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Working hard to conserve the nature in my area.Promoting the importance of wild-flowers and pollinators to all other life. Litter removal on a large scale!

North of Ireland/NI
Joined January 2015
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
I am pleased to confirm that, as of today, this jewel of a small #meadow is now mine! Photos from 2018/19. It has deteriorated due to no grazing, but that will be sorted out over winter & it will be safe for future generations. #meadows #wildlife #anIrishhareliveshere
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Donna Rainey
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2 years
How beautiful are these Wild Carrot seed-heads? #wildflowerhour
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Donna Rainey
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1 year
I feel so very fortunate to have bought & protected this beautiful Irish rainforest. It is the result of many years of natural processes & it's very intricate, with so many species of flora & fauna. It is an oasis of calm.
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Donna Rainey
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2 years
Didn't dare dream that this woodland, which was for sale, could ever be mine! But today, the deal is done, & I am the new guardian!!!! Red squirrel & Hare spotted, Fox & badger present.
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3 years
Discovered an incredible #woodland I've fallen in love with it. Old, diverse, native #woodland is a joyful place to be.
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Donna Rainey
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3 years
My recent meadow purchase came with a small bit of woodland, which is now coming alive with woodland flora. I am absolutely thrilled with it.
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4 years
This is my ex silage field. 5 years on. It has exceeded all my expectations, & then some. No need to sow wildflower seeds, they are in the soil waiting for an opportunity to flower. #Dontmow cut & lift. Reduce soil fertility to create better conditions for wildflowers.
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2 years
Spectacular roadside #verges in #Donegal what a combination, Purple loosestrife & Meadowsweet #wildflowerhour
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
#wildflowerhour Bogbean. What a beautiful, intricate flower.
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1 year
I really didn't expect to see a Ferret when checking the cattle today. Poor thing was so cold, it walked into the cardboard box & was very friendly & gentle. Currently in my living room warming up.
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2 years
Happy #NationalMeadowsDay from my ex silage field!
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1 year
Such incredible abundance in the dunes, Donegal. Marsh orchids, Bluebells, Primroses. #wildflowerhour
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6 years
Just visited an old friend in his late 80's. He used to strim this "rough" area of his garden. I advised him to chill out & let it grow to see what would come. 1yr on & it's full of Northern marsh orchids, Ox-eye daisies,Self-heal, Red clover...He loves it & so do the goslings!
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10 months
I cycled along this road which was absolutely humming with insects & had lots of Cinnabar #moth caterpillars. #wildflowerhour Long may it remain uncut!
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
How gorgeous are these Angelica plants? The entire plant tinged purple. Seed collected! #wildflowerhour
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4 years
Oh boy! Couldn't believe this shot! The size difference is stark! #cuckoo
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Donna Rainey
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2 years
It's impossible to convey in a photograph just how many thousands of #orchids there are in this incredible old #meadow near #Swatragh just as it's impossible to explain how much joy it brings.
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
WHY is there no law against this? Long stretches of country road sprayed off, wildflowers obliterated by a land owner. @daera_ni Serving no purpose. Clearly herbicide is too easily available & not nearly expensive enough! #ecocide
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3 years
The sound of summer from my orchid #meadow , formerly intensively farmed field.
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Donna Rainey
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2 years
Hugely reassuring to know that intensively farmed land can be returned to something more akin to what it might have been a century ago! #wildflowerhour 7 years on from being an Italian ryegrass silage field. #wildflowermeadow
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Donna Rainey
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11 months
Quaking grass, even more beautiful than usual, featuring a Forester #moth Sheskinmore, Donegal. #wildflowerhour
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Donna Rainey
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5 years
It's difficult to imagine what might grow in your garden if you stop mowing it weekly. There's only one way to find out. #Dontmowletitgrow I now have over 1000 Common spotted orchids in my "lawn". While neighbours labour with mowers for hrs in Spring/Summer, I'm enjoying wildlife
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1 year
A full team of men, hard at work this morning, well before 8am, mowing away all the Cuckoo flowers. Gone are the flowers, the eggs, any caterpillars, & the next generation of Orangetip #butterflies . So much for #NoMowMay @CausewayCouncil @PollinatorPlan #dontmow @Love_plants
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1 year
Coleraine area, awash with the most beautiful display of Cuckoo flower! Also lots of #dandelions which weren't opened up yet this morning. @CausewayCouncil #dontmow leading the way. Vastly more beneficial & more interesting than short mowed grass. Feeding #pollinators &Orangetips
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
Disturbed this young fox in one of my meadows. I think this is his first time seeing a human. He hid & played peek-a-boo several times, standing up on his hind legs!
