A butterfly on a purple flower called Knapweed

A bee on a pink flower

A butterfly on white and yellow flowers called daisies

A green shimmery bug on a Daisy

Happy #EarthDay🌎

Plants are the foundation of all life! They brighten your day & help wildlife, so why not let them grow & take part in No Mow May.

🐝It’s one of the best ways to help the environment. Simply sign up, stop mowing, sit back & let it grow!👇
https://loom.ly/RW0t-fw

A garden in front of a house with yellow flowers known as Cat's-ear

FREE No Mow May event!🌸

Imagine the power if we all let our gardens and green spaces grow for the No Mow Movement. Learn more about the campaign and how to take part with or without a garden.🌱

📅22 April
⏰19:00
Limited spaces so book today 👉 https://loom.ly/FljZGkw

Close‑up of pale yellow primrose flowers with darker yellow centres, growing among green leaves and stems in a woodland or garden setting.

Close‑up of two pale yellow primrose flowers with bright yellow centres, surrounded by textured green leaves.

Primroses! 🌼 Why today is #PrimroseDay?

The day honours former UK Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, whose favourite flower was the primrose. Each year on 19 April, these flowers are laid at the Disraeli statue in Westminster.

For more facts to wow your friends - https://loom.ly/HScCTqM

A garden lawn filled with tall grass and colourful yellow dandelions in front of a house. Text reads ‘Pledge to Let it Grow for the No Mow Movement’ and ‘And get a FREE No Mow May guide,’ with an image of the No Mow May guide booklet in the corner.

Green graphic with the heading ‘Become a No Mow Hero’. A checklist reads: ‘Pledge to help nature’, ‘Check out your new No Mow May Guide’, ‘Stop mowing’, ‘Let it grow’, and ‘Watch nature flourish’. Illustrated icons of a bee, flowers, and a ladybird decorate the design.

Make a pledge to help nature🌸

DYK there are more than 23 million gardens in the UK. If every garden let it grow for the #NoMowMay Movement, just imagine how much we could help wildlife like bees & butterflies.🐝

Take the pledge and join thousands of people across the UK -https://loom.ly/ay3YcNA

Fresh hope for one of the world’s rarest plant species We're part of a major conservation partnership bringing Shore Dock plants back from the brink.

🥬 Last week, 500 of Europe's most threatened plants - roughly 10% of the entire population of shore dock - were restored to the wild.

So proud to work with
@naturambyth.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social and Natural Resources Wales on this!

Close‑up of pale lilac cuckooflower blooms, some still in bud, against a soft green background. Text on the image reads: ‘Cuckooflower. Also called Lady’s Smock, Cuckooflower blooms just as the first Cuckoo birds start calling. Look for lilac petals often veined with violet. It thrives anywhere the ground stays damp, from wet grasslands and meadows to pond edges and stream banks'.

Close‑up of bright yellow cowslip flowers hanging in nodding clusters on tall stems. Text on the image reads: ‘Cowslip. Their yellow, cup‑shaped blooms hang in nodding clusters on tall stems. The leaves are oval and slightly wrinkled, narrowing quickly into the stalk. Look for them in open woods, meadows, pastures and roadside verges, especially where grasses grow long.’

Close‑up of delicate white wood sorrel flowers with faint lilac lines, surrounded by soft green, lobed leaves. Text on the image reads: ‘Wood Sorrel. A pretty woodland plant with delicate white flowers marked with faint lilac or purple lines. Its soft, light‑green leaves grow in groups of three on long stalks. This low, creeping plant is commonly found in moist, shaded places such as woodlands, hedgerows, and banks across the British Isles.’

Bright magenta Early Purple Orchid in the foreground of a sunny green grassy area. Text on the image reads: ‘Early Purple Orchid. This plant is a welcome sight in Spring. The flowers are usually a rich magenta, though pale pink and white spikes do appear. Look for shiny leaves marked with dark purple blotches. They have a blackcurrant‑tinged scent until the flowers fade and then it turns a bit smelly! Find them in hay meadows, woodland and often roadside verges.’

Close‑up of pale lilac cuckooflower blooms set against soft green grass in the background. Text on the image reads: ‘What To See in Nature in April’.

Spring is in full swing! 🌼

Longer days and warmer weather are encouraging wildflowers to burst into bloom.

Now is the perfect time to see these flowers making an appearance 👉

Let us know what you’ve spotted recently!

#SpringWildflowers

A close‑up of a meadow with tall green grass and yellow wildflowers, with a large dark brick viaduct arch rising in the background against a bright sky with scattered clouds.

