Proper bostin' walk with Rowley Hills Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust in search of 'Pepper Pots' and through the Netherton tunnel. The #BlackCountry has some bostin' natural and cultural heritage.
1/3 A gloriously warm day to clear some thorny brambles and hawthorn at #PortwayHill Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust Rowley Hills Really enjoyed getting stuck in 👍
Peziza petersii likes to grow on the site of old fires, found on the Rowely Hills found with Rowley Hills
Just the one bee orchid, and my first orchid sighting ever! Nothing like the shop-bought orchids #PortwayHill Rowley Hills
Six-Belted Clearwing is a very elusive day-flying moth - but moth recorders often use a pheromone lure to attract males. This morning Mike Poulton managed to capture this AMAZING video of 30-40 of them on the Rowley Hills Rowley Hills
Enjoying a pre-dawn chorus walk this morning (04:38), serenaded by a cacophony of #birdsong #dawnchorus #PortwayHill Rowley Hills #BiodiversityDay2021
Lovely change of scenery today, covering the Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust volunteer day with Rowley Hills. The weather was kind and loads of wildlife to be seen including Common Toad B'ham & Black Country Amphibian and Reptile Group, Field Vole and Common Knapweed still flowering EcoRecord #BlackCountry
A Yellowing Oysterling (Crepidotus luteolus) found on the Rowley Hills during a foray with Rowley Hills
A nice feathery find next to a muddy path at #PortwayHill (they were snapped off at their bases) I'm thinking maybe kestrel?🤔 #feathers Rowley Hills
A nice day for a walk around Moseley Bog & meadows, with Moseley Bog Friends 📸 Galls by Aceria macrochela, Urophora cardui and Eriophyes similis, & Southern hawker #odonata Thanks to Mike Poulton Rowley Hills, ento man Mike Bloxham & gall expert Peter Shirley for their expertise.
More highlights from a damp #PortwayHill this morning - Good King Henry Plant, black slug, Cepaea hortensis and a mystery land 🐌 🤔 #BiodiversityDay #slugs #snails Rowley Hills
A gorgeous day for volunteering with Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust Rowley Hills at #PortwayHill culling brambles/ hawthorn. Also encouraging small blue 🦋🤞by planting kidney vetch in sunny banks. Some Great Lettuce sprouting out by the quarry face. And I spotted 3 Green Hairstreak 🦋🙂
1/2 Whilst having a ☕ break because it was 🥵 this Six-belted Clearwing was drawn to the pheromone stored in Mike's bag (zoom in!). What a creature! EcoRecord Rowley Hills Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust
A good day for a meadow cut at #PortwayHill 📷 (left to right) How it was, how it's going, and the finished look. All made easier with the 'Bank Commander'. We all smashed it 💪 Nice to see the CEO Dr Delia Garratt Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust too Rowley Hills
