#CotonLovesPollinators is a grassroots project based in the village community. Our motivation & concern is for #biodiversity & the landscape #SaveCotonOrchard
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Been buzzing about helping pollinators in Coton and neighboring communities for a while now but only joined @Twitter today in order to help @CotonBusway #SaveOurGreenCorridors and protect #Biodiversity.
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Last year we carved out the Black Poplar Pond. Today, rain channels were dug for the new Perry orchard @BlueBarrelCider planted earlier this year, shaping a pond & butterfly habitats seeded with food plants for some of our rarest pollinators. Thanks to everyone who helped π§π
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Timely article from @patrick_barkham theguardian.com/environment/β¦
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A parliament of hawk moths: Elephant, Poplar, two Limes, plus a Buff-tip turned up in Benβs impromptu moth trap π
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Chance to see Cotonβs moths & butterflies during the @CambridgePPF Cambridge #NatureFestival May/June. Free but spaces limited, book ποΈ here eventbrite.com/o/67069592583β¦
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Cambridge #NatureFestival preview, 80s in Coton today π
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One of my favourite moths, Hummingbird hawk-moth feeding on Purpletop vervain.
ALT Hummingbird hawk-moth feeding on Purpletop vervain
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Some prestine moths & butterflies @onthevergecambs Benβs Meadow today @savebutterflies @bc_cambs_essex @FlyinginFordham
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Encountered a rather obliging and pristine Yellow Shell moth on a walk around the orchard this evening.
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Delighted to see that another of our collaborations with @onthevergecambs is coming to life π¦π
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Taking a bugβs eye view of Coton Orchard this morning with members of Cambridge Moth Group & @onthevergecambs ππ
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This meadow prepared and seeded with wildflowers last year by @AstraZeneca volunteersβ¦
Weβre grateful to @ASTRAZENECAUK volunteers for their hard work today: planting 100 trees, creating a pollinator patch & wildflower meadow, and harvesting pears for the community. A fantastic collaboration for people & nature π³ππΈπ #Community #BeesNeeds #SaveCotonOrchard
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One of our pollinator patches has exploded into colour. Seeded by @onthevergecambs last year π
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Huge thanks to @PolysolarPV for installing their @The_RHS Chelsea Flower Show silver medal winning agrivoltaic greenhouse in Coton. Transparent solar panels generating electricity for our tools and irrigation system while growing plants for our pollinator patches. π±βοΈπ
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Thank you @tomjksn and @BBCCambs for visiting Coton Orchard to see our new solar powered Pollinator Patch. πβοΈπ§π Sunshine for power, rainwater for plants, and a little more space for pollinators and people to thrive. π» Listen back: 1:28:13 & 3:40:3 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002w5β¦
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Celebrating Cotonβs bees on #WorldBeeDay π
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Coton Loves Pollinators π πππ retweeted
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For the Love of Bees π
#WorldBeeDay
These tiny creatures, going about their lives unseen, hold together systems far larger than themselves β systems on which we utterly depend
When they falter, it exposes a deeper truth: that our dominance over nature is an illusion, and that care, not control, is what sustains us
@CIWF_Global
philiplymbery.com/for-the-loβ¦
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Coton Loves Pollinators π πππ retweeted
April showersβ¦ in Mayπ§πPurple phacelia, also known as beeβs friend, in @CambridgePPF fields. Much needed food for pollinators and a fleeting wash of late spring colour, while we wait to hear whether the County will be granted the powers to throw this corridor under a busway π
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