A close-up of a tall purple wildflower growing among long green grasses in a meadow, with the blurred arches of a large structure visible in the background.

A meadow filled with tall green grasses and scattered wildflowers, including several orchids spikes rising above the vegetation.

A meadow filled with tall green grass and yellow wildflowers, with a shaggy-haired cow standing among the flowers in partial shade.

Not long to go now…🤩

How pretty do our nature reserves look? We can’t wait to see them blooming and bursting with wildlife soon!🌸

Find your nearest nature reserve 👉 https://loom.ly/jUh5bpc

#Wildflowers

Yellow Rattle's brown, dried out and ripened seed pods set against a grassy backdrop. Text reads: You can spot the flowers from May through to July. After that, the seed pods dry out, leaving the seeds rattling around inside. Farmers once listened for this rattling sound to know the hay was ready to cut, which is how Yellow Rattle got its name.

Find out more - www.plantlife.org.uk/plants-and-f...

Close up photo of Yellow Rattle tube-shaped flowers. Text reads: Yellow Rattle grows upright with tall stems and just a few leaves. After its yellow, tube‑shaped flowers fade, the part behind the flower turns into a shiny, silver ball where the seeds develop — this is the “rattle.”

Yellow Rattle wildflower growing tall on its upright stem, set against a backdrop of a hay meadow with buttercups and clover. Text reads: It is an important meadow wildflower. It’s a hemi‑parasite, meaning it gets part of its nutrients by attaching its roots to nearby plants. In meadows it attaches to grasses and weakens them, creating space for other wildflowers to thrive.

A picture of Yellow Rattle on its tall upright stem with yellow tube-shaped flowers set against a pastel green, out of focus background. Text reads: Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus minor

Meet the Meadow Maker! 🌼🐝

Ever wondered how Yellow Rattle got its name or why it’s such a big deal for wildflower meadows?

From its rattling seed pods to the clever way it helps other flowers grow, there’s a lot more to this plant than meets the eye 👇

Another sign of spring, primroses popping up here in Edinburgh. @plantlifeuk.bsky.social #flower #Edinburgh

Had a good day at Glasdrum NNR filling a few gaps in my knowledge of Scottish rainforest lichens with the help of Oliver Moore. This was the find of the day, the nationally rare jelly Leptogium hibernicum.

#lichenGBI
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social

No Mow May is back and it's bigger and wilder than ever! 🌱🐝

Leave the mower in the shed this No Mow Movement! Watch your lawn come alive with wildflowers, bees, and butterflies.

Pledge to join the No Mow Movement👉 https://loom.ly/ay3YcNA

Sign up. Stop mowing. Sit back and let it grow.💚

#NMM

No garden? No problem. No Mow May isn’t just about lawns — it’s also about road verges, parks and other green spaces where all sorts of wildflowers can shine.

Head to this link to delve deeper 👉 loom.ly/nnoq6Fw

Have you spotted the pretty pink flowers of Butterbur yet?🩷

This wonderful wildflower blooms before its leaves emerge, and can be seen now in wet meadows, streamsides & damp ditches.

Check out the images below for some fascinating facts, from how Butterbur got its name to historic home remedies!

Close-up of a Bugle wildflower with tight clusters of purplish‑blue blooms rising on a tall stem above dark green leaves. The background is a soft blur of green meadow grass. In the foreground, a taped info card titled ‘Bugle’ lists that the plant is great for bumblebees, flowers from April to June, and grows in grasslands, meadows, hedge banks, and damp woodland. A hand‑drawn arrow points toward the flower, and a decorative sticker-style bumblebee illustration is placed beside the card.

Close-up of an Early Dog Violet with thin, purple petals growing low to the ground among green leaves and blurred woodland floor. In front of the flower is a small taped info card titled ‘Early Dog Violet,’ listing that it is great for fritillary butterflies, flowers in March, and grows on banks and in woodlands. A sketched arrow points toward the violet, and a decorative illustration of an orange fritillary butterfly is placed beside the card.

Close-up of vibrant purple-blue Bluebell flowers in a sunlit woodland, with a soft-focus carpet of bluebells behind them. A small taped info card in the foreground reads: ‘Bluebell – Great for bees, hoverflies, beetles; Months: April, May; Habitats: Woodlands,’ alongside a short description of their bell-shaped flowers. Decorative drawings of an arrow and an insect highlight the plant.

