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The importance of wildflower meadows

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Martin Aaron Martin Aaron | 13:28 UK time, Tuesday, 15 June 2010

Native wildflower meadows in the UK have seen a dramatic decline, leading to a loss in habitats for a wealth of insects, flora and small mammals.

Springwatch presenter Chris Packham talks about their importance to our countryside and the role they play as a food source for many pollinating insects, including the UK's struggling bee population.




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  • Comment number 1.

    I am incredibly lucky to be surrounded by wildflower meadows. My favourite one is in Tenby and owned by a friend who refuses to allow any chemicals or harvesting to go on until the plants have seeded. I can go to his field and take photo after photo of so many wildflowers in a small area. Also lizards, grasshoppers, rabbits a myriad of bird and insect and butterfly life. Check out my flickr tags 'Phils field' you will find pictures . Also check out the tags for Tenby for some more from this field - and you can find it on the map as it is geo-tagged.

    In Wales we are incredibly lucky to have so many wildflower meadows and areas. I wouldnt change it.
    Also - although I live in such a rural area with wildflower meadows all around me - I have in my garden a vast array of bee friendly plants - at the moment they seem to be mainly heading for the Sage flowers, the scented stocks, the Weigelia blossoms and the lavender. Although they are going for the others - these are the main ones for them at the moment with the sage flowers being constantly buzzing with bees.
    I do occasionally see bee with what looks like mites on them and this bothers me. Is this the mite that is killing them?

  • Comment number 2.

    After listening to this video - We have had an amazing amount of ladies smock this year - masses of orchids and I know areas close by that are covered in ragged robin. Also slightly more boggy areas that were full of marsh marigolds and yellow flag.

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