We're Bringing Back Europe's Lost Butterfly Meadows

There is a magic in the humble meadow that often gets forgotten. We hope to be able to bring some of it back!
🦋 To support our work you can become a member here: mossy.earth
MOSSY EARTH MEMBERSHIP
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The rewilding membership that restores nature across a wide range of ecosystems.
🌲 Support a diversity of ecosystems
🐺 Rewild habitats to bring back biodiversity
🦫 Fund neglected species & ecosystems
Learn more and become a member here: mossy.earth/
💪 OUR PARTNERS IN THIS VIDEO
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BROZ: broz.sk/en/
We've been working with BROZ for 5 years now to implement impactful projects in Slovakia and we couldn't ask for a better and more dedicated partner!
🦋 LIST OF BUTTERFLY SPECIES
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There have been more than 70 species recorded here but in a few hours for this video we filmed:
9:37 Pieris rapae
10:14 Glaucopsyche alexis
10:48 Scolitandides orion
11:48 Cupido minmus
11:54 Plebeus argus
12:02 Polymatos bellargus
12:10 Malculinea alcon
13:10 Coenonympha pamphilus
13:20 Coenonympha arcania
13:25 Coenonympha glicerion
13:33 Maniola jurtina
14:03 Plebeus idas
⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
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0:00 Intro
1:47 Evolution
3:12 Destruction Phases
4:21 Restoration
🔎 ABOUT THIS PROJECT
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Butterflies are one of nature’s most eye-catching creations and best embodiments of beauty. They also act as important health indicators of their environment. Many butterfly species are specialists, meaning they require very specific food and habitat conditions to complete their life cycles. Consequently, this makes butterflies highly susceptible to environmental changes. Across much of Europe, both overgrazing and undergrazing as well as changes in forestry practices are affecting butterfly habitats and driving populations down. This project seeks to rewild a butterfly meadow in an area of Slovakia called Beckovske Skalice (near Beckov castle). We are working with BROZ to improve the conditions for butterfly and moth host plants through conservation grazing and clearing shrubs and woody vegetation from overgrown meadows.
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[@MossyEarth]

🙌If you would like to help out you can become a member here: www.mossy.earth/ In addition to our own projects in places like Scotland, Portugal, Ecuador and Indonesia we also work with fantastic partners such as BROZ. A huge thank you for enabling our work! - Cheers, Duarte

[@billerator]

I recommend all viewers become members - your money makes its way all over the world and gives a lot of bang for its buck!

[@nisar8009]

So true! You don’t have to donate much if you don’t want to. Even a little bit helps! For the price of a cup of coffee house coffee you can help each month.

[@emucat1]

start converting hedgerows before stealing farmland

[@raclark2730]

@@emucat1 Its marginal farmland and they are still grazing some of it.

[@makingfreely6336]

The average person cannot re-introduce the lynx or the other amazing things you do but almost anyone can create habitiat for insects. This is a passion of mine. I live in a town and have a medium size yard that I have been converting the turf grass to native prairie. It has been gratifying to watch the different insects return and learn about them.

[@Debbie-henri]

A fellow No-Mow! I haven't cut my lawn in 21 years, and haven't regretted a moment of it. The life restored to my garden is incredible. While the Neonicotinoid era did have a terrible impact here, it is still recovering steadily - with new species coming in along the way (lizards, Bullfinches, the Chimney Sweeper moth, and just a few days ago a very vibrantly coloured type of fly - or bee, maybe - that I have never seen anywhere else before). And although you have, no doubt, added new wild flowers to your mini-prairie, I'll bet Nature has done for you as she has for me - adding new wild flowers of her own. In that regard, the most impressive free gift was the Hemp Agrimony, which is a magnet for Red Admiral butterflies (among others).

[@MossyEarth]

Exactly! It is something we all can do! Maybe we should do more content on that front 🤔 - Cheers, Duarte

[@lutitko8587]

​@@MossyEarth I for one would really love that! 🤩

[@displayheadsmedia]

Please do! I wanna do this kind of rewilding on some agricuktural land my parents own (Europe)​ @MossyEarth, so a guide would be great.

[@Gabiman66]

Please do​@@MossyEarth

[@matthewdavies5875]

It's cool to see that rewilding doesn't have to be about large predators and large swathes of remote wilderness. And I tip my hat to you on pronouncing all those butterflies.

