Bulworthy Project

We only just saw this in the nick of time. We try to look after the fungi in the woods as part of looking after the woodland ecosystem.

@guyshrubsole.bsky.social we haven't used Bluesky for ages, but thought this seemed to good not to post here.

We’re so lucky to do what we do for a living. Not only do we visit some beautiful places, but we get to play a part in the preservation & enhancement of habitats on them. We were excited about influencing the management of habitats on Field Irish Farm before we found such an interesting fungi there.

A red deer stag eating our lawn, viewed from our kitchen.

Like a lot of people, we did No Mow May.
We carried on into Let It Bloom June.
We're now right in the middle of The Deer Come By July.

Locals offered thousands of free wildflower plants in Devon A drive is underway to save one of Britain's most endangered butterflies

This is a really nice write up of our Marsh Fritillary Project
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...

Whorled caraway flower

Whorled caraway flowering in our little meadow. The flowers and beautiful and delicate and it represents a level of success in restoring this area of species rich grassland.

Birds-nest orchids don't photosythasise, that take their nutrients by creating a structure like a birds-nest around the roots of a tree and sapping the nutrients from the tree. These are some that we found in a woodland in Devon.

The years that it's taken to restore this area of culm grassland have paid off. Great habitat and looking fabulous!

We suggested to a client that they put up a trailcam to monitor deer activity. They sent us this.

Greater Broomrape flowering stem.

We found this yesterday in a clearing in an ancient woodland that we have the honour of managing. It's greater broomrape. It doesn't photosynthesise and has no roots. It steels sugar and water from the broom it parasitises. It's nationally scarce and we were excited to find it.

A few clips of the nightlife by our pond.
All this goes on whilst we're tucked up in bed.

@guyshrubsole.bsky.social we thought you might appreciate this.

Wooden bench, covered in lichen.

Benches of the temperate rainforest

Violet Oil Beetles, found on Higher Comfort nature reserve.
They like species-rich grassland and woodland edges, which are exactly the habitats we're developing on the nature reserve. They parasitise solitary bees, so are an indicator of a healthy wild bee population.

We love writing woodland management plans. Every woodland is different and so is every woodland owner, so every plan we write is unique. We cover Devon and parts of Somerset, so if you have a woodland in this area, give us a shout and start the conversation.

5 cards, depicting stonechats, a marsh fritillary butterfly, willow tits, a hare and whitethroats.

Thanks to the generosity of three very talented artists, we're able to sell these beautiful cards on our website.
All proceeds go towards preserving and enhancing habitats on the Culm Measures and raising awareness of their importance.

Picture of a pheasant. Text saying "if pheasant releases had the same environmental impact assessments as beaver releases, they'd be banned.

Picture of a pheasant. Text is: if pheasant releases had the same environmental impact assessments as beaver releases, they'd be banned.

Your shortlisting is well deserved.

A picture of a pheasant and wording “If pheasant releases had the same Environmental Impact Assessments as beaver releases, they’d be banned.”

This is great news.
Now we need to do something about pheasants.

A picture of a pheasant and wording “If pheasant releases had the same Environmental Impact Assessments as beaver releases, they’d be banned.”

How to spread avian flu:
Raise birds intensively
Release into countryside
Provide feeders to ensure contact with wild birds

Picture of a pheasant and text saying "If pheasant releases had the same environmental impact assessments as beaver releases, they'd be banned.

To spread avian flu:
Breed birds en masse, in confinement
Release them into the countryside
Install feeding stations to ensure contact with wild birds

Do you think that pensioners are keeping warm by swaling?

A picture of a pheasant and wording “If pheasant releases had the same Environmental Impact Assessments as beaver releases, they’d be banned.”

Pheasants on the other hand...

A picture of a pheasant and wording “If pheasant releases had the same Environmental Impact Assessments as beaver releases, they’d be banned.”

A picture of a pheasant and wording “If pheasant releases had the same Environmental Impact Assessments as beaver releases, they’d be banned.”