1/2 In our #museum, visitors are often surprised when I show them our housemates, err, #garden mates.
These #firebugs are also visitors, enjoying some warm stones. Normally, they live on the lime trees at the church beside the museum.
Firebugs feed on fallen lime seeds (and seeds of some other plants) and dead insects. They are no pest.
They communicate and gather with the help of #pheromones. Loving heat, they can

One of the most beautiful times in our #naturepark with lush green and all the bushes and trees #blooming. Copper beeches, an old cherry tree and budding birches. #oldgrowth #trees #bloomscrolling #spring.

This day exploded with snowdrops, bees, insects, and the first Red Admirable butterfly (Vanessa atalanta). Since my early childhood, it's my ritual to fill the first seen #flowers after winter into this vase. The snowdrops in our village date from the 1920s. A wonderful scent, the bees are powdered with pollen! If it's too cold, snowdrops are self-pollinators.

I'm happy like a small child to have found these #treasures at our international #embroidery festival! So great for my #BiodiversityShrines!

Even more important are the talks: With an author of embroidery books who sold these "scraps", and the employee of the #naturepark was just as enthusiastic as I was and asked me if I would like to join her in organising children's courses with #handicrafts on #biodiversity. Oh yesss!

Quitinday Green Hills and Nature Park, Philippines

It's great to see #water where I didn't see some for years. This part of the forest suffered extremely from last years droughts. Many large trees died. Their small descendants will thrive for the time being. And tomorrow I'll tell you how I verified that we indeed have #beavers!

#Türkiye Explore • Unterwegs in der #Türkei am #DimStausee
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#turkey #alanya #antalya #holiday #avsallar #side #mediterranean #LandscapeAlbi #Urlaub #Resort #Naturepark #Landscape #Landschaft #Nature #Natur #Outdoor #Outdoors #turkish #Sky #Photo #photography #mittelmeer #Wilderness #TranquilScene #Idyllic #Blue #oliverhlavatyphotographie

Even in the darkest #winter, there are #colours in our #naturepark #VosgesDuNord. You find them on #wood, mostly #DeadWood. #WinterSolstice #fungi #lichensubscribe

#GreenElfcup Chlorociboria aeruginascens (blueish-green), #DryRot (brown) and #YellowScale (yellow).

The beautiful yellow #lichen Xanthoria parietina is resistant to #pollution and used as a #biomonitor for heavy metals and #nitrogen pollution. You find it often near agriculture because it looks for high nitrogen levels in the air.

#Introduction #newhere

#NatureMatchCuts is a #podcast and #community for #naturelovers and all who search #reconnecting to #nature. It's an adventure to #change #perspectives using #NatureWriting #art #culturalheritage and #science Language: English.

Infos at https://naturematchcuts.net - and don't forget my ko-fi !

We can find and implement #solutions for #future because we are driven to protect what we love from the bottom of our hearts. #biodiversity #ecology #climatecrisis #naturepark