[@MUSTASCH1O]

Absolutely, we still need to expand our towns and cities, so learning how to weave habitats into them will be crucial for increasing biodiversity.

[@lukvanleeuwen7603]

I feel like his accent is really adept for pronouncing latin names. He sounds so natural! Makes me understand better how latin may have sounded.

[@DynamixWarePro]

@@MUSTASCH1O No we don't need to keep expanding our towns and cities further and further outwards. That is bad for nature and the planet. We still need more large scale nature rich landscapes as well as these smaller areas. We do need to make sure that our towns and cities are greener and good for nature also and to stop just building and destroying places and not thinking of putting back nature around where our buildings are.

[@MUSTASCH1O]

@@DynamixWarePro I feel your sense of loss, but I think you are missing my point. We do need to maintain and improve large national parks, but I am saying our towns and cities should also have smaller areas and nature corridors planned into them. This will increase biodiversity compared to isolated large landscapes and expose far more people to nature. House prices are cripplingly high in the UK and pharma and tech companies are going to America because there isn't enough lab space here. If we don't build we will be doomed to stagnation and social immobility. Biodiversity and development aren't mutually exclusive problems if green space is planned in from the start. Nature won't be preserved unless people are exposed to it and benefit from it, so we need more of it in our settlements.

[@guerreiro943]

@@DynamixWarePro It's better for nature for us to live in dense walkable cities than sprawled-out suburbia or big isolated homes in the countryside.

[@federicogomezpezuela72]

Insect diversity is fundamental to any ecosystem, and they are usually ignored in conservation. Everybody just talks about bees.. if anything. Kudos to Mossy Earth for dedicating a whole program for them.

[@larsstougaard7097]

Agree

[@godparticle3833]

Plants to. Plant indentification and range opened my eyes about that.

[@Nphen]

insect populations support small mammals and lizards, amphibians, birds. I try to leave spaces in my yard for plants & insects.

[@grapicusdrinktus]

I think the primary concern is that the good insects tend to share the same habitats as the famine-causing insects (such as locusts) so it's not as easy as just "bring back nature" like it would be with other flora/fauna.

[@PaulCoxC]

It amazes me how many butterflies rely on just one plant species! The diversity of plants in habitats is so important.

[@makingfreely6336]

Yes! There is so much people could do by just planting native plants in their gardens versus exotic ones from other continents. I've been converting my yard to native plants and it has been amazing how quick the insects return.

[@nolanholmberg311]

The same concept applies to the Famous Monarch butterflies that are native to north & central america. Their host plant are those in the Asclepios genus. aka Milkweeds. We've seen their number decline rapidly over the 20th century due to clearing once untouched wild prairie grazed by megafauna (bison) into monoculture corn fields. No prairies = less milkweeds = less monarchs. And so our solution instead of... putting in an effort to restore their habitat. We've done the classic american move and decided to sell you on planting your own milkweed in your garden to "save the monarchs". I guess it does help that milkweed's have very colorful and beautiful flowers so it's really easy to convince people to buy it lol

[@johannahettman1773]

Yeah we have one here that depends on stinging nettles, sure its not fun to have plants that stings you in your garden but I still managed to find a spot where its not a problem for me and the butterflies have a spot. Just have to put some thought into it

[@PaulCoxC]

@@johannahettman1773 I had the exact same realisation about stinging nettles, definitely changed how I view them

[@mattcrawford713]

I really appreciate the message of taking time to look more closely at a space that we see so often and don’t think about much to notice the surprising amount of biodiversity and beauty

[@MossyEarth]

I think it is particularly relevant for the habitats that coexist with us in close proximity. We need to appreciate them and protect them! :) Glad you enjoyed the video! - Cheers, Duarte

[@thestevenjaywaymusic7775]

Yet again another brilliant video. Please keep going. I wish there were more people like you lot.

[@MossyEarth]

Glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for the kind words :) - Cheers, Duarte

[@noahchevrette7485]

Do u know anyone doing this type of re wilding in North America

[@marioseoul]

CBS Sunday Morning had a video about something similar, maybe last year, somewhere in the Midwest. Should be easy to find in their channel ​@@noahchevrette7485

[@outlawmonkey]

I have bought a new farm. On this farm I have 28 hectares of European primeval forest and 23 hectares of meadows. However, I have to mow these once a year to provide food for all my animals. But unlike most farmers, I only mow once. Living like this is simply much nicer than the clean forests in my old homeland. I have a lot more wild animals and insects than before. So many animals that I have never seen in my life and didn't even know existed. (Although I have always lived in nature)

[@MossyEarth]

Well done! Mowing once a year might even be beneficial to some species. You are doing great! - Cheers, Duarte

[@ThePomidor000]

thank you for supporting this. Your support helped to create one small piece of heaven for so many species, including people.

