#Treeyear – the Camargue
I have my Horse chestnut and Lime that I am observing outside my house for the treeyear project. However now when I travel I do keep an eye out for trees that are of interest. My visit to Camargue...
View ArticleUnexpected birds on green roofs – case of rescue and feed!
The kingfisher perches on the edge of the green roof looking slightly bedraggled and a Pileated Woodpecker feeds her chick in the corner of a green roof in Portland, Oregon, in the US . Two species of...
View ArticleBumblebees feeding on a French Green Roof
The green roofs on the WWF HQ in Paris are mainly extensive. However there is a small food growing, urban farm on one of the roofs. A large herb plants attracted bumblebees and Honey bees. An...
View ArticleGreen roof and Bees – the Flight of the Bumblebee – Paris
Yesterday’s post on bumblebees on a Paris green roof had only photographs of the feeding bees. I knocked up a video yesterday. What was also interesting yesterday was the publication of research that...
View ArticleThere ‘bee’ a swarm on that green roof
A brief visit to Evershed’s, one my favourite green roofs, in the eye of St. Paul’s London, discovered a swarm of honey bees in a bush by the vegetable garden. The pulsating mass was relatively calm,...
View ArticleEd and Dusty sign the small scale green roofs book
Ed, one of my co-author’s of ‘Small scale green roofs – low tech solutions for green living’ has been sending me pictures of roof top pollinators and him signing books in Pennsylvania. I for my part...
View ArticleChirpers at Sunlight Mountains – Cassin’s Finch and Siskin
The Cassin’s Finch (Carpodacus cassinii) was beneath the veranda coming to feed on the spellings from the feeder above. First a male and then a female joined in. They gave me the best views of this...
View ArticleGreen roof plants go in, the Hummingbird Hawk-moth arrives
We had only just planted the wildflower plugs when the Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatrum) appeared on the green roof. The fact that nothing was actually in flower did not put the hungry...
View ArticleA Forest of viper’s, A flight of bees, a green roof in Deptford
After the extended drought between February and March, the rains came in late May. And with the rains came regeneration. The Forest of viper’s bugloss (Echium vulgare) in early July attracted a flight...
View ArticleA New Green Roof Breeding Bird Species
A new Green Roof Breeding Bird Species was discovered last week, whilst we doing a green roof tour in Essex. With the delegates from our workshop series enjoying the lovely ‘Land Rover’ wildflower...
View ArticleBlack Redstarts on London Olympic Green Roof
Black Redstarts on the largest green roof at the London Olympic Site are breeding. Stuart Connop who helps run the green roof research programme at the University of East London was on the roof last...
View ArticleNew Green Roof Shed at Devonshire Road
A New Green Roof Shed at Devonshire Road has just been installed. The images were sent to me from Lewisham Council. Devonshire is one of the most used and celebrated urban nature reserve in the Borough...
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