Nature needs our help! Visit our website to be inspired and add your pledge to the Pledge Map. A project by the @NDevonBiosphere
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July - September activities!
🦋Big Butterfly Count (from this Friday 15th July)
🌼Create a wildflower meadow
🦋 Take part in the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme
✅ Sign the Nature Recovery Declaration!
Remember to make your Pledge for Nature! biosphere.org.uk/pledge-for-…
We are going to be @NorthamBurrows visitor centre tomorrow afternoon 2-4pm. If you are keen to learn more about wildlife friendly gardens, come along to this FREE event!
Can your community space make space for nature?
Our Community Nature Recovery Challenge Fund is open for applications! For more information and to download an application form>>>
biosphere.org.uk/seasonal...…
#PledgeForNature#TogetherForOurBiosphere#TogetherForOurPlanet
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Who's getting involved in the Big Butterfly Count? 🦋
Between now and the 7th August, spend just 15 minutes in your garden and record the butterflies and moths you see! Find out more > bigbutterflycount.butterfly-…
@savebutterflies | Image: Iain H Leach
ALT A holly blue butterfly on a flower
Who's getting involved in the Big Butterfly Count? 🦋
Between now and the 7th August, spend just 15 minutes in your garden and record the butterflies and moths you see! Find out more > bigbutterflycount.butterfly-…
@savebutterflies | Image: Iain H Leach
ALT A holly blue butterfly on a flower
If you're getting involved we'd love to know!
Add it to our Pledge Map: biosphere.org.uk/pledge-for-…
Select 'Big Butterfly Count' as your activity.
We're looking for donations of yellow rattle to enable more people across the @NDevonBiosphere to establish flower-rich grasslands 🦋
Learn from Mike Moser how to collect and sow yellow rattle!
If you're able to donate seeds, please email [email protected]
FREE TREES! 🌳
The Woodland Trust are giving away free trees for schools and communities! They are currently taking applications for trees to be delivered in November 2022
woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-t…
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BEE at @quincehoneyfarm 7pm tonight and enjoy our two amazing natural world talks.
Find out about The Queens of the Natural World and The North Devon Biosphere.
Tickets are £5 and available to book at quinehoneyfarm.co.uk
Wonderful afternoon last week on our wildflower identification and meadow management workshop!
🌻🌸🐦🦋🌱 @NDevonBiosphere
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A fantastic week with @naturetrektours visitors. They joined wildlife experts from the @CentreBraunton and the @nationaltrust across North Devon. Species observed included the the rare Brown Banded Carder Bee and the High Brown Fritillary #wildlifetourism #northdevon #wildlife
Free Wildflower Identification and Meadow Management workshop!
📅 Tuesday 14th June, 3-6pm
🌱 in Queen's Nympton (near South Molton).
For more information and to book your space, please email [email protected]
Join us next Tuesday 14th June from 2pm at our Wildflower Identification and Meadow Management event near Queen's Nympton!
Booking essential. To register please email [email protected] and we'll get back to you with further information.
We loved attending this event last week! Thanks for having us @NorthamBurrows 🌻🐝😊
Are you getting involved in wildlife gardening? Remember to make your Pledge for Nature! biosphere.org.uk/pledge-for-…
We had great fun creating homes for nature with local and visiting families and @NDevonBiosphere at our wildlife gardening event this week. Check out ‘buggingham palace’ next time you visit the Burrows. #wildlifefriendlygardening
Looking forward to this event tomorrow at the Northam Burrows Visitors Centre! Come along to find out how you can give nature a home in your garden 🦋🐦🌸🌱
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In June's *free* Wild About Devon webinar, we will be focussing two community groups doing their part for wildlife and the environment🌳
Thursday 23rd June, 7-8pm
Find out more on the Eventbrite page, and book your free ticket👇
soc.devon.cc/Taking_action_f…
ALT Blue tit flying into nest box
Creating a pond for your garden? Remember to make a Pledge for Nature!
biosphere.org.uk/pledge-for-…
Give nature a home in your garden!
This is a great time to create a pond! And an easy way to invite wildflife into your garden.
To find out more, visit: biosphere.org.uk/seasonal-ac…
Image credit: Corrine Welch @Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts @Royal Horticultural Society
Seasonal activities (April-June) for you to get involved in!
🦋 Garden for wildlife
🐸 Create a wildlife pond
💮 Create a wildflower meadow/patch and join the Biosphere's More Meadows Forum
For more information, check out our Knowledge Base!
biosphere.org.uk/pledge-for-…
Skern Lodge won the Business Category of our 2021 Nature Awards and have been awarded a wonderful bird box trophy made by some brilliant students at @bidefordcollege!
Our trophy bird box is up! Thank you to @PledgeforNature & @NDevonBiosphere for the Business Nature Award, and thank you to @bidefordcollege students for creating the bird box!
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More info on our award and the #PledgeForNature scheme here: biosphere.org.uk/blog/2021-n…
Euan is volunteering in his local community as part of his Duke of Edinburgh Award. Do you know any young people doing the same or similar? We'd love to see these added to our #PledgeMap!
There will be another Youth category in our 2022 Nature Awards 🏆
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Congratulations to Euan in #Winkleigh for winning the Youth category in our 2021 #NatureAward! To learn more, visit: biosphere.org.uk/blog/2021-n… #PledgeForNature