[@MossyEarth]

Glad you enjoy the project and thank you for the support here on KZbin! - Cheers, Duarte

[@pauldurkee4764]

If you read about nature before intensive farming and agrochemicals took over, you realise how much we have lost, when people described countryside with clouds of butterflies. Congratulations on your work, its wonderful. Best wishes from Wales.

[@raraavis7782]

Even when I was a teen in the 90s, peacock butterflies used to swarm certain flowering plants in summer. You'd see a dozen at once or more on lilac bushes and such. Haven't seen even a single one in forever. It's so sad.

[@pauldurkee4764]

@@raraavis7782 In the UK we have huge amounts of buddleia, which is otherwise known as the butterfly bush, it grows everywhere, but hardly any butterflies.

[@raraavis7782]

@@pauldurkee4764 Yes, that's the one I meant. Gorgeous plant. We had one in our garden, when I was a kid. Looked and smelled so nice. And it was always covered in butterflies, when the weather was nice. Such good memories!

[@knukun]

I haven't seen a single firefly in my backyard in the last 20 years. They used to light up the path from the gate to the door. We've lost and we keep losing so much every year it's disheartening.

[@Welgeldiguniekalias]

"There is no insect as beloved as the colourful and vibrant butterfly" Bees: 😞

[@MossyEarth]

They are cool too! But cmon those wings… cant compete with that! - Cheers, Duarte

[@Auroral_Anomaly]

BEE SUPREMACY!🗣️💯🔥

[@ethanacton408]

The little guys in the ecosystem always gets looked over by the larger predators and animals so its great to see you all caring for all types of life in these videos. Thanks for all you do! i am currently studying Environmental sciences and hope to help the world just as much as you all when i done with schooling

[@PatrikInNature]

Comment for the algorithm! I'm glad to be supporting the Mossy Earth. Your work is just incredible! Patrik

[@MossyEarth]

Thank you for the support over the years mate! - Cheers, Duarte

[@fp-qb4qe]

prairie and meadowland restoration is so important!! large scale agriculture has left it as one of the most endangered habitats....thanks for doing this

[@MossyEarth]

Exactly! Thank you for the support! - Cheers, Duarte

[@mr.lonewolf8199]

I'm member of BROZ , really good NGO, has some diverse conservation projects

[@MossyEarth]

Exactly! - Cheers, Duarte

[@ProfessorAlbert-de9sc]

This is BY FAR the most uplifting and beautiful video i have seen on KZbin EVER. As a 14-year old norwegian that has been fascinated and obsessed with entomology for my whole life, me and insects all around the globe are thanking you hardworking, kind and amazing people at Mossy Earth and all of its members. Insects are very often forgotten in conservation work, which is so sad to see, as they are extremely crucial and important to all ecosystems worldwide, and without them, we humans would never survive. In recent years insect populations worldwide has declined massively, mainly due to habitat loss. I am so happy that someone finally are doing some amazing and serious habitat restoration trying to protect and help these beautiful insects. My main interest has always been beetles (Coleoptera), and seeing someone finally mention these cute dung-loving beetles almost makes me cry in happiness. If you were to search for weevils in the family Apionidae here, I think you would find an amazing amount of species of them, as they are often tightly asscosiated with specific, rare meadow and sun-loving flowering plants. KEEP UP THE AMAZING CONSERVATION WORK, IT REALLY MATTERS!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ProfessorAlbert-de9sc]

Here in Norway we sadly lost an entire butterfly species a few years ago, due to habitat loss. It was the beautiful blue Plebejus argyrognomon, asscosiated with the plant Astragalus glycyphyllos. May it rest in peace ❤

[@dante0hime]

Videos like this make me really happy to be a Mossy Earth member. Especially when these projects happen so close to home (I live like 65 km from Beckov). I really appreciate you guys! And BROZ of course!

