Maria Himsworth

Love everything nature especially bees 🐝 bugs 🐜 and wildflowers 🌾

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

@LaSocieteG Holidaying in Guernsey and really soaking up our costal walks! Wildflower heaven! Spotted Yarrow broomrape today a first for me.

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

Enjoyed watching a family of Kestrel’s so close up! On a coastal walk in #Guernsey ⁦@LaSocieteG⁩

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

Enjoyed watching a family of Kestrel’s so close up! On a coastal walk in #Guernsey ⁦@LaSocieteG⁩

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

@LaSocieteG Holidaying in Guernsey and really soaking up our costal walks! Wildflower heaven! Spotted Yarrow broomrape today a first for me.

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

@DavidKentNature @NatureLark Herm Island!

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

@LaSocieteG A first sighting for me Yarrow broomrape whilst visiting Guernsey this week on holiday. I have been so impressed by the coastal wild flowers. Beautiful!

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

If your visiting the Channel Islands don’t forget a trip to @hermisland It really is so beautiful!

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

@VisitGuernsey beautiful Island, stunning coastal walks! Enjoyed watching this Kestrel family so close!

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

@hermisland If you’re in the Channel Island don’t miss out on a trip to Herm! Stunning!

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

@VisitGuernsey What a beautiful Island! Enjoyed watching this family of Kestrels up close!

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

@iancbeavis @pollinatorproj @StevenFalk1 @BumblebeeTrust Thank you Ian that makes sense. Couldn’t get near enough to get a good look.

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

Holidaying in Guernsey I read there are only six species of bumblebee on this beautiful island is that right @pollinatorproj ? I saw this rather B. humilis or B. muscorum looking one! @StevenFalk1 @iancbeavis @BumblebeeTrust Not great pics it wasn’t close!

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

@SueWrig40598308 @BumblebeeTrust Thanks Sue. I also wonder if the females have been late emerging and the males haven’t survived long enough to mate with them! There’s certainly not been the frantic mating activity going on around the tubes even on sunny days!

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

Have others had a very poor success rate in their #MasonBee tubes this year? Masses of males emerged as usual but had very few females filling new tubes? The activity has completely died off. I fear the wet weather and poor sunshine is to blame! #Osmia ⁦@BumblebeeTrust⁩

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

@jwood_t @BumblebeeTrust A fair amount of parasitized cells from last year here too. It’s the females that appear to have plummeted in numbers. Interesting thank you.

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

@tillingtonchum Lots emerging from my pond too!

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

@noeleaton @BumblebeeTrust You will get more each year. I had over 300 last year. Not sure what’s happened this year.

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

@StevenFalk1 @iancbeavis Brilliant so close to home. In the garden next! I am sure the great work done by @NoningtonFarms and @kentdowns6 is helping with nature recovery in the area that I live in.

[Maria Himsworth @HimsworthM]

Any chance this is B. humilis. ⁦⁦@iancbeavis⁩ ⁦@StevenFalk1⁩ Seen on Chalk Grassland verge East Kent

[Nonington Farms @NoningtonFarms]

#SFI NUM3 option coming to life but it was destined for Winter Beans. Decided for a guaranteed return & risk free crop #SoilHealth Looking forward to the wheat crop #Harvest25 ⁦@NFFNUK⁩ Alive with pollinators ⁦@kentdowns6⁩ ⁦@HimsworthM⁩