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Donna Rainey
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9 months
My ex-silage field has now been flowering for 5 months. It is a haven for wildlife. Converting intensive farmland to native wildflower meadow, has been the most rewarding experience. 1/2
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2 years
The most exquisite little #slimemoulds Small but perfectly formed.
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
I think I've seen all the possible variations in Devil's bit scabious today! 1st ever Yellow one for me, White, Lilac, Pale blue, Deep blue. And what an array of invertebrate life associated with this incredibly important late season flower. #wildflowerhour
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Donna Rainey
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1 year
It only takes 1 litter lout to trash a place. This wasn't here when I went up the road 20 mins ago, it's not there any more either, because I lifted it,but this is really sickening. They purchased it 40miles away, yesterday, & somehow it seemed appropriate to chuck it here today.
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1 year
My ex-silage field, 8 yrs on, this #meadow usually peaks end of June/ early July. For now, it's alive with Yellow rattle, Red clover, Ox-eye daisies & Common sorrel. The Red clover smells incredible in the evening sunshine. So good to see & hear #bumblebees & other #pollinators
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
Met this wonderful,industrious man in Inver #Donegal who litter picks the beach & shore where he lives, every day. Single handed he gathers bagfuls of plastic/rope/net & removes it all to protect the wildlife of the sea. What an inspiration. Local hero @donegalcouncil #litterhero
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Donna Rainey
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3 years
More road verges like this please! Absolutely stunning place, & despite this beauty, some local residents are mowing the verges outside their homes. #dontmow #willweeverlearn
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Donna Rainey
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2 years
Sea holly hyper abundant on the coast in Co.Kerry. #wildflowerhour
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
Since moving to my home 20 yrs ago, new housing and associated mowing of verges has deprived locsl wildlife of vital food snd shelter. So I decided to create a new verge, yardside verge,no chance of untimely mowing, and full of life. Locally gathered seed sowed directly,job done
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Donna Rainey
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3 years
I planted this Oak tree 20 yrs ago when I moved to my new home. Today I was able to climb it. Such a valuable asset.
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Donna Rainey
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1 year
What a verge. #wildflowerhour
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
Last yr a beautiful grassland near me became a building site.I knew there were Early purple orchids there and they would be lost forever. I approached the owner and asked if I could rescue the remaining orchids which hadn't been buried. Today I found the rosettes in my gdn!
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
From every angle, Irish hares are the most beautiful creatures. Always takes my breath away when I happen upon one unexpectedly.
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7 months
The Green elf-cup #fungi really is in a league of its own. That colour! #tinytreasures
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Donna Rainey
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3 years
Rescued from a building site, this absolutely stunning Pyramidal orchid seems to have settled in well on my sandy solitary bee bank! It would have been buried under concrete by now, had it not been removed.
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15 days
Some spectacular roadside verges, so precious! #wildflowerhour
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Donna Rainey
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3 years
Shamelessly sharing my meadow again. It is such a tonic to come & walk through. Bumblebees & butterflies & grasshoppers where once there was solely Italian ryegrass. Let's bring nature back. #biodiversity #wildflowers #orchids #beefood #invertebrates
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Donna Rainey
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2 years
Speaking today to a lady who is doing so much to help wildlife. So refreshing. Manages this verge outside her house & her garden to maximise wildflowers for insects to boost the food supply for her many House martins! Joining up the dots.
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Donna Rainey
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5 years
My 5 acre #meadow project. From intensive farming to #meadow The bees are loving the Yellow Rattle & clover as much as I am! Common spotted orchids coming up all through it, but no flowers yet. Swathe of Lesser trefoil. The grasses are changing with Sweet vernal grass now coming.
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4 years
Beautiful, unassuming little Wood sorrel, such a pretty thing. #wildflowerhour
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11 months
This regularly mowed lawn is bursting with flowers. I stopped to chat to the lady who owns it, it was due to be mowed tonight! After a discussion & seeing how many #bumblebees & Meadow brown butterflies were in it, she has decided to delay mowing for a few weeks! Happy days!
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1 year
The absolute state of this, & so many more #hedgerows locally, these are the ones that haven't been ripped out altogether! @daera_ni
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Donna Rainey
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6 years
When you drive past a gorgeous meadow which, up until very recently, used to be managed as very short grass & you feel overjoyed! I'd like to thank @NationalTrustNI for making my day.Please retweet if you think NT have made the right decision! #Dontmowletitgrow Bishop's Gate.
