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29 May 2021, 21:06

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Kestrel utilising its unique ability to hover in one spot almost indefinitely. Note how the head stays perfectly still, totally fixed on its prey below.

To achieve this, kestrels fly into the oncoming wind, matching its speed exactly - the particular feathering at the tips of the kestrels wings and tail are what makes it so uniquely equipped to hover for prolonged periods of time.

Common British Kestrels, originally known as Old World Kestrels, are actually a small falcon species. While other types of falcons share the ability to hover for short periods, none are able to achieve what we see in this footage!

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The Wild Folk

28 May 2021, 17:08

A White-tailed bumblebee helping pollinate my raspberries.

My garden is filled full of flowers and herbs that are beneficial to pollinators. I have a cottage garden that is densely packed with various native species, or other beneficial cultivars, and a water source for birds and insects. In return for providing this habitat (aside from being able to enjoy the aesthetic of a cottage garden) i am rewarded with masses of beneficial insects that naturally keep pests, such as aphids, to a minimum and do a wonderful job pollinating my crops and subsequently giving me a higher yield.

Gardening with wildlife in mind can be just as rewarding for your pantry as it is spiritually.

Using flowers and herbs to help crop management was once a common practice and only really died out after the Victorian era.
If you have some problems in the garden, try looking at more traditional methods before turning to chemicals.

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The Wild Folk

28 May 2021, 13:53

Forward from: Albion

FIRST LIGHT

Something is very austere about the first light in Summer. The ground is fresh with dew and the fauna is just awakening

With increasing tenacity and intensity, this can gently bring one to a more alert level. I'd also recommend having your breakfast during the first light.

Nothing is as peaceful

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The Wild Folk

27 May 2021, 18:42

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Magpies sound like natures’ machine gun 🎵

These common corvidae are actually a mimicking bird capable of a huge variety of sounds and songs - they can even be taught English words. They just choose to sound like rapid artillery and we respect it

Eurasian magpie Bird Sound, Bird Song, Bird Call, Bird Calling, Chirps, Lissen Birds Chirping

Eurasian magpie or common magpie (Pica pica) is a resident breeding bird throughout the northern part of the Eurasian continent. It is one of several birds i...

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The Wild Folk

27 May 2021, 14:26

A stunning photo of Great Britain taken from the International Space Station.

Our gorgeous isles 💚 Being an islander is an innate part of the British identity; our isolation and unique way of being is all too drowned out by the din of our central role in international trade, politics and pop culture.

An island people who have forgotten who and what they are. Spend more time by the water, your heart and soul might depend on it.

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The Wild Folk

23 May 2021, 21:24

RAVEN (Corvus Corax)
Conservation Status: 🟢

Family: Corvidae
Diet: Carrion, small mammals/birds, eggs
Wingspan: 120-150cm

• Found everywhere from rural farmlands, woodlands and outer urban areas

• One of the smartest birds in the animal kingdom, ravens are known for acute problem solving abilities, mimicry and observable personality

• Highly territorial, breeding pairs of ravens will hold territories and work as a team to exclude other ravens from the land

• One of few birds that utilities direct non-verbal communication - ravens have been shown to point with their beaks and gesture using wings & head movements to communicate with humans

• When finding carrion, ravens will call to their family members and attempt to dominate food sources in hostile territories by sheer force of numbers

• Ravens are playful, acrobatic birds, prone to somersaults and spiralling mid flight. Young ravens commonly play a game of dropping sticks from great heights, then soaring down to catch them before they hit the ground

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The Wild Folk

20 May 2021, 13:46

Forward from: Hedge Witchery and School, UK

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-trees-and-woods/campaign-with-us/coed-wern/

Help us save Coed Wern from destruction - Woodland Trust

Ancient woodland is under threat from a holiday park proposal in Glasinfryn, near Bangor. Join our campaign to save this precious habitat.

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The Wild Folk

16 May 2021, 14:00

Wildflower of the week: Teasel.

