Do we have a Wildlife/Nature/Conservation topic?

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If so, where is it please?

If not, could we have one please?

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

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.

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.

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.

I think the Follow Topics feature is much underused- and perfect for these niche topics because it shows under your notifications when a new thread is posted. Really helps to keep a topic busy and I would encourage anyone to use it.

Seriously, if you haven't tried it yet, give it a go now!

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

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 I use it all the time 😊

Let me know how you get on @EndlesslyDecluttering ! 🙏

Penguins! That is just so cool 😃

Hmm sounds like we could be up against quite a challenge then. 🤔

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

Anyone else watching Springwatch?

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.

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.

@HebeMumsnet hello, have we made enough of a justification for this yet please?

If not, what else is needed?

Thank you 😊

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 😅

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…

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

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

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

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 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' 😁

Like this

I had absolutely no idea about not putting seeds down when chick's are around , I thought the parents would eat the seeds and give them more energy to get the right bugs for the chick's.