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Gardens for wildlife
Here in Britain the gardening season looks good so far. Here’s an article about gardening for bees and other wildlife. Untidy gardeners like me are good gardeners for wildlife. It’s now a year since hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) bred in my … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, horticulture, miniculture
Tagged apiculture, arthropod, breeding, bumblebee, clover, conservation, ecosystem, Europe, flower, foraging, fruit, garden, gardener, green manure, hedgehog, herb, hibernation, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, invertebrate, leaf, mammal, nest, plant_dicot, rat, salad, vegetable, vertebrate, weed, wild bee, wild food, wild pollinator, wildlife
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We love hedgehogs!
Originally posted on Wood Elf Weekly:
How cute is this little fellow? Photo from the Guardian. Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) are probably one of the UK’s cutest and most iconic woodland mammals, and often feature in some of our most popular literature…
Posted in ecology
Tagged art, conservation, garden, gastropod, hedgehog, hibernation, invertebrate, mammal, predator, slug, vertebrate
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Lepidopteran of the month: Red admiral butterfly
In Britain in February, we don’t see many butterflies on the wing. But some butterfly species do overwinter here as adults, including the very gorgeous red admiral. Here’s a red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) drinking nectar from a butterfly bush (Buddleja … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged alien species, arthropod, butterfly, hibernation, insect, lepidopteran, migration, native species, red admiral, winter
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