[@MossyEarth]

You should definitely go visit this meadow! It will be beautiful all summer! - Cheers, Duarte

[@TweegTimothy]

There’s this large field behind my house, with some forested areas surrounding it, with a stream that leads into a lake farther back. The lake is relatively undeveloped, but the scary thing is the land behind my house is owned by a rich developer who is planning on developing the land in the next 5-6 years. I wish I had you guys around right now.

[@ablah949]

I once heard an idea to plant some endangered plants that are illegal to uproot in areas like that, don't know if it would work though lol. or attract protected species there and report them.

[@TaLeng2023]

​@@ablah949probably need to consult with an environmentalist that knew how to keep secrets and find a rare plant that historically would have been present in the area.

[@foobar9220]

Meadows can also easily be replicated in your garden. Set aside a corner, get an appropriate seed mix and mow it once in June and once in the autumn. When mowing in June, let everything lie and dry for 2-3 days to simulate making hay. Then rake it away and compost. This will help with seed dispersal as seeds drop during the drying period. It is really a low effort project

[@MossyEarth]

Exactly! This is something that could be widespread! - Cheers, Duarte

[@davidbamford4721]

Clap, clap, clap! Abundant applause for those who are making the meadows.

[@MossyEarth]

Exactly! BROZ has many such projects and it is very very important work! - Cheers, Duarte

[@mrnowak2835]

This reminds me something similar that my city did. There is a patch of land on the registry building and it has a no mow zone, specifically for butterflies. Even though the patch is like 20m by 25m it’s still exciting to see in the middle of a city. And yes I do see butterflies when I go past it 😊

[@lollipopkaboom]

It's nice to see indigenous land management practices being revitalized even in Europe

[@professionaldaydreamer]

I love how this video shows that humans are a part of the ecosystem too, and if we align our needs with the natural world we can thrive together. Fantastic work!

[@SorenAlba54]

It is fascinating how doing small things can create great results and eventually, become bigger in the long run. It also demonstrates how flexible they are when it comes rewilding many areas, including a small patch of land to resemble the atmosphere of the last century. With projects like this, we either go big or go home, no matter how small.

[@adsb4187]

As a butterfly conservation volunteer in the UK and a meadow obsessive this video is just perfect! Such fantastic work.

[@Blake-tj9kc]

Love you guys

[@MossyEarth]

Thank you Blake! - Cheers, Duarte

[@HeyHereTer]

Love to see the familiar view of european meadows and I hope they will be able to expand. The agriculture is vast and I'm personally getting sick of rapeseed fields.

[@lizlocke9057]

Your reports on these rewilding projects are like healing salve on an open wound. Thank you so much for the aspiration, for the hard work, and for bringing them to us.

[@MossyEarth]

Glad the videos have that additional effect :) it means a lot to hear that! - Cheers, Duarte

[@veldawells2839]

Agree, the C.A.P is a disaster. The diversity of herbaceous plants and grasses are so important for the flourishing of bees, butterflies and other insects. Different ways of grazing management to promote meadows and heathlands is so important for rewilding. Wonderful conservation video. So educational.

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

I remember seeing a couple butterflies per year in Paris but I dont really anymore, you'd think an animal as charismatic as that could promote and protect itself but alas, youre now doing that great work

[@atropa9945]

I live in a region with meadows of this kind - meaning there are only grazed by sheep to keep the soil quality poor. It attracts so many rare flowers like orchids and butterflies and insects of all kinds. It's very, very beautiful. But also very underappreciated, because not many people know what a rich ecosystem they have right in front of them. Thank you so much for drawing attention to my beloved meadows! ♡

[@wildwaters8348]

At my stable we have a field that grows tall every year for hay, in addition to the fields for the horses. This year with all the rain we’ve been getting in south Germany everything was full of flowers, I saw so many insects and butterflies it was great!

[@robw9730]

Keep up the great work repairing our earth and spreading the word. Loving you guys all the way from the rockies.

[@MossyEarth]

Thank you for the nice comment! We are actually working on partnering with a team that works in the Rocky Mountain! Keep an eye out later this year. - Cheers, Duarte

[@janetrussell3288]

Gorgeous. And there’s a lot of potential for road verges in rural areas and nature strips in urban areas to host meadow plants and butterflies too. I’ve been able to plant my nature strip here in Australia with a surprising number and variety of indigenous plants. And growing grass that has a natural height of 15 cm allows it to host some local moths.