This biennial is commonly found in grassland and waste ground throughout England and Wales, and to a lesser extent Scotland and Ireland. Teasel is a great source of food for bees and birds alike. Growing up to 2m in height, you can often find Bees feeding from the purple flowers in Summer and small birds, such as Goldfinches, from the brown seed heads in autumn and winter.

Teasel was once used to card wool (seperating and straightening the fibres) before spinning became prevalent.

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/teasel

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The Wild Folk

15 May 2021, 20:50

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Hummingbird, Blue Jay and Cedar Waxwing

Birds have the ability to perceive ultraviolet light, which actually means their eyes register what they see in 4, rather than 3, primary colours. This opens up an entire spectrum of colour that is invisible to us.

Bird plumage is stupid gorgeous. With a vast array of colours and patterns, it’s almost hard to imagine that they see each other even more spectacularly than we are able to!

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The Wild Folk

12 May 2021, 22:10

ROCK DOVE or WOOD PIGEON?

These are two of the most common bird species we encounter every day, and plenty of people don’t even realise they are actually two distinct breeds belonging to the dove family!

• Wood Pigeons are the largest and most common dove in the UK, with a wingspan of 75-80cm vs the rock dove’s 65-70cm

• Rock doves are easily recognisable for their iridescent purple/green neck, compared to the wood pigeons’ green collar with notable white patch

• Similarly, wood pigeon can be recognised by its reddish tinted breast and flash of white along the wing, whereas the rock doves’ breast is typically grey along with double black band across the wings

• While rock doves are often seen as pests in cities, these urban examples are actually a distinct mongrel breed known as ‘feral pigeons’ - descendants of 1000s of slightly different breeds of released domestic pigeons. The only examples of pure breed wild rock doves to be found in the UK are on the cliffs of the far north/west coasts of Scotland

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The Wild Folk

9 May 2021, 14:00

Wildflower of the week: Ragwort.

Often regarded as a weed, largely due to the hysteria over its toxicity, this wildflower is beloved by pollinators and is a food plant of the Cinnabar moth caterpillar.

The name comes from the ragged looking foliage and the Anglo-Saxon word for herb or plant, "wort".

Quite common on waste ground and verges.

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/common-ragwort

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The Wild Folk

7 May 2021, 12:05

RIVER KINGFISHER (Alcedo Atthis)
Conservation status: 🟠

Family: Kingfisher
Diet: Aquatic insects, small fish (minnow, stickleback)
Wingspan: 24-26cm

• Unmistakable bright blue back with orange mask & breast

• Widespread throughout central and southern England, however under threat from habitat degradation and waterway pollution

• Highly territorial, Kingfishers will live in breeding pairs and only allow chicks to remain for around 4 days after leaving the nest before driving them out for the next brood

• Kingfishers are ground nesters, digging tunnels into river banks that lead to nest chambers

• Chicks can eat up to 18 fish a day, with clutches running up to 7 eggs as standard - that’s over 120 fish Kingfishers have to hunt in 1 day

• During courtship in spring, males will performatively hunt for females, and present her with his catch, attempting to feed her from his own beak

• Kingfisher beaks are so aerodynamically efficient, they are the design inspiration behind modern Japanese bullet trains

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The Wild Folk

5 May 2021, 21:04

It's still not too late to get a late annual sowing in for this year. Even if you just use cornfield annuals as border fillers, they look great and give a real boost to local wildlife.
They self seed and provide colour and habitat for wildlife for years, with little maintenance. It's well worth it if you have the space.
Remember, native or naturalised species are always best, as they are adapted to our environment and they often provide the best source of food and shelter for our wildlife, as opposed to highly cultivated species or exotic imports.

https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/nature-on-your-doorstep/garden-activities/sowapoppypatch/

Planting Poppy Seeds | How & When to Sow Seeds UK - The RSPB

Decide where you are going to sow your poppy seeds, work out the size of the plot and in Autumn or early Spring, prepare your sowing area. Full instructions here

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The Wild Folk

4 May 2021, 20:12

Despite its versatile preference of habitat, occupying everything from farmlands to urban settings, the goldfinch has spent hundreds of years on the brink after being declared a “criminal species” by the crown in protection of its southern orchards during the 1500s.

