Butterflies cannot wait any longer. We're calling on ministers to do what they promised - set a deadline for an absolute ban on neonicotinoid pesticides. No 'emergency' authorisations. No exemptions.
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Bethany Handley says design, not disability, makes green spaces inaccessible for people like her.
#WildflowerHour #tinyplants Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Veronica serpyllifolia on the edge of a well-trodden path in Tintern, Monmouthshire.
In December, the Govt will decide if it will renew the glyphosate licence until 2041…
• That’s 15 more years of impacts on worms, bees, soils and run-off into ponds and rivers, and glyphosate in your food. Sign Garden Organic’s petition NOW to ban this dangerous herbicide #GrowersAgainstGlyphosate.
Butterfly Conservation
Dave Goulson
#WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge A Common Spotted-orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii has moved into my #NoMowMay garden near Monmouth.
#WildflowerHour I believe this is Common Meadow-rue, Thalictrum flavum in a wet meadow on the bank of the River Wye near Tintern. The plants are robust and in a substantial patch about a metre high.
#WildflowerHour #ButtercupChallenge. Creeping Buttercup, Ranunculus repens I think given the grooved stem, spreading sepals and three lobed leaves each one lobed again. The plant is hairy. Lane verge near Monmouth.
#Wildflowerhour #WildFlowerShow The distinctive flowers of Ragged-Robin, Silene flos-cuculi on a damp, shady grassy bank near Monmouth. A display I look forward to every year.
#WildflowerHour #carrotsandpeas Common Vetch, Vicia sativa with its short stalked flowers and leaves divided into pairs of alternate leaflets. Grassy bank near Monmouth.
#Mothsmatter #WildWebsWednesday A Buff-tip moth, Phalera bucephala resting in a garden near Monmouth.