[@hatimabbas7111]

Amazing amazing work guyz. ❤️👌 Please keep up the good work 💯 I will certainly help you and donate as much as I can after I turn 18. Please do some reforestation of native species in northern Europe like Norway, Finland etc 😊🌲

[@MossyEarth]

Thank you for the support and hopefully one day we can work in the nordics :) - Cheers, Duarte

[@Yoru_No_Chi]

Projects like this are definitely necessary around a lot of places in Europe. I remember when I was a kid I used to see a ton of butterflies and fireflies everywhere here in Croatia and even then around 20 years ago my parents told me that the number of them isn't even close to how it was when they were young. Now I barely see any butterflies in villages around mine and I'm lucky if i see 5 fireflies yearly. The situation is super bad when it comes to things like these, thank you for thinking about things nobody else really does.

[@anniehill9909]

What a beautiful, beautiful video. As you said, everyone loves butterflies - and flowers, too! It's so lovely, too, to see farm animals living a great life, and not being brought up to exploit their milk or their babies. It's inspiring to think that such a small piece of land can be so beneficial: how can anyone resist a bit of local rewilding ater seeing this? ❤

[@roelroelroelroel]

The happiness my Mossy Earth membership gives me is worth far more than I pay! Amazing work as always. Loving it.

[@mozdickson]

Happy to see and support this awesome practical service to our world. THANK YOU from New Zealand!

[@ZabseQ]

It is really soothing to see the work you are doing with every part of different ecosystems - Love from France

[@FancyFlop]

This is great theres an awesome meadow near me thats brimming with butterflies and crickets

[@MossyEarth]

It is a little bit of magic usually forgotten right under our noses :) - Cheers, Duarte

[@RussTillling]

Glad I am a member. I’m a great fan of butterflies and other insects, and have rewilded my garden. I don’t have many bare earth / ploughed / disturbed areas such as you’ve skilfully shown here, so will try to do some of that. Sadly, in the UK we only have about 30% of the species which exist on mainland Europe, so showing the gorgeous European ones I can never see over here, was great! Thank you so much, and please create more videos, showing the English names of other insects. 🤩❤️

[@arwarnt4005]

Your video's and messages give me so much hope and make me feel reassured and calm. I love to watch them before I go to sleep❤ I'm looking forward to financially support these beautiful causes in a few years

[@alaenke]

I love watching all the different ways you work on behalf of us members for the good of the planet!!

[@MossyEarth]

Glad you enjoyed the update and a huge thank you for the support as usual! Whether it is a partnership project or a project we setup from scratch, your funding is what makes it happen! - Cheers, Duarte

[@mfhex1398]

Always happy to see another Mossy Earth video, give me hope for humanity !

[@m.h.5400]

I've wanted to turn the small backyard I have with my appartment into a wild-ish meadow. looks better than just a lawn and attracts the good insects, but no one wants to see an 'overgrown' garden in the suburbs. It's been 2 years now and just bought a pack of wildflower seeds that'll end up on dedicated meadow patch. Where that patch will be depends on where the battery of my lawnmover decides it's empty.

[@raclark2730]

Good stuff, let the neighbors moan if they moan. 🌻😎👍

[@gatorbait9385]

I love this! The past two years I've been turning my lawn into a meadow that will only get mowed once a year. Trying to figure out when that mowing should happen has been a struggle to find the least damaging moment. So far I've just been cutting down the annuals by hand in fall and spring to make room for more annuals. I'm worried about the perennials getting chopped every year, but we'll see!

[@JensOdense]

Love to see you help animals of all sizes! :)

[@NirvanaFan5000]

So happy I finally signed up to donate. Watching this video, aside from the hope your vids always give me, I feel a sense of pride in knowing I'm playing a role. Keep up the amazing work =]

[@Frostfirefall]

Always looking forward to a new video from you guys!

[@MossyEarth]

You can expect about 2 per month until the end of the year! - Cheers, Duarte

[@Johnsmith-hi1bp]

Thank you for all your effort, everyone at mossy earth! You give me more hope for the future, despite all the destruction and change occurring in the world currently. Keep it up!

[@jessalbertine]

Your videos are such a ray of hope. Thank you for all that you're doing!