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Donna Rainey
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2 years
Celebrating 1 year on from purchasing this piece of perfection. I was told today someone else had thought of purchasing it to 'develop' it! Incredible to think anyone could see this & think I must destroy it! #NoPlanetB #biodiversitycrisis
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3 years
First Elephant hawkmoth of the year for me. What an astounding #moth
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1 year
I find it completely baffling that people living on a road which has the best display of woodland flora, are mowing the flowers for many metres, each side of their home entrance. How can they not see the beauty of Wood anemone, Greater stitchwort,Bluebells, Violets,Primroses?
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Donna Rainey
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2 years
Having talked my brother into #NoMowMay with his lawn,he's sold on the idea & has talked his neighbour into not mowing the #verge outside his house as it's full of Selfheal, Clover, Daisies & Buttercups. It's humming with #bumblebees too! Go out there & persuade ppl to #dontmow
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
So today I saw my first ever roosting Long eared owl! It was a great day. Thanks to John for taking the time to show me, no way I would have spotted it high up in this Scot's Pine.
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1 year
Gorgeous tiny #fungi on a small fallen branch.
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3 years
I'm sorry I can't post with a smell facility! The wild garlic is just gorgeous!
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2 years
My ex silage field, 7 years on. Native #wildflowers & wildlife thriving. #NationalMeadowsDay
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3 years
Iceberg formed on the birdbath! Such an interesting shape!
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
Thread. Since the owner doesn't use the #meadow & sees no value in it, he has agreed to sell it to me! I can't believe that I will now be able to look after this place & ensure it is never destroyed! So, so happy! #wildflowerhour #meadows @BCNI_ @BuglifeNI
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5 years
This magnificent #Hawthorn self seeded in my yard. It has the most delicious scent & the flowers are weighing it down. The insects are swarming all over it & it is a joy to see & smell. Relatives can't believe I would allow it to grow like this! It could scratch the car!
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Donna Rainey
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2 years
I've heard people say our native wildflowers aren't showy enough & they prefer to sow seeds out of packets! I beg to differ. #wildflowerhour
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
Wren's have fledged in the back garden. The poor parents! Babies everywhere. Looking decidedly grumpy too. Great expressions.
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Donna Rainey
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7 years
It's not often you find the Fly Agaric in such pristine condition. What a stunner.
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10 months
I photographed these verges a few days ago, when there was lots of Rosebay willowherb in flower. Today, all flailed & this beautiful Elephant hawkmoth caterpillar was barely alive in the middle of the road! My 1st sighting of this #moth caterpillar this year.
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Donna Rainey
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2 years
Completely & utterly overjoyed to find the rare Marsh fritillary #butterflies on the land I bought in #Donegal last winter. What a wildlife haven.
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Donna Rainey
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2 years
Stunning scene from Glenariff,County Antrim. Everything covered in #ferns , #mosses & #lichens ,an absolute tonic for body,mind & soul.
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5 years
#Lichen on stone, prettiest of things!
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1 year
Despite our attempts to keep the wild places we visit free from litter & fly tipping, repeat offenders with no appreciation of beauty/ nature/ wildlife constantly trash the areas. It's soul destroying.
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1 year
THE best field of Lady's smock I have ever seen. #wildflowers Oh to have a display like that!
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2 years
Just 3 Orange tip #butterflies hanging out on the Cuckoo flower.
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2 years
Orchids galore in my ex silage field. #wildflowerhour The overall colour is now pink, not green!
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2 years
So glad I introduced Navelwort to the stone wall in my back yard. Such a fabulous sight. Not widely occurring in the countryside near me unfortunately.
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1 year
The Gorse was smelling & looking gorgeous today.
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5 years
4 yrs ago a monoculture Ryegrass! Crop baled off, Yellow rattle sowed,ryegrass gone, meadow grasses coming & the most incredible crop of Common spotted orchids & Red clover. This gives me such hope for the recovery of nature in the absence of intensive practices. #wildflowerhour
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1 year
An astonishing number of #frogs at @DrumnaphReserve this morning, truly amazing to witness.
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4 years
Fabulous to find my first fruiting Green elfcup #fungi in local Hazelwoods.
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4 years
So happy that all the Early purple #orchids I rescued from a building site/beautiful old grassland, have made it to flowering this year. #wildflowerhour
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2 years
I know of no logical reason why a yard can't be home to #wildflowers given the lack of wildflowers in the wider countryside, I am doing all in my power to feed the local #insect population, after all, they are crucial to the food chain! Ridiculous to spray/mow/flail their food!
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2 years
Happened upon this little gem whilst walking local fields & woods today. Thankfully it's in safe hands & owned by people who appreciate it.
