Late for #WildflowerHour: water crowfoot found on dartmoor today. Don't know which one it was. Any tricks for telling them apart?

Wenn ihr übrigens in Deutschland wahlberechtigt seid, aber derzeitig nicht in Deutschland lebt und dort keinen Wohnsitz habt, muss der Antrag spätestens am 02.02. bei der zuständigen Gemeinde *eingegangen* sein. Den sellt ihr also am besten JETZT. Infos: bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswa...

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Haha yes :)

Branched plant-like frost patterns on the outside of our window

Wonderful frost patterns on the outside of our triple glazed roof window. We call them eisblumen in German - ice flowers

Snowman with mistletoe hair, purple carrot nose and magnolia twig arms

Made the most of an unplanned snow day with the kids yesterday. Managed to get three different types of plant involved with mistletoe hair, purple carrot nose and magnolia twig arms
#SpotTheBotanist :)

The Higgledy seed shop is open.
We have some discounted Christmas bundles....if you've been good.
#gardening 🌱
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Time is running out

To stop #globalwarming exceeding 1.5°C, the world must act now

The 2024 Global Carbon Budget – published today – reveals the scale of the challenge facing world leaders at #COP29Baku

Read more here 👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... #carbonbudget

You don’t need to reinvent the wheel. You don’t need to start a new organization, or lead the charge. Chances are there are already people in your community doing work on the problems you want to address. Find them, help them.

People often fall into the trap of thinking that the need is too great, what can one person do? If I can’t devote my life to the cause what’s the point? And the truth is you can make a big difference in other people’s lives by taking relatively small actions, at the scale you can

"Söders Form von Politik ist so konträr zu alldem, was ich richtig finde und was ich versuche zu sein und zu verkörpern, dass ich denke, er spürt das und fühlt sich permanent herausgefordert." - Robert Habeck

Angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa, German: Achateule) an awesome moth

Photo of a Christmas tree with straw stars and real candles

Merry Christmas!

Good to know. I quite like it so would have planted it if I had the right spot.

This reminds of a tweet which has stuck with me.
"People riding bikes on pavements are an indicator species for poor urban design"
Same with e-scooters and e-bikes. Sure, some folks are being irresponsible, but the key issue is ALL non-car-users are being forced to the margins of our thoroughfares.

Image shows the orange-pink flower of a Christmas cactus

I love the flower colour of this Christmas cactus.