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In celebration of #NatonalMeadowsDay on July 1st we posted some images of the 5th year of flowering in the Lost & Found Meadow – we’ve just added to these with some late flowering knapweeds, field scabious and cranesbill. There is … Read More
Air Bee n’ Bee is a Citizen Science project devised by The Buzz Club, a new charity led by Professor Dave Goulson at the University of Sussex, to assist scientists to collect research data on pollinators. Air Bee n’ Bee aims to encourage people to … Read More
2016 marks the 4th flowering of the Lost & Found mini meadow and some changes are needed. Knapweeds and Common Vetch now dominate so we need to cut earlier to encourage more diversity. So even though there are still lots of beautiful … Read More
An important study by Dr Cristina Botías et al, has just been published in the Journal of Environmental Science & Technology on the levels of contamination of neonicotinoid pesticides in the UK countryside. It has serious implications for agri-environmental schemes in Britain … Read More
Cycling may be the greenest form of transport but like most activities it attracts it’s share of junk products. One such is the cycle seat cover, made from plastic or nylon, and used to advertise every kind of brand – pizza, jeans, noodles, … Read More
Jane King has been photographing the collection of UK bumblebee species – 27 in all – at Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH), for Lost & Found. Some of the specimens are very old, dating from the 19th and … Read More