The state paid £1 for every bird shot in defence of England’s cider crop, making goldfinch hunting a viable living wage for many. Combined with the popularity of goldfinches as a cage bird, wild numbers took a huge hit that would take a collective effort from the whole of Britain to recover.

The recovery of the species is almost exclusively credited to an increase in bird tables and the easy access to food and shelter they provide.

It is for this reason that the Goldfinch is a perfect example of how even small efforts from the average Brit can make a huge difference in supporting our native avian wildlife, particularly as the agricultural threat posed to many species has only increased alongside the demands of industrial farming.

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The Wild Folk

3 May 2021, 11:27

Goldfinches make their home in the British Isles for much of the year, however it took literally hundreds of years for us to conclude this fact.

Ornithologists studying this common bird were time and again thwarted in proving a consistent behaviour pattern for the species - as ‘charms’ of goldfinches into the hundreds would migrate to Spain for the winter, hundreds more would migrate into Britain at the same time.

Beyond their shared desire to migrate, there appeared to be very little obvious rhyme and reason to the inconsistent behaviours of different flocks of goldfinches heading different directions at different times. Ultimately, ornithologists, unable to agree on their theories, decided that the Goldfinch is a year round Isles resident that simply possessed a somewhat quirky disposition.

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The Wild Folk

2 May 2021, 22:22

GOLDFINCH (Carduelis Carduelis)
Conservation Status: 🟢

Family: Finches
Diet: Seeds, small insects
Wingspan: 21-25cm

🪶 Striking red, white and black mask, broad gold band on the wing

🕊 Also known as King Harry, Gold Linnet, Red Cap and Thistlefinch

🌳 Collectively known as a ‘charm’, goldfinches are a lively and sociable bird living in flocks of up to 50

🦅 Commonly found in woodland, farmlands, rural towns and suburban spaces

🪶 Favourite foods include thistles, knapweed, ragworts, and various fruits

🕊 Nuptial display involves males drooping his wings and turning from side to side to show off his gold band, chicks display similar ‘play’ behaviour in the nest

🌳 Popular cage bird for its clear, sweet and liquid song

🦅 Juveniles grow into red mask at adulthood

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The Wild Folk

2 May 2021, 22:04

The classification of birds as ‘British’ is kind of a matter of personal opinion. Over hundreds of years, bird species identified and claimed by the British Ornithologists’ Union has fluctuated dramatically, with the tally waxing and waning along with the preferences of the key researchers of each passing era.

There is a shroud of uncertainty hung over our understanding of birds, despite their constant presence in our every waking moment, that makes observation of the creatures particularly rewarding. In a lot of ways, it’s precisely this difficulty that humans have in comprehending birds that has ingrained them so deeply into symbolism of various spiritualities, religions and cultures, and perhaps why developing a connection with ones’ local birdlife can stimulate & nurture our sense of primal connection to the landscape so tangibly.

The Wild Nationalist is pleased to introduce a series on British birds to help you identify and support some of the last great predators & species occupying our wild spaces!

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The Wild Folk

2 May 2021, 16:30

Wildflower of the week: Wolfsbane.

One of our most deadly wildflowers, Wolfsbane was once used to poison arrow tips and spears in war and for hunting (hence the name).

The Anglo-Saxon name for this plant, "Thung", translates as poison.

Beautiful but best left alone!

https://www.britannica.com/plant/monkshood

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The Wild Folk

23 Apr 2021, 09:29

Happy St George's day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Given the date i thought it only right we highlight the St George's mushroom.

Traditionally signalling the start of the mushroom season, the edible St George's mushroom starts appearing around April the 23rd (Hence the name). It is often found in fields and woodland clearings and can be occasionally found as a companion to Hawthorn.

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/fungi/st-georges-mushroom

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