'Merely plant trees, and [you get] a tree plantation, not a forest. Bringing back a [real] forest is a much different endeavor. It’s more about restoring relationships.'

Lovely piece on Daniel Janzen's pioneering ecological restoration work in Costa Rica.
theverge.com/24137380/fores…

Like Dürer almost 400 years before him, van Gogh found single blades of grass and weeds to be worthy of our full attention ~ here’s Dürer ‘s Large Piece of Turf (1503) and Van Gogh’s Long Grass with Butterflies (1890)

Snipe in flight! 😍
These birds are rapid!
Taken recently at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 😊🐦

Shame on you, Heineken/ Bulmers - nearly 300 acres of apple trees wastefully levelled on the Offa's Dyke path in Monmouthshire:
'The UK's largest cider maker has chopped down a huge orchard, sparking fears for wildlife as it is a natural bird habitat.'
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

This sounds like a good and sensble set of expectations for 6-7 year olds.

wall chart of tree leaves

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BBC Springwatch
wildflowerhour
BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland
Woodland Trust🌳

09.38 saw my second swift arrives 7 days earlier than 2023.

We need every birder in the UK and Ireland to put up 2 or 3 nest boxes to help stop their decline
BBC Springwatch #apusapus #commonswift #actionforswifts #swiftconservation

The bird shooting industry is a disgrace and has no place in this or any other century. Protect the Wild is determined to end it.

RT and follow Protect the Wild if you stand with us!

'Instead of simply mass-planting saplings on Arbor Day, people should look for ways to restore & conserve forests. The hard truth is that a singular focus on planting can cause us to literally & figuratively miss the forest for the trees.' 💯🎯👌latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Madagascan weevils camouflaged against lichen encrusted twigs. Can you see them all? Display piece from probably 1950s public galleries ⁦Natural History Museum⁩

The money solution!

The Hijab Series: Mother, Daughter, and Doll.

Boushra Almutawakel is a photographer from Yemen.
“I was more fearful of what my family was going to say than what the others would say,” she says about the opening night of her photo exhibition in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa.

“Parents will rightly assume their children are being taught by teachers, not teaching assistants. The government must ensure all schools have the budget and staff to provide the education they’re meant to deliver.'

theguardian.com/education/2024…

Wow! The more Laura Knight pictures I see the more I love her work.

This is, by far, one of the most spectacular things I've ever seen. So magnificent!!

I pray the world keeps saving the whales.🐳🙏

Wow. This just gets worse and worse.

This is Charles Carter, he thinks he is untouchable and can hunt foxes where he pleases. It's time for the MoD to ban him and his hunt from their land for good.

Take action now 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/modpetition/

📸 Salisbury Plain Hunt Sabs (Moonrakers)

Woman of the Day philosopher, historian and author Mary Wollstonecraft born OTD 1759 in Spitalfields, London, widely regarded as one of the UK’s first feminists. Her reputation was unjustly shredded for a century after her early death but her influence was far-reaching and can…

Gorgeous! Do follow Carl for some fantastic photos.