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Joel Ashton 🍃🌳🍃

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#WildlifeGarden Designer & Installer for 20yrs | #HouseMartin & #Butterfly admirer | Once rescued a Cuckoo | @WildYourGarden ~ Book & Online Shop #NoMowSummer

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No sooner had I stopped to take in the finished creation of my latest #wildlifepond than it was visited by six swallows, stopping by for a drink & to gather some mud for nest-building! Amazing! 😍

No sooner had I stopped to take in the finished creation of my latest #wildlifepond than it was visited by six swallows, stopping by for a drink & to gather some mud for nest-building! Amazing! 😍

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Ok, I’m going to put it out there. IMO, Lesser/Common Knapweed is THE BEST all round #wildflower for high summer in terms of longevity of flower, abundance of insects that will use it for #nectar/pollen, drought tolerance & ability to grow in many soil types & light conditions 🐝 This one clump had at least 5 Gatekeepers, 2/3 Meadow Browns and many species of Bees all visiting at once! 😍💚

Ok, I’m going to put it out there. IMO, Lesser/Common Knapweed is THE BEST all round #wildflower for high summer in terms of longevity of flower, abundance of insects that will use it for #nectar/pollen, drought tolerance & ability to grow in many soil types & light conditions 🐝 This one clump had at least 5 Gatekeepers, 2/3 Meadow Browns and many species of Bees all visiting at once! 😍💚

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For anyone who thinks that #NoMowMay is about leaving your grass to look scruffy, untidy and unkempt. A walkthrough of one of my client’s #wildlifegarden, embracing #NoMowSummer. You absolutely CAN have #nature friendly, yet retain an element of formality…😍👇🌱🐝 Perfection 💚

For anyone who thinks that #NoMowMay is about leaving your grass to look scruffy, untidy and unkempt. A walkthrough of one of my client’s #wildlifegarden, embracing #NoMowSummer. You absolutely CAN have #nature friendly, yet retain an element of formality…😍👇🌱🐝 Perfection 💚

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I wish we would stop demonising #Ragwort. This incredible #wildflower was absolutely covered in insects today, including #bees, hoverflies, flies and #butterflies, and this is just a small percentage of the #wildlife that relies on it. The fact is, this plant is not harmful to animals, unless fed within a bale of already processed hay.

I wish we would stop demonising #Ragwort. This incredible #wildflower was absolutely covered in insects today, including #bees, hoverflies, flies and #butterflies, and this is just a small percentage of the #wildlife that relies on it. The fact is, this plant is not harmful to animals, unless fed within a bale of already processed hay.

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Choose your path… Very soon, many people will start mowing their lawns. NOW is the time to plan your mown paths so that our precious insects stand a chance. Don’t put the mower away for one month, instead adopt a #NoMowSummer and help our flora & fauna all summer long 🔈⬆️ 🌾

Choose your path… Very soon, many people will start mowing their lawns. NOW is the time to plan your mown paths so that our precious insects stand a chance. Don’t put the mower away for one month, instead adopt a #NoMowSummer and help our flora & fauna all summer long 🔈⬆️ 🌾

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The Hazel Dormouse is a protected species by law. It is an OFFENCE to “Damage or destroy its breeding site or resting place.” Yet Bristol City Council are complicit in letting Redrow contractors COMPLETELY OBLITERATE a known site for this endangered species!😡

The Hazel Dormouse is a protected species by law. It is an OFFENCE to “Damage or destroy its breeding site or resting place.” Yet Bristol City Council are complicit in letting Redrow contractors COMPLETELY OBLITERATE a known site for this endangered species!😡

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116,781 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce

1/2 This is absolutely disgusting 😡Rochford DC have allowed the killing of this majestic 150y/o Save the Holt Farm Oak Tree tree to allow kevin to build 600 houses. This unnecessary wanton destruction was right outside Holt Farm Junior Sch. 💔 Abhorrent.