A cluster of pale yellow Primrose flowers with yellow centres grows among green leaves in bright sunlight. In front of the flowers is a small paper-style info card taped at the top. The card reads: “Primrose. Great for: Bumblebees and butterflies. Months: January, May, December. Habitats: Banks, woodland clearings, hedgerows and open grassland.” Beneath is a description of the plant’s appearance. Decorative illustrations of a green butterfly and a simple line‑drawing of a bee are placed near the card.

Early spring flowers are a lifeline for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators emerging from winter. 🐝💛

These early‑blooming plants provide the first nectar and pollen of the year, helping pollinators build strength before the rest of the garden wakes up!

Check out just a few of them below!🌱

Minister for Public Finance cc. Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy 10 March 2026 Save Coul Links – Six months since Reporters’ Recommendations sent to Scottish Government The Conservation Coalition, made up of Buglife Scotland, Butterfly Conservation, Marine Conservation Society, National Trust for Scotland, Plantlife Scotland, RSPB Scotland and Scottish Wildlife Trust, is again writing to you in your role as minister with responsibility for planning. We appreciate your response to our last letter in November 2025 in relation to the proposed golf course at Coul Links. It is now over six months since the Reporters’ recommendations on Coul Links was passed to Ministers to decide the outcome. Tens of thousands of people have voiced their concerns about this development which would cause unacceptable harm to a unique and beautiful place for nature. The proposed development would do irreparable damage to the Dornoch Firth and Loch Fleet Ramsar site, a rare coastal sand dune habitat of international importance, as well as to a Special Protection Area (SPA) and the Loch Fleet Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). NatureScot has also objected due to the predicted damage to the protected habitats found at Coul Links. All developments should be well-sited and designed to avoid the most sensitive places for wildlife and ensure that they leave nature in a better state than before, in line with the ambition and policies of the National Planning Framework and to contribute to Scotland’s nature recovery. We were delighted that the Scottish Parliament recently decided to agree to give enhanced protection to Ramsar sites in the Natural Environment Bill. While this additional legal protection will not come into force immediately, we hope that the Scottish Government will show that they are consistent in working towards the protection and restoration of nature in Scotland and refuse this harmful application. Yours Sincerely, The Conservation Coalition

It’s been 6 months since the report on Coul Links went to ministers for them to decide its fate.

Many thousands of people have spoken out to protect this unique and beautiful place from the irreparable damage the proposed golf development would do. 🦆🪰 🦋

Today we sent a letter to ministers 👇

Stop scrolling! Spring is around the corner🌸

And we can’t wait! What’s your favourite thing about spring?🌱

#Spring #BritishWildflowers

Close-up of a White Dead-nettle plant with clusters of small white tubular flowers, surrounded by serrated green leaves and a blurred green background.

Close-up of a cluster of Sweet Violet flowers with deep purple petals and small green leaves, set against a softly blurred natural background.

Close-up of a cluster of \Scurvygrass with small white four‑petalled flowers growing densely among bright green foliage, captured in soft natural light.

Close-up of white Wood Anemone flowers with yellow centres, surrounded by green leaves and set against a softly blurred natural background.

March is the month everything starts to stir…🌱

Fresh shoots are pushing through the soil and early flowers are opening up. Maybe you’ve even spotted your first bumblebee out on its daily commute! 🐝

Check out these species popping up at the moment 👇

Have you spotted any?

#Wildflowers #Spring

Campaigners, overlooking Parliament in London, holding placards calling for an end to peat sales

Five people in front of No 10 Downing Street holding a petition box

Person in a bog costume with a box holding 16,742 signatures

Campaigners, overlooking Parliament in London, holding placards calling for an end to peat sales

We’re telling the Government to put an end to peat sales now! 📢

The destruction of peatlands has got to stop! We've handed in a petition with 16,000 signatures, calling for the government to ban peat sales in 2026.⚠️

Read more👇
https://loom.ly/KMRiz34

& email your MP to support

Celandine, yellow flower

Celandines in grass

Pretty & yellow 💛

A perfect time for #CelandineDay as they’ve started popping up among the winter gloom.

🤔Did you know the Lesser Celandine was Wordsworth’s favourite wildflower - & not Daffodil!

For more facts to impress your friends on a winter walk 👉 https://loom.ly/-PGl6yg
#Wildflowers

DYK… Tree Lungwort isn’t just one organism — it’s multiple living together as one!

A fungus provides the structure while an algae inside makes the food.

Together, they create the bright green leafy lichen you see on the tree!🍃

#TreeLungwort #Lichen

Find out more - https://loom.ly/nVD6XL4