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Tag: biodiversity

September 23, 2019October 22, 2020

How brown is “brownfield” land?

May 17, 2018October 22, 2020

First there were rocks…

March 2, 2017March 2, 2017

Borneo memories – Kinabatangan river

August 12, 2016November 26, 2018

Behind the monoculture

June 19, 2013June 20, 2013

Bioblitzing

May 5, 2013April 24, 2017

How much biodiversity on a roadside?

November 17, 2012November 17, 2012

Behind the scenes at Kew Gardens…

May 16, 2012May 16, 2012

Unexpected biodiversity : the cemetery episode

April 27, 2012May 30, 2013

Ode à la Plaine

February 17, 2012February 27, 2012

Tiger or earth worm? The dilemma of conservation

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Back from a cold and wet, but flower-filled week of @naturetrek_wildlife_holidays trip to the Vercors in SE France. The meadows were looking glorious, with so much colour 🌸🌻🪻🌼🏵️ In Bretagne, must be cider time! Nice tasting @cidreriedugolfe (including that 40 year old bottle!) 🍻 Marais salants #ilederé 🧂 Cute ring 💍Meloe violaceus (Violet Oil Beetle, Méloé violet) Fluffy and cheerful, must be Prunus 'Kanzan' time 🌸 Pulsatilla 'Rote Glocke' ('Red Bells') brightening my alpine trough. When the flowers wilt, they turn upwards, revealing the stamens 🌸 Luxembourg City looking perfect in the spring sun 💚 Orange tip butterfly looking so perfect on a daffodil stem 🦋💛 Super excited to share pictures of this rare daffodil hybrid found on my latest @naturetrek_wildlife_holidays tour in Southern Spain, N. x libarensis. This is a cross between a rock jonquil N. cuatrecasasii and a paperwhite, N. papyraceus (I've added pics of both parents). It was described in 1995, from the exact valley where we found it. It has intermediate characters (pale yellow flowers, larger, wider leaves and flowers between its parents). 😍

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