Behind the scenes from our day of filming. Here I’m crouched down in one of the grassland areas looking at an orchid, with camera operator Gavin and producer Charlotte.
Back in June, we hosted a team from #GardenersWorld to share how we’ve been improving the grounds of the National Museums Collection Centre for biodiversity. 🎬 🐞🪰🌿🌼
Catch it here:
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You can find out more about our #NMCCbiodiversity work by tuning into Gardeners World this Friday, at 8pm on BBC TWO.
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A Painted Lady butterfly rests on a red brick wall in the sunshine.
A most welcome visitor to our site this week… A Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), soaking up the late September sun. It’s the first one recorded on our patch since 2021!
#NMCCbiodiversity
Last week I showed Mark Stephen, from BBC Radio Scotland, around the grounds of the National Museums Collection Centre. We chatted about how we’re managing the site for biodiversity 🌱🐛
📻 Catch up on the episode here:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#WildflowerHour #NMCCbiodiversity
A female Bibio marci rests on my finger. This all black fly has a noticeably small head, featuring very small eyes.
A male Bibio marci rests on my finger. It has a noticeably large head compared to the female, featuring very big eyes.
It’s that time of year again! The St. Marks Flies (Bibio marci) on our grounds, arrived right on cue… April 25th!
It’s super easy to tell apart the males and females of this species. It’s all in the eyes…
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#NMCCbiodiversity 🪰
Photo from 2016. An area of the grounds at the National museums collection centre in Edinburgh, seeded with grass.
The same area of the grounds at the National museums collection centre in Edinburgh. Photo taken in 2024. This space is now an urban meadow bursting with wildflowers and native grasses.
It’s not about the size of your green space… it’s what you do with it that counts. 🌿🌼🐛🐞
#NMCCbiodiversity #EarthDay
A tiny hopper resting on the underside of a Primrose flower, with the sun setting behind a building in the background.
Life is better when you notice the little things… 🌱🪲
#BugSky #NMCCbiodiversity
3 yellow blooms of Colts-foot peeking out from the grass.
Another sign of spring on the grounds of the National Museums Collection Centre…
The Colts-foot is flowering 😊
#NMCCbiodiversity #Edinburgh #WildflowerHour #SignsOfSpring
Focus is on a single primrose in full flower, with buildings in the background.
Signs of Spring 🌱
The first of the Primroses are blooming on the grounds of the National Museums Collection Centre. #NMCCbiodiversity #Edinburgh #WildflowerHour
A Small Skipper butterfly perched on the bright pink bloom of Common Knapweed. Its proboscis is busy probing into the flower.
Digging out a few photos for a talk this week, had me daydreaming of brighter days from last summer.
Here’s a Small Skipper enjoying some knapweed at the collections centre, in Edinburgh 🏴
#NMCCbiodiversity #museums #butterflies 🦋
A Plasterer bee rests on an Oxeyedaisy
Museum folk, are you interested in supporting #biodiversity on your sites? 🐞🌱
Join me Thursday 23 January (2:30-3:30pm) to hear about our efforts to improve the grounds at the National Museums Collection Centre, Edinburgh 🏴
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