Rachel Crookes

Nature Recovery Lead at Wild Oxfordshire, I like bats, birds, tea and the sea 🦇🌊

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

@hankgreen @br4inbugs @benjamin_cook ?

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

@hankgreen @br4inbugs Its from Becoming Youtube (what a time capsule) - Can't find the exact clip but recognise the background!

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

It's #WorldEnvironmentDay! Here I am on my site visit today posing with a wildflower corridor I created with a local school last year, filled with bees and other pollinators! 🌼🌻🌱🐝

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

@MiniBeastsUK @LGSpace @RoyEntSoc @NatGeo @Britnatureguide @NatureUK @BBOWT @WildMaidenhead @WildlifeTrusts @NearbyWild I think this is a soldier fly larvae! :)

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

A useful paper on how to make hedgehog boxes more appealing by @DrAbiGazzard , I'm frequently asked by residents how to attract their spiny neighbours! 🦔 @thePeerJ
https://t.co/2eA0GpZFp8

[West Oxfordshire District Council @WodcNews]

Join us on 7 August at Kilkenny Lane Country Park #BrizeNorton to discover more about the insects, animals and flora inhabiting the park at our very first #BioBlitz event. Read what's happening and how to sign up for our free events: https://t.co/yehXgK76S0

All welcome 🦋🦇🌼

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

Changing up the mowing regime on key verges with @WodcNews has led to bee orchids popping up! We will cut and collect later in the year to make sure the soil stays suitable for them to stay and spread next year 🐝🌷 @Love_plants

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

An eventful evening rescuing some ducklings from a drain and taking them to @TiggywinklesUK - I'm never leaving the house without a litter picker for emergency duck scooping again!

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

@OxfordRinging I'm a C permit holder based in Bicester, and would love to come along to any sessions you do in the future! :)

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

Always a treat to be out ringing on a sunny afternoon with enthusiastic volunteers! 🐣🪺
@BTO_Oxfordshire @Natures_Voice

[Lower Windrush Valley Project @LowerWindrushVP]

Great afternoon yesterday checking nest boxes and ringing with @RachelCrookes. A total of 81 blue tit and great tits ringed from the 17 boxes checked in Standlake.
#BTO #WindrushPath #LowerWindrushValleyProject

[Tracey Jolliffe 🦇🦇🦇 @The_BatNurse]

Two of my favourite things are #bats and chocolate. I've compared all the UK bats with some of my favourite chocolate bars. All bat photos from @_BCT_
Chocolate photos from random internet searches 🤷‍♀️
A thread...

[Tanyptera Project @tanyptera]

Want to know more about the insects in your outdoor spaces & how to support them? 🌿🐝🌸

Join us for a webinar with @gailashton on Weds 18th May, 7:30pm 🪰🌼🐞

Book your FREE place here: https://t.co/X5JChZwMpi

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

My previous job is hiring again! Check it out if you'd like to work with nature reserves, volunteers, community groups and a great team 🐦🌳🏞️ @LowerWindrushVP @OxfordshireCC

https://t.co/S9jn0jNTDg

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

@abigailjayne26 @JAppliedEcology @BritishEcolSoc Thanks for the clear and accessible paper! Makes life so much easier for those trying to make changes on the ground :) 🐝

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

Great paper on how pollinators use plants through the year - with 'weeds' and invasives such as Himalayan Balsam proving useful, work like this will continue to shift perceptions around what we let grow!
@BritishEcolSoc @JAppliedEcology
#pollinators

https://t.co/3dHrXVELsl

[London Bat Group 🦇 @LondonBatGroup]

🚨 #GIVEAWAY 🚨

For #InternationalWomensDay we’ve paired up with our fave female-led business Creature Candy to give away not one but TWO of their gorgeous A4 bat prints.

To enter:
🦇 Like and RT this post
🦇 Follow us and @CreatureCandy9

Entries close 9am Friday – good luck!

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

@rebekahbutler Ah cool! Happy for them to drop me an email if useful :)

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

@rebekahbutler I used to do work as a sustainability consultant/could put you in touch with some colleagues depending on what you're after? :)

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

Great to launch the @WodcNews Hedgehog Highways campaign, encouraging residents in the district's more urban areas to create holes in their fences in exchange for free Hedgehog Highway signs from @PTES / @hedgehogsociety 🦔

[West Oxfordshire District Council @WodcNews]

This week we've launched our #HedgehogHighway 🦔 campaign to help boost urban hedgehog numbers. Making small gaps in garden fences to link up more green spaces will allow hedgehogs to travel in safety as they look for food and shelter.

Find out more 👉🏼 https://t.co/QIkWcPQVHX

[Rachel Crookes @RachelCrookes]

Making a hedgehog highway is an easy way to help our prickly neighbours access much needed spaces for foraging and hibernation! @PTES @hedgehogsociety