[@luisa146]

What a coincidence, I'm just getting into making photos of butterflies and learning to identify them. Where I'm from there aren't many kinds of butterflies because there are very little natural habitats for them. But I've just moved to a place where there are some beautiful meadows teeming with butterflies and other insects. Thanks for doing all you do! I often talk about your projects to my family and friends

[@marco-ls9fm]

Its just straight up awesome that you are preserving the things the public hasnt noticed yet. You guys are doing some great work!

[@Quercusssss]

We need to support the local farms that are applying these practices !

[@fionamason4725]

Amazing seeing the variety of projects you commit yourselves to, such encouragement for the future!

[@gracielags6826]

This is beautiful! Thank you for your work!

[@Ealsante]

While every video you make has been awesome, this video made me tear up a little. I work with a community garden in Singapore that restored a tiny little hillside into a biodiversity hotspot, and it being the tropics, the diversity of insects is absolutely insane. We will never bring back the tiger to Singapore, but we can easily nurture the tiger butterflies, and the birdwings, and all their fluttering kin. And the more we know what really lives around us, the more we know what we have and how much it's worth, the harder we can work to protect that. Thank you for this video!

[@emc4069]

Grateful to support your work!

[@JonZiegler6]

There are lots of bad things about the CAP, and subsidies for big agrobusiness is one. AND, those same businesses give us cheap food, and as we've seen in the past few years, when food gets expensive, voters get angry, and angry voters tend to vote the worst leaders...

[@jonbonda1917]

In Edmonton's North Saskatchewan River Valley(considered the longest urban green space in North America), we use goats that are trained to eat the specific invasive weeds on the riverside&parks areas. They've also been hired to clear up the land below the solar panels.

[@bizzybee852]

I loved seeing all the beautiful butterflies, and learning more about the type of habitat they inhabit. Thanks for all you do!

[@Muffin-bi5eh]

Thank you so Much!

[@MossyEarth]

Thank you for the support! - Cheers, Duarte

[@inotaarto8719]

As a shepard and someone who grazes and restores medows on coasts and forrests and old medows. using heritage breeds it is our responsibility to care for habitats that have been a co oped for several thousand years. If you want to help, start grazing on small scale (we started with 5 yews) or support local grazers. Its arduose work, summer and winter. But it is so worth it when flowers start to appear where spruses shadowed the land just a year ago

[@dano-rider]

Absolutely great approach and work done. Both Mossy Earth and BROZ. Thx for doing it.

[@op4000exe]

Great video as always, looking forward to the next one :) Glad to see protection for the insects we all depend on.

[@jcriverside]

Love this & that you're supporting the fence, etc. They're so beautiful.

[@MerryMoss]

Beautiful! Thank you very much for all the hard work you do and investments you make. And for showing us these wonderful results! 😊🦋

[@roberthevern6169]

Back in the 60s I recall many different species in the backyard. Now, I rarely see any!

[@MossyEarth]

Sad to hear this! Hopefully with some effort people can start bringing meadows back to the landscape. - Cheers, Duarte

[@smilodnfatalis55]

Butterfly Meadows: "WE'RE SO BACK"

[@mellissadalby1402]

I am pleased to support Mossy Earth to do projects like this one.

[@lefterismplanas4977]

This is so beautiful!! Good luck with it! I am learning so much from this!!

[@mmps18]

Thank you SO much for helping the butterflies!

[@MossyEarth]

And thank you for the nice comment :) - Cheers, Duarte

[@conlethberry1236]

One of the best videos yet... something we can all do.And please do a video about the CAP.

[@primesspct2]

I let half of my yard grow up wild a few years ago, maybe 4 or 5 years. I have so many butterflies, and beneficial insects , like preying mantis and black and yellow garden spiders. The birds seem to follow the insects, I have so many types nesting here, that I had never seen before. I get a lot of enjoyment from it,. There is a lot of wildlife there, and I have a dog and a cat ( inside /outside). Still the birds come. Some things I need to keep out of my yard, coyotes, ground hogs and raccoons etc , which can do damage. So a little wild life area, makes a difference! To me its a compromise, between nature and I.

[@MossyEarth]

Well done! This is the change we need in our landscapes! - Cheers, Duarte

[@johannahettman1773]

I like butterflies so much that I got my act together and became a member 😍

[@Baugh18]

This is beautiful. Thank you for all your work!

