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UK nature news, facts and folklore 🌳

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Illegal bird of prey killings fall to lowest level in decade, but ‘true figure may be far higher’.
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Older the better!

Letting forests grow old is one of the best (and most beautiful) ways to store carbon.
https://t.co/qBBVey16cC

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Our woodland birds are at real risk of extinction 👇
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Red squirrels are bouncing back! ✊
https://t.co/fYEk5of3Fq

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Eurasian Nuthatches are known for their distinctive habit of waddling headfirst down tree trunks, thanks to their strong legs and specialised claws.

This quirky behavior helps them find insects hidden in the bark of trees.

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The Common Blue Butterfly is known for its remarkable mutualistic relationship with ants. 🦋

Its caterpillars produce sugary secretions that the ants feed on, and in return, the ants protect the caterpillars from predators. 🐛🐜

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Devil's Fingers, one of the UK's rarest fungi, emits a smell resembling rotting flesh to attract flies for spore dispersal

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The Green Hairstreak is the UK's only green butterfly, and one of the only insects that lays its eggs on bird's foot trefoil plants, which are toxic to most insects.

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Sycamore Gap tree attack is part of war on nature in UK https://t.co/zn4Fkto69K

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Heartbreaking 💔 🌳

The Sycamore Gap tree, England's most photographed tree and Tree of the Year 2016, has been cut down https://t.co/Q5OfYlHik4

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Rhino numbers are up! 🦏

One of the most critically endangered species, there's now a ray of hope due to amazing conservation efforts.
https://t.co/ateE6fBgNO

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Look up! You're being watched... 👀

The silver birch's eerie 'eyes', formed by lesions left by fallen branches, has earned them the folk-name 'The Watchful Tree'. Many believe these are powerful spirits that silently & patiently guard their forests #FolkloreThursday

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Butterflies are back! 🦋

UK Butterfly numbers are at their highest level since 2019, according to @savebutterflies
https://t.co/YEiMLAxlm8

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The first bison calf to be born in the wild in the UK in thousands of years has reached her first birthday 🦬 😍
https://t.co/xtmz2wuiW2

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There's 400,000 different types of beetle alive today. 🪲

That's almost half of all the named animal species that exist. Yep, half.

Do with that information what you will.

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The UK has lost 75% of its wetlands.

Beavers are helping to restore them, but they need more protection 🦫
https://t.co/cKqVl7CHvd

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@Soph0571 Isn't it 😍

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The Majesty Oak 🌳

This gnarly-faced beast is the oldest maiden oak in the UK, and could be up to a staggering 1200 years old!

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Our cities are warming 🏙️

We need more urban trees 🌳 to cool temperatures, adsorb carbon and encourage cycling 👇 https://t.co/akI8RXbBKy

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Fly agaric mushrooms are famous for their fairy tale connection due to their toxic hallucinogenic properties.

You can spot them under birch trees in the autumn, where they help the trees grow by sharing nutrients through their underground mycelium networks 🍄✨
#FungiFriday