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Walking in wet woodland. Such an ancient feel to it. Bog on one side, Hazelwoods on the other.
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Donna Rainey
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3 years
Saw this on my travels today, the contrast with surrounding area is stark, but it is such a beautiful, bountiful area.
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Donna Rainey
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11 months
A friend sowed a whole field out with Ox-eye daisies, it's quite spectacular. #wildflowerhour
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Donna Rainey
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6 years
Totally blown away by the wildflower spectacle in #Donegal Gardens & verges spilling over with native wildflowers. The most beautiful county in Ireland. Well done @donegalcouncil for allowing the verges to grow, a haven for wildlife, a joy for the public. #Allirelandpollinatorplan
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Donna Rainey
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3 years
So nice to find a log with abundant Green elf-cup #fungi in local Hazelwoods. Bright & beautiful.
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Donna Rainey
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5 years
I can't imagine just how uninteresting my garden would be if it was managed as lawn instead of #meadow The diversity of plant, insect & bird species provides endless entertainment & enjoyment. The sounds of nature are all around, bees buzzing, birds singing, a hive of activity.
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Donna Rainey
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3 years
There's nothing quite like watching the #sun come up.
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Donna Rainey
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3 years
This Purple loosestrife & Meadowsweet meadow is absolutely gorgeous! Who needs seed packets when our native wildflowers put on a show like this!
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Donna Rainey
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1 year
This child has visited the wildflowers in Kilrea, for several yrs now. @NIHousing When they visited this week,it was to this scene! Why do you take a beautiful, vibrant area,full of colour & life & reduce it to this mess? Are you aware of the biodiversity crisis? #wildflowerhour
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Donna Rainey
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2 years
It's a fabulous year for #orchids in my ex silage field. It's now unrecognisable thankfully, from when it was a lifeless monoculture. Hundreds of #Bumblebees lots of #butterflies many #hoverflies In short, #pollinator heaven.
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Donna Rainey
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11 months
Housemartin nest envy! So great to stand & watch the constant stream of birds, to & fro, feeding chicks at this amazing property. I love the call of Housemartins, such beautiful birds. Ready made nests at my house remain unused, sadly!
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Donna Rainey
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2 years
Thyme broomrape, #Burren #wildflowerhour
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Donna Rainey
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5 years
Oh wow! First for me. Spring gentian at the Burren. Such a vibrant blue. Have you ever seen this one @NaturalistDara ?
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Donna Rainey
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6 months
Green elf-cup #fungi in local woods today.
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Donna Rainey
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6 years
This verge was full of flowers! Even the grass beside it would be preferable! What makes people do this? The sooner Glyphosate is banned for general, indiscriminate use, the better.
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Donna Rainey
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3 years
Admiring these stunning Forget-me-nots in a woman's garden. She was annoyed that she hasn't been able to get rid of them! They being "weeds" apparently. I am quite convinced the world has gone mad & lost all it's good taste! #wildflowerhour
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Donna Rainey
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3 years
Met this lovely,industrious lady today.For yrs I have seen evidence of her work,but never knew who she was until this evening. She clears miles of road every week.On my return journey,the roadverges she had cleared were already splattered with fast food take away rubbish!
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Donna Rainey
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3 years
My friend's mum's lawn! #lawnenvy #waxcaps #fungi
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
If only every village & town could announce itself thus, verges packed with native #wildflowers #Dontmow #wildflowerhour A welcome sight to greet travellers & locals alike.
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Donna Rainey
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1 year
My friend's garden, used to be regularly mowed, now managed as hay meadow. #NoMowMay #wildflowerhour
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Donna Rainey
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1 year
My back meadow garden basking in the evening sun. Buttercups, Yellow rattle, Red Clover & Ragged Robin. Greater Bird's foot trefoil about to flower. Bumblebees working away in it. #meadows
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Donna Rainey
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4 years
It's been a full 3 months since this #hedge was last flailed. This is how the ball starts rolling here.Everyone else along the rd will now feel it necessary to cut their out of control hedges!Bird nesting season?What bird nesting season? @daera_ni The verges are cut too. #Ecocide
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Donna Rainey
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3 years
The sheer density of flowers & bumblebees in my ex-silage field, now #meadow is therapy beyond compare. This was made possible by cutting & baling off at end of summer for past 5 yrs & addition of Yellow rattle, aka meadow-maker. Surrounding land devoid of flowers, ryegrass!
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Donna Rainey
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7 months
A glimpse of the diversity in my Donegal woodland. Truly spectacular.
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