Do we have a Wildlife/Nature/Conservation topic?

I'd like a thread like this too.
One of the things that fascinating ( I think ) is when nature fights back, like when you see a random flower growing out of a wall, or a tree growing around metal railings and such like.
So we could have photos of
'well that doesn't belong there' 😁

And hopefully, if people following the topic are interested in wildlife there wouldn’t be the usual flood of “eek, ugh I hate them” or “I’d have to burn my house down” replies about spiders and insects!

I’d love a wildlife and conservation topic. None of the existing ones fit very well.

I'd like this too, especially for posting hedgehog photos!

I like the suggestion of “Nature & the Outdoors” - sounds broader and less like it’ll be full of questions about hiking and camping.

The original request was for ‘outdoorsy shite’, but MNHQ insisted on an alternative

I think given how little the Great Outdoors board is used, broadening that out to something like ‘nature & the outdoors’ makes a lot of sense to me @Agapornis

I personally really don’t like the title of the current board. “The great outdoors” sounds, to me, as if it’s for discussing lots of super adventurous stuff. Just ‘the outdoors’ would do! But that’s just my opinion…

Just a thought - the radio topic was recently renamed Radio & podcasts. Maybe Gardening could be renamed Gardening & nature? Or Great Outdoors & nature?

Maybe less difficult to get a topic renamed than start a new one. Sneakily it would also push wildlife friendly gardening 😅

The Springwatch Street is an interesting addition for those of us who live in cities. I have foxes and hedgehogs but I think the chances of a badger is very slim.

I'm in Amsterdam at the minute, but can't wait to catch up when I get back. And of course enjoy it for the lovely long 3 weeks it's on. Don't forget to look out for Chris shoehorning in song lyrics.

I am over the moon today as I arrived at the Van Gogh museum and there was a rose ringed parakeet singing above me in a tree as I waited in the queue. My lovely Merlin picked it up even over the rather smashing chap who was busking with a sax. Also the sun shone.

Anyone else watching Springwatch?

I would also love to see a Nature/Wildlife type topic.

There are a couple of good threads on Great Outdoors, such as Nature Notes

Yes I use it all the time 😊

Do you have to go to My Feed to see them? I've never used that, Injust use Most Active and I'm On. Just followed Gardening to see what happens.

Yes please! I love wildflowers and nature in general 🌼🌸🌺

Nature is interesting for lots of us - the Archers thread has already been mentioned, the Bluestocking regulars had my Giant Yellow Spider identified before my hair had settled.

And admired the little face looking out of its cobweb-and-lichen nest.

Yes, I was thinking about the niche versus broad threat topics question again, also the Following Topics function which I've never used. The reason I've never bothered using is partly habit of just using most active (mine is quite slow moving because I've got AIBU and Relationships hidden so if there is a thread of interest in a niche topic I'm likely to spot it). But partly because many of the thread topics are so broad. But if they go too niche no one twigs they are there.

Thank you Errol!

That's an odd little hidey hole isn't it? Whoever put it there thinks history is very special interest.

I see I was there in the summer of 2023, in threads that are still pretty near the top. Perhaps a higher-visibility placing might help.

A 'the world around us' topic with environmental, ecology, geology, history, archaeology stuff together might be good if it had an attractive header.

There’s also a specific Climate Change board, that was one of the topics mentioned on this thread I think.
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/climate_change

There is a history board.
the problem with the many boards is ‘discoverability’.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/history_club

Why thank you! It's actually a description of my garden rather than me, honest.
5 years ago we bought this house with a very neglected hillside back garden and I have gradually landscaped it and planted mostly native perennials and native hedging. The perennials, chosen for a chalk hillside and for pollinators, are now thriving and are promiscuous thugs threatening to throttle each other - mostly I leave them to it. I have fenced off 2 wild patches that don't get touched at all, including a big log pile.
I waste hours just watching all of the bugs and birds.