Nov 2, 2021 • 58M

Ep 19. Spiky characters: Hedgehogs and Teasels

 
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As Hedgehogs roam the British countryside looking for a place to nestle down and hibernate for the winter, we discuss how you can help them in your own gardens. Then we take a look at a favourite wildflower of ours that looks fantastic in any garden: the Teasel.

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Websites for Wildlife Gardeners

Sightings

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/starling/

https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/red-admiral

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/100036/abelia-x-grandiflora/details

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/21344/elaeagnus-macrophylla/details

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/75426/i-heptacodium-miconioides-i/details

News

https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/big-butterfly-count-2021-sees-lowest-ever-number-of-butterflies-recorded

https://www.pan-uk.org/take-pesticide-products-off-supermarket-shelves/

Hedgehogs

https://www.hedgehogstreet.org/

https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/

https://www.gardenwildlifehealth.org/

https://shop.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/product/the-hedgehog-book-by-hugh-warwick/

https://shop.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/product/the-last-hedgehog-by-pam-ayres/

https://shop.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/product/new-hedgehog-bookby-pat-morris/

Teasel

Plantlife :: Teasel

Dipsacus fullonum | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (brc.ac.uk)

Carnivory in the Teasel Dipsacus fullonum — The Effect of Experimental Feeding on Growth and Seed Set (nih.gov)

Is the common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) carnivorous or was Francis Darwin wrong? (cdnsciencepub.com)

Dipsacus and Drosera: Frank’s favourite carnivores | Darwin Correspondence Project (darwinproject.ac.uk)

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0174091

https://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/plants400/Profiles/cd/Dipsacus

Dipsacus fullonum|common teasel/RHS Gardening

Next Book Club

ISBN 9781784272289

https://pelagicpublishing.com/products/pollinators-and-pollination-ollerton-9781784272289

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