[@insAneTunA]

Due to heavy rain and lack of sunshine and unusual cold temperatures during the Spring season I have been struggling all Spring to get wild flower seeds germinated. But I changed strategy and the weather finally warmed up and now I have many wild flowers seeds germinating in pots and planters which I have put at the most sunny spot in my tiny garden. For a moment I even had to protect them from the sun with shade cloth. But now they grow really good. And my plan is to let them grow at that spot in my tiny garden, and when they start to develop seeds I put the pots all around in my garden and let the flowers spread the seeds for next year. And hopefully next year the weather will be better, and then the seeds had their natural cycle, and I hope that it will help to get much more seeds germinated and that I get much more flowers. It is just an experiment that I came up with. Because a city nearby had many wildflowers growing in city plant areas, and once established they grow perfectly fine despite the colder weather and all the rain, although they started growing a little later than usual. I also have the Buddleja davidii, or the butterfly bush, and it attracts a lot of butterflies, and multiple species. It is a feast for the eye. And the flowers smell absolutely magical. And the flowers bloom for a long time in the season. But be aware that in some countries it is considered as an invasive species. As always a huge 👍You inspire and teach me and many others to change our own gardens, no matter what size it is. Because in nature, size doesn't matter. 😁

[@Chaosrunepownage]

I registered my family home as a habitat for monarch butterflies last year. It's been so much fun planting all kinds of native flowers and seeing the plants slowly expand. I hope one day I'll flip up a leaf on the common milkweed and find some eggs! It's a small, very urban garden, but I'm doing my best to ensure there's a little refuge for the bugs.

[@hbeau1900]

A re-wilder ploughing a field is very funny to me, but like you if that's what the mosaic needs, that's what we do. It's a bit like in a Scottish Highlands, where a lot of selective tree felling is taking place because the artificial pine forests were so dense that nothing other than a few mosses could survive on the ground

[@dantio3195]

Amazing work, so beautiful and important!

[@bteblooms]

Thanks for sharing! Another great project

[@shanecullinane7299]

Every video makes me proud of my donation, thanks for what y’all do

[@pippaseaspirit4415]

If farmers could get a bonus for planting a ten-foot wide wildflower strip all around each field, it would massively boost the acreage of wildflower meadows in the UK and provide wildlife corridors all across the country. Similarly, local authorities could establish wildflower meadow strips instead of plain grass verges; they would only need to be mowed after everything had set seed, and once more in perhaps March, removing the cost of repeated mowing throughout the summer.

[@lenlewis76]

Love watching and learning about your many projects ❤

[@albert2395]

I totally agree with what you are doing!!!!❤😊 I have just turned my sisters small lawn into an English Flower Meadow!!!❤😊 In Britain, I believe there is now less than two percent of flower meadowswhich existed , since nineteen thirty-eight!!! And in nineteen thirty-eight, it had been badly damaged already!!!😢

[@dominusetdeus060644]

when I started my rewilding projects a biologist told me I shouldn't only plant trees, that meadows are incredibly biodiverse and important, and they should be preserved. In time I saw how right she is. natural meadows are a hotbed for bugs and flowers.

[@matthewvulku7952]

Best channel on KZbin. Hope everyone can see this page

[@Conus426]

Thank you for doing this! I have been researching and practicing butterfly conservation in my own region and it is so rewarding because of how many species you can observe in a small area if there is enough light and the right plants.

[@steffwo]

Once again, another lovely project. Planned and executed with so much knowledge and wisdom. I'm happy to be a small, remote part of it.

[@MossyEarth]

Thank you! And as I said, it is truly just a lot of small bits coming together to make it possible :) That is literally then only way we can do this! - Cheers, Duarte

[@timkbirchico8542]

I have about half a hectare of land in la Alpujarra, south side of Sierra Nevada, Spain. Almond, walnut and olive trees. All the land between the trees is meadow, has been for 25 years now. Before the soil was dead, fertilised with chemicals for decades. Many species of butterfly, bee, beetle etc enjoy the renovated meadows on my land. Well, I share ownership with all the plants and animals on this half hectare. Anyone reading this who has a piece of land should consider doing the same. Nice vid, thanks.

[@veronicabalfourpaul2288]

I'm happy to be a member. You do such great work!

[@MossyEarth]

A big thank you for the support Veronica :) it is what makes it all possible and I am glad to hear you like the project! - Cheers, Duarte

[@lacybookworm5039]

7:30 Nuip really wanted to eat that backpack, lol.

[@MossyEarth]

😂😂 that bastard!

[@willcorