Louise Seed

Interested in sustainable farming and wildlife especially botany.

[theurbanrambler @fellsandfungi]

I thought a forest was made up entirely of trees, but now I know that the foundation lies below ground, in the fungi #MondayMotivation #MushroomMonday #Fungi

[Charles Cuthbert @CRCuthbert]

The 'Corkscrew' Hazel in my garden is now in full flower and for the first time I have noticed that the catkins are very popular with Honey Bees, which are also very physical in their search for pollen! (Suffolk, 8-9th March 2025)
@suffolkwildlife @StevenFalk1 @B_Strawbridge

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Glass frogs,

with visible heart beats 💚

[Chris Thorogood @thorogoodchris1]

Today my colleague shared with me the most EXQUISITE image of a seed the size of a dust particle, collected from a rare plant called Xylanche in Nepal, and photographed using scanning electron microscopy. Wow.

📷 Renata Piwowarczyk’s work, courtesy of Herbarium LE in St. Petersburg, Russia; scan by Justyna Kasińska from Kielce University of Technology. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work with us x

[PictureThis Scotland @74frankfurt]

'Kelso on the Banks of the Tweed', LNER poster. Artwork by H Tittensor. (1941)

[Louise Seed @SeedLouise]

@jwood_t I did wonder. Thanks

[Louise Seed @SeedLouise]

Honey bees enjoying Ivy flowers ( Hedera helix) in the September sunshine #wildflowerhour

[Prof. Jeff Ollerton - @[email protected] @JeffOllerton]

A new study shows that #butterflies, #bumblebees & #hoverflies can be equally effective #pollinators. Read about it here:

https://t.co/XSWHTqoaPj

#ecology #biodiversity #botany #entomology #bees

@savebutterflies @StevenFalk1 @DaveGoulson @HoverflyLagoons @BumblebeeTrust

[RHET @TheRHET]

Join us at our Countryside Cottage on the showground at Ingliston Edinburgh for a free session for early/first level teachers looking at a range of hands on ideas to engage young children with the natural world.
📅 Wednesday 6th November 4 - 5pm
📷 https://t.co/Bel6mGpQfO

[Louise Seed @SeedLouise]

Field Bindweed ( Convolvulous arvensis) contrasting nicely with ripe Brambles #wildflowerhour

[Louise Seed @SeedLouise]

@silverpebble I love them x

[Louise Seed @SeedLouise]

Goatsbeard or Salsify (Tropopogon pratensis) growing on a roadside in Betwickshire.. Very popular with hoverflies. #wildflowerhour

[Bloomsbury Books UK @BloomsburyBooks]

'The greatest existential crisis we face distilled into the crucible of a tiny piece of paradise.' @ChrisGPackham

One Garden Against the World from @Kate_Bradbury is an inspiring call to arms, showing that we can all make a difference in the fight against climate change.

[Louise Seed @SeedLouise]

A world of lichen on top of a fence post. The little red tips of Cladonia ( ?) can be seen if you look carefully. #lichen #ScottishBorders

[Bumblebee Conservation Trust @BumblebeeTrust]

August arrives with these rare and less common bumblebees 🐝

Have you ever been lucky enough to spot one? 👀

[Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @TheBotanics]

📣👀 New Reekie, our Amorphophallus titanum, is expected to flower this week and we're inviting you to come and see it.

The plant will keep us guessing up until the last minute, so the dates are still TBC! We'll let you know how to book your free, ticketed viewing slot soon.

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

I’d love to see some great science on the different factors driving wildlife decline

Roads
Cats
Predator imbalances
Farming intensification
Climate change

They obviously interact/compound each other… but would love to understand the weighting in different kinds of landscapes

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Painted grasshopper (Poekilocerus pictus)

📸 Priyanka Muniyappa

[Louise Seed @SeedLouise]

@ElliottBlackwe3 Persuasion by Jane Austen. I first read it at school but only really understood it as an adult. I find something new every time I read it.

[Louise Seed @SeedLouise]

@StevePa46290725 @wildflower_hour @cadwwales Looks like a picture out of a fairytale book.