A Suburban Meadow

A recent convert to the plight of wildflowers, butterflies, bees & meadows.

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

Great example of “a mini-meadow” in a garden providing a great habitat for wildlife. #LetItBloomJune #NoMowMay #WildGardens #Lawns #WildLawn #wildflowers @LGSpace #BeeTheChange #Bees #Butterflies #Bugs #Wildlife #MiniMeadow

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

This verge in Dorset has been doing #NoMowMay & #LetItBloomJune for a couple of years. For decades it was mowed every week never knowing there were #BeeOrchids & #PyramidalOrchids waiting to bloom. #wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge #nature #orchids

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

Some Broomrapes spotted in Purbeck, Dorset at the weekend. Are they Common Broomrape? Not seen one before.
@Love_plants #wildflowerhour #Purbeck #wildflowers

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

@PurbeckWild I spotted a couple of Broomrape on the Purbeck coast this weekend. How do you tell what kind they are?

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

@LGSpace @Kings_College @Cambridge_Uni Leading the way…….time for us all to follow #NoMowMay

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

Back to visit a cluster of Early Purple Orchids past their best now but found a couple of Common Spotted Orchids about to flower in a Kent/Sussex border cemetery. Excellent #NoMowMay example. #orchids #meadows

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

@PVaughanEcology @ukorchids @EuropeanOrchids Wow! Has it always been there?

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

Elderflower. #HedgerowChallenge #wildflowerhour

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

Beautiful patch of Early Purple Orchids (I think) on a Kent Weald verge yesterday. @ukorchids #orchids @BSBIbotany #wildflowerhour #wildflowers

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

Is this a white helleborine? Seen on a Surrey Hills walk today. A couple of other plants in a sea of beech nuts. #orchids #nature #surrey #hardyorchids

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

Great to see so many green winged #orchids at Sissinghurst garden yesterday. Garden and meadow areas looking incredibly good at this time of year. #NoMowMay #meadows

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

Stunning fields of #Cowslips on the Kent section of the #NorthDownsWay around #Maidstone.
#CowslipChallenge #Wildflowers #wildflowerhour #meadows

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

Exciting to come across several Early Purple Orchid rosettes on my walk in Purbeck today.
#orchids #nature #Purbeck #grasslands @bigmeadowsearch

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

As a novice #orchid spotter I was very excited to see an early spider orchid (orchid no.5) at @DurlstonCP on the #SouthWestCoastPath. #Wildflowerhour #orchids #Purbeck

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

A beautiful Common Spotted Orchid ( please correct if wrong) in a woodland cemetery on the Kent/Sussex border. An excellent example of grass management - no cutting in #NoMowMay & #LetItBloomJune. #orchids #wildflowers ##TwitterNaturePhotography #KentWildlife #KentNature #Weald

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

#30dayswild & after #Springwatch this is a great shot of #WhiteTailedEagles in airborne combat.
#raptors #TwitterNaturePhotography #TwitterNatureCommunity #birds #birdsofprey #birdphotography #nature #Eagles

[John Hunt @Seizingmoment]

White tailed sea. Eagles # combat # airborne # wings

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

#30DaysWild & the highlights of UK #birdlife. A successful catch! #kingfisher #UKbirds #birds #BirdsOfTwitter #birdphotography #birdwatching #TwitterNatureCommunity #TwitterBirds

[John Hunt @Seizingmoment]

#fishcatcher #vibrantplummage #kingfisher

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

A brilliant read. ‘The Orchid Outlaw’ by Ben Jacob. It raises so many good questions. Why ARE we standing by and letting our hardy #orchids, some of the most exquisite British #wildflowers, die out? Surely it’s time for more positive action? #TwitterNatureCommunity #Biodiversity

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

@_JoelAshton @NationalHways @Love_plants @georgecmcgavin @IoloWilliams2 @savebutterflies @LGSpace @wildlifebcn @WildflowersUK @BumblebeeTrust @NHM_London @WildLondon It’s all here …….https://t.co/IOaVBTgG6z

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

@_JoelAshton @NationalHways @Love_plants @georgecmcgavin @IoloWilliams2 @savebutterflies @LGSpace @wildlifebcn @WildflowersUK @BumblebeeTrust @NHM_London @WildLondon Clearly someone is not with the programme ……https://t.co/embZCr3fGZ

[A Suburban Meadow @SuburbanMeadow]

A diversion from #meadows but what a great photo of a #kestrel.
#birds #BirdsOfPrey #raptors #birds #britishbirds #springwatch #conservation @LGSpace @Britnatureguide

[John Hunt @Seizingmoment]

Kestrel # Britishbird # raptor # flight # wingplummage