“And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow…”
Happy #YeatsDay! Today we celebrate the birth of #WBYeats, whose poem 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' was inspired by the beauty of Lough Gill. These images from our archive were taken by photographer Robert French between 1865-1914.
Tafod y Gors / Common Butterwort
#WildflowerHour
Planhigyn cigysol fydd yn treulio’r pryfetach sy’n glanio ar y dail gludiog.
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Not quite #ChurchyardFlowers – but a graveyard to insects as they land on the sticky star-like leaves of this carnivore.
#Môn #Anglesey @bsbicymru.bsky.social
I'm a bit late for #wildflowerhour as per usual but South Stack Fleawort (Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. maritima) has to be worth a post! I'm sure many a botanist will recognise this view.
📸Your favourite photography competition is BACK ... Capturing Ecology 2026 is open for submissions!
Photo credit: Jamal Kabir, Capturing Ecology 2025
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Or read more from the researchers here👇
Eternally surrounded by honeysuckle and cherry blossom - Celtic crosses mark the graves of the Vivian family of Plas Gwyn #Pentraeth #Anglesey #YnysMôn #standingstonesunday #Sunday #YnysMôn #Cymru #Wales #wildflowerhour #ChurchyardFlowers @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Rights of Nature - a growing movement?
We explored what Rights of Nature means, where the concept comes from, and what role ecologists can play.
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www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/righ...
Whole System Ecohydrological Change Following Natural Flood Management and a Five-Year Beaver Reintroduction Trial. Ecohydrology19, no. 4: e70238. doi.org/10.1002/eco.....
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British Ecological Society
📣 Britain’s oldest cave art found📣
New research confirms that the earliest known rock art in Britain can be found in Wales, at Bacon Hole, a cave cared for by @nationaltrust.org.uk on Gower. 🧵
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Nation Cymru Staff Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Peatland Specialist, Dr Peter Jones MBE, has been presented with a prestigious award at a UK peatland conference which was held in Swansea. The highly ...
What does Right of Nature mean and what role can ecologists play in the movement? We explore from a UK perspective.
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Once-common beavers have been absent from the British landscape for centuries, but wild beaver populations have returned in recent years as part of reintroduction schemes, including releases into mon...
