Waking up everyday to this flowery paradise is just amazing. It’s so hard to believe that so many people think that short, constantly mown grass is so great…🥹😍🌱
Joshua Styles
Five years on & my gardens are an absolute paradise - 100s of orchids, 1000s of grasshoppers and so much more!
All I did was plant native wildflowers plus mow ot twice a year, removing clippings each time.
Low maintenance ✅
Amazing for wildlife ✅
What’s not to love?! 🌱❤️
What Hoylake has now is a biodiversity hotspot here to stay filled with >250 species of wild plant, Endangered natterjack toads & much so more.
Thank you to everyone who has helped fight to keep this special place over these years - I can’t tell you how appreciated you are 🌱❤️
Last seen at Wybunbury Moss 169 years ago, I was shocked to find this big old patch of marsh valerian (Valeriana dioica) there the other day!
A seriously rare beastie in Cheshire too eeeEE 😍🌱
🚨Hoylake beach update🚨
After a LONG six years, we’re finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel!! An agreement has finally been reached between @NaturalEngland and @WirralCouncil which means around 2% of the 41ha of vegetated foreshore at Hoylake will be cleared.
It’s been one hell of a battle over the past 6 years. We started with Natural England consenting to widespread herbicide use across a SSSI ending in 2019 (left). From there, proposals shifted from removing all vegetated areas, down to 40%, then 10%, then 5%, and finally to this.
A reliable indicator of truly ancient habitats - today marks the first time I’ve ever seen properly wild daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp pseudonarcissus)!
This huge population was in a beautiful riparian ancient woodland in Cheshire and it’s made my whole month! 😍🌱
I’ve just released deets for a new wetland ID course, with a special emphasis on lowland fens! 😍🌱
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Joshua Styles
Near-threatened in Britain (<15 sites), so buzzing to find bird’s-foot sedge (Carex ornithopoda) on this limestone pavement in Cumbria!
These pavements take 1000s of years to form as rain cuts deep cracks, creating niches for rare wildlife - this sedge being one of them 😍🌱
