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Tag: conservation

July 31, 2019April 11, 2022

Warren Farm and the value of nature

October 19, 2015

Southern Hemisphere in Scotland: Benmore Botanic Garden

January 27, 2014February 1, 2014

London – wild and wet

January 5, 2014January 5, 2014

Plant Hunting in the 21st century

October 27, 2013October 27, 2013

Another home, another heath

August 4, 2013

Rainbow colours

February 12, 2013

The fascinating world of butterflies on display

November 17, 2012November 17, 2012

Behind the scenes at Kew Gardens…

August 11, 2012August 16, 2012

Dormouse discovery

July 25, 2012July 25, 2012

Chalky Guildford

June 26, 2012July 14, 2012

How do bats cross a motorway?

February 17, 2012February 27, 2012

Tiger or earth worm? The dilemma of conservation

February 2, 2012February 27, 2012

Big trees are dying

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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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