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  • The answer to the climate crisis isn’t reusable coffee cups, by Sophie Johnson
  • Nets Down for Nature: when people power works for wildlife
  • Common By Nature commended at the UK Blog Awards!
  • An hour in the company of aliens
  • The latest New Nature Magazine is out!
  • Moles apart: a sorry sign of a split in our attitude to wildlife
  • 7 of the Best Birding Tours with Local Wildlife Specialists

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Okay, I confess, I'm obsessed. Can't wait to delve into this new book by @homesteadbrooklyn! 🌱🌿 #houseplantsofinstagram #howtomakeaplantloveyou #plantsmakepeoplehappy #indoorgardening #plantaddict
The pride and joy table of rarer odds and ends. Things I should avoid killing... at all costs. 🌱 #monsteraalbovariegata #philodendronburlemarx #philodendronwhiteknight #pinkprincessphilodendron #monsterathaiconstellation
Loving the colour on this Philodendron 'Brasil' 🌱 #houseplantsofinstagram #plantsofinstagram #plants #plantaddict #houseplants #houseplantdiary #jungle #indoorjungle #houseplant #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantparent #plantpeople
One good thing about having so many house plants is that the treefrogs feel right at home... #whitestreefrog #treefrogs #monsteraadansonii #frog #pets #petsofinstagram #indoorjungle
Woo! Tyne Helleborine blooming at Newburn, Newcastle. #nature_photo #botany #orchid #newcastleupontyne #nature #naturephotography #wildlife
One very happy Avacado plant grown from a Lidl fruit. Survived his haircut and now branching out. 🌱 #avacado #houseplantdiary #houseplantsofinstagram #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plant #houseplantclub #plantaddiction #indoorjungle #indoorgardening
Think I'm finally happy with my book (plant) case. 😍 #houseplantsofinstagram #plant #houseplantdiary #houseplants #hoya #Philodendron #begonia #monstera #houseplantclub #scindapsus #monsteradeliciosa #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plants #indoorjungle
Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) flowering near Newburn today. #nature #northumberland #botany #wildlife_seekers #wildflowers #instanature #wildlife #plants
A nice find on today's wander up the Tyne: Field Pansy (Viola arvensis) 🌱 #botany #wildflowers #pansy #northumberland #wildlife #instanature #nature_photo #nature #naturelovers
Lady's and gentlemen, I give you 'Fat Sharon' 🐸 #whitestreefrog #pets #tropical #amphibians #treefrog #frog #treefrogs #dumpytreefrog

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    There is no need to choose between Monbiot and Attenborough: the ways of both are vital.
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    On the hunt for orchids

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  • There is no need to choose between Monbiot and Attenborough: the ways of both are vital.
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Recent Posts

  • On the hunt for orchids
  • The latest edition of New Nature!
  • In the Company of Trees, by Frances Jones
  • The answer to the climate crisis isn’t reusable coffee cups, by Sophie Johnson
  • Nets Down for Nature: when people power works for wildlife
  • Common By Nature commended at the UK Blog Awards!
  • An hour in the company of aliens
  • The latest New Nature Magazine is out!
  • Moles apart: a sorry sign of a split in our attitude to wildlife
  • 7 of the Best Birding Tours with Local Wildlife Specialists

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Top Posts & Pages

  • How to write a nature blog, by Newton Wildsmith
  • Top blogs on nature, wildlife and the environment
  • Urban birding in Benidorm (and Calpe)
  • Nine nature blogs you all should follow
  • Top 10 Facts: Lords and Ladies
  • Researchers warn that bird feeders could aid the spread of disease
  • Top 10 Facts: Fly Agaric
  • There is no need to choose between Monbiot and Attenborough: the ways of both are vital.
  • On the hunt for orchids

Recent posts

  • On the hunt for orchids
  • The latest edition of New Nature!
  • In the Company of Trees, by Frances Jones
  • The answer to the climate crisis isn’t reusable coffee cups, by Sophie Johnson
  • Nets Down for Nature: when people power works for wildlife
  • Common By Nature commended at the UK Blog Awards!
  • An hour in the company of aliens
  • The latest New Nature Magazine is out!

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