Interested in all things art and nature. Usually found outdoors 🐝🦋🪰🐞
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined February 2015
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5 more days to get this petition the response from Government that it requires. Sign and Share.... Or allow gardens like this to push Sparrows, Hedgehogs, Bees, Butterflies and countless others to extinction petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Bird nests made from anti-bird spikes! 🤯 Even for me as a nest researcher, these are the craziest bird nests I've ever seen. Today my paper came out on this rebellious behaviour. And it's like telling a joke...
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This patch of water avens was the #Bumblebee place to be this week #WildflowerHour #BeeWalk #MindfulWalking
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After a chilly start, May has burst into flower at last! The Garden bumblebee clearly has a favourite in White dead-nettle #WildflowerHour #MindfulWalking #SlowDown #Breathe
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"By interpreting suffering as always a commentary on self rather than system, our workplaces banish difficult experience from the domain of public discussion & action; placing it instead into private & depoliticised domains - exonerating systemic harms from liability." #Sedated
Earthquake disaster in Syria: Give what you can to help the White Helmets save lives whitehelmets.org/en/
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Week 3 of our #CouchTo10Mosses and it’s time to go to the woods! This is Common Tamarisk-moss (Thuidium tamariscinum), one of our most distinctive & *beautiful* species 😍
Read on for three tips to help identify it:
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This was hard to write. I wrote for Aeon on seeing mental illness as purposeful, not pathological, and about the experiences with my dad that led to this shift. I’m grateful to Christian Jarrett @psych_writer for careful editing. Comments open aeon.co/essays/evidence-grow…
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We’re honoured to have supported #TheColourofTransformation by artist/director @BryonyBA. With just 1 more day to view, we guarantee it will move, challenge and inspire you. Essential viewing for the nature/conservation sector.
Watch now 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=5LVIvQk5…
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You can see the story of The Ghost Rainforest and watch the film, here: savingscotlandsrainforest.or… #savingscotlandsrainforest @BBCTheOneShow
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'It Will Get Easier'. When children are unhappy at school& reluctant to go, it's often called anxiety. The child's emotions are assumed to be the problem. The work of parents and professionals is to change how they feel. Here's the problem with that. (with @_MissingTheMark)1/
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A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less 🌳
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May you live life like a dog. ❤️ teapawt.net/DannyDeraney/status/15…
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Am I allowed a favourite? This week I'm chatting to the legend that is @flygirlNHM about FLIES, dead bodies, climate change, prancing bunnies. I giggle a LOT in this one, and think you should all listen to it (I'm listening again as a reminder of LOLs): gardenersworld.com/podcast/f…
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When I tell people that I work with children and families who have problems at school, they often nod and look sympathetic. 'Bullying is terrible', they say. Yes. It is, but it's not bullying I hear about most. Here's what families tell me. (with @_MissingTheMark) 1/
An afternoon off spent recharging and wandering in the sun @RSPBLochLeven 🐝🦋🪰#365DaysWild #MindfulWalking #NatureConnection
A beautiful evening for spotting purple hairstreaks! 💜 🦋 @VisitLochLeven @NatureScot_NE @savebutterflies #365DaysWild #LookUp #MindfulLiving
