Collaborating in #Guernsey to support #pollinators and our islands' #biodiversity #pollinatorpatches #conservation #bees #moths #butterflies #hoverflies
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The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
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 “Helice.” Ladies & gentlemen, I give you the Clouded Yellow…! 😍🦋
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
Bee Hotels: do they work? How to get the best from them? Join me to hear the results of @The_Buzz_Club 's Big Bee Hotel Experiment, online, tuesday 1pm, free but please book a place!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/improving…?
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
Blue bottles are pollinators too! This handsome blow fly (Calliphora sp.) is feeding at field maple (Acer campestre) flowers. Pollen grains can even be seen attached to the animal's legs & thorax.🌳@pollinatorproj @ReadingUrbPolls @Buzz_dont_tweet @wildflower_hour @WoodlandTrust – at Maidstone, South East
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
If you have any fruit that's going off, don't throw it away, put it out for the #Butterflies that wake up on warm winter days like this Red Admiral right here! 🦋🍌🥝🍓
#Butterfly #garden #conservation
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
Sightings of butterflies are trickling in - species that overwinter as adults - Comma, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Brimstone and Red Admiral can make the most of early sunny days. If you see one, do log it via the iRecord Butterflies app. buff.ly/3rzMS6s
📷: Jim Asher
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
Create #MoonMeadows for moths 🌙🌼
Moths are a vital part of the ecosystem, but they are threatened by light pollution.
Discover how you can create a moon meadow and help our nighttime pollinators thrive with our free guide 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/m…
📷: Patrick Clement
ALT A Purple Thorn moth perched on a branch at night, with wings held above its body and a full moon in the background.
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
Light pollution is becoming increasingly detrimental to wildlife. 💡💡
It will affect species, such as Owls and Bats, by blurring the boundaries of day and night, impacting behaviour. 🦇🦇🦉🦉
#lightpollution #NocturnalWildlife #hunting #raisingawareness
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
Coastal grassland is our most florally diverse grassland habitat. This habitat has declined overall by 16% since 1999.📉
Coastal heathland thrives on nutrient-poor soils. This habitat only has a few patches remaining🪲🏵️
#coastalgrassland #heather #coastalheathland
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
Jobs for February in your Wild Space 📅🌱
The Secret Gardener shares how you can use fallen branches and leaves to support butterflies and moths this month 👉 wild-spaces.co.uk/jobs-for-f…
#WildSpaces
ALT Close up of a pile of leaves and twigs on a lawn
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
Ajax Amy has won the first Barry Wells Award for wildlife photography 📸🐝 islandfm.com/news/guernsey/e…
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
Teenager's bumblebee photo creates buzz at awards bbc.in/4grZHbB
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
A win for butterflies! 🦋
A HUGE thank you to all 42,601 of you who joined us in the fight against neonicotinoids.
However, the #ButterflyEmergency is not over. Together we will keep up the momentum we have built and continue to remove all barriers to nature’s recovery. 💚
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
GREAT NEWS: Despite being banned for general use, Bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides have now also been banned for emergency use for the first time in five years by @DefraGovUK 🐝
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
Fantastic news for bumblebees and other wildlife. @DefraGovUK rejected the latest application to use neonicotinoid #pesticides on sugar beet in England and is focusing on helping farmers manage pests sustainably.
Read on: ow.ly/yFHY50UMslj
ALT Close-up of a Brown-banded carder bumblebee feeding on a yellow flower.
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
BREAKING NEWS - We did it! 📢🦋
The use of neonicotinoid pesticides has been refused for this year. Thank you to the 42,601 supporters of the #ButterflyEmergency who helped make this happen. (1/4)
ALT Group of butterfly and moth supporters standing outside the Houses of Parliament with butterfly-shaped signs and a giant Marsh Fritillary puppet. Text overlay reads 'Neonic pesticide use denied for 2025/26'
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 17
#Dandelions are vital.
Vast flowering season. February to November around here. Nectar/pollen for hungry #bees/#hoverflies/#butterflies among others.
Cherish them.
‘A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees’
- Blake
The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
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The Pollinator Project 🐝 🦋 🌱🌸 retweeted
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🚨 EU Guideline did not block a single harmful #pesticide for harm to insect life. EU law is meant to protect insects but it doesn’t. Populations plummet across Europe. And current plans for an updated guideline will finish them off.
pan-europe.info/press-releas…
