is it a hairy footed flower bee?

Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Mar 30

Wood anemones, primroses, dog violets and a galaxy of celandines in this sunny woodland glade today. #wildflowerhour

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Mar 26

Llynclys Quarry!

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Mar 26

Two barn owl feathers found today. Female I think. Really soft along the edges. #owls #feathers

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Save The Wye Coalition @savethewye.bsky.social · Mar 10

Huge victory for River Action with major implications as High Court declares farming manure as ‘waste’.
🙏 to all who were involved in the case. This will have huge implications for current and future planning applications and the handling of manure on farms.
riveractionuk.com/high-court-r...

High Court ruling declares farming manure as ‘waste’ in major victory for River Action in its fight against industrial-scale poultry production in Wye Valley - River Action UK

Landmark court ruling declares farming manure as ‘waste’ in major victory for River Action in...

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Mar 10

The bee flies are back! Here's one in my garden on a pulmonaria - just about in the photo top right.

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Mar 9

Yellow Star of Bethlehem blowing in the breeze, shining in the sun on a rocky outcrop in the Oswestry hills. #yellowflowers #wildflowerhour

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Mar 7

This afternoon I came across a pussy willow, golden with pollen and alive with bees. That's the place for a chiffchaff I thought and lo! one sang!

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Sarah Gibson @windsweptsarah.bsky.social · Mar 7

On my walk today I came across a pussy willow in full, golden pollen and thought that's a place for a chiffchaff and straightaway one sang!

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