1/2 This is absolutely disgusting 😡Rochford DC have allowed the killing of this majestic 150y/o Save the Holt Farm Oak Tree tree to allow kevin to build 600 houses. This unnecessary wanton destruction was right outside Holt Farm Junior Sch. 💔 Abhorrent.

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118,739 görüntüleme • 3 yıl önce

To everyone that continues to condemn one of the BEST wildflowers there is for wildlife at this time of year. To everyone that tells you to remove this “poisonous” plant from your land/garden as it kills livestock . . . don’t! 👇Cows eating AROUND #ragwort. What a plant 👍

To everyone that continues to condemn one of the BEST wildflowers there is for wildlife at this time of year. To everyone that tells you to remove this “poisonous” plant from your land/garden as it kills livestock . . . don’t! 👇Cows eating AROUND #ragwort. What a plant 👍

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After many days of hard work, several tonnes of boulders & a stone bridge, my latest habitat creation project is complete - 20metres of stream with 2x built-in #wildlifeponds, planted with native #wildflowers. Just in time to provide water for our birds in this heat.💧#Derbyshire

After many days of hard work, several tonnes of boulders & a stone bridge, my latest habitat creation project is complete - 20metres of stream with 2x built-in #wildlifeponds, planted with native #wildflowers. Just in time to provide water for our birds in this heat.💧#Derbyshire

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78,949 görüntüleme • 3 yıl önce

This is absolutely AMAZING! 😍 Only in slow motion can you appreciate this female Hairy-footed flower bee collecting pollen from these Cowslips on her proboscis. She then wipes it off with her front legs and attaches it to her hind legs, before storing it in her nest cell! ❤️🐝

This is absolutely AMAZING! 😍 Only in slow motion can you appreciate this female Hairy-footed flower bee collecting pollen from these Cowslips on her proboscis. She then wipes it off with her front legs and attaches it to her hind legs, before storing it in her nest cell! ❤️🐝

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76,704 görüntüleme • 3 yıl önce

As a boy, I was fascinated by the unique head feathers & bill of a Hoopoe. They were like mythical creatures which I had to wait over 30 years to see in real life. So today, when one landed in front of me and preened itself for 2 minutes, I was made up! 😍 #Egypt

As a boy, I was fascinated by the unique head feathers & bill of a Hoopoe. They were like mythical creatures which I had to wait over 30 years to see in real life. So today, when one landed in front of me and preened itself for 2 minutes, I was made up! 😍 #Egypt

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22,783 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce

Something rather special is about to start in #London - the creation of a 1000sqm wetland including a #wildlifepond & #wildflowermeadows, all thanks to Friends of Clapham Common & Lambeth Council. Feeling very fortunate to have been asked to create this publicly accessible space 💚

Something rather special is about to start in #London - the creation of a 1000sqm wetland including a #wildlifepond & #wildflowermeadows, all thanks to Friends of Clapham Common & Lambeth Council. Feeling very fortunate to have been asked to create this publicly accessible space 💚

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So now I’m torn! 😆 After the elation of seeing my first #frogspawn in the #wildlifepond in my #WildlifeFrontGarden, tonight I’ve discovered that the frogspawn has become food for something else….a female Smooth Newt! Pond is alive tonight with Frogs, Newts & Water Boatmen 💚🐸

So now I’m torn! 😆 After the elation of seeing my first #frogspawn in the #wildlifepond in my #WildlifeFrontGarden, tonight I’ve discovered that the frogspawn has become food for something else….a female Smooth Newt! Pond is alive tonight with Frogs, Newts & Water Boatmen 💚🐸

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14,381 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce

A friend showed me this patch of Bluebells in an ancient wood & WOW! 😍 The haze of colour when you get down level with them is unreal! The UK has up to 50% of the 🌍’s population of #bluebells. A great source of food for many insects & all the more reason to protect them 🐝🌳

A friend showed me this patch of Bluebells in an ancient wood & WOW! 😍 The haze of colour when you get down level with them is unreal! The UK has up to 50% of the 🌍’s population of #bluebells. A great source of food for many insects & all the more reason to protect them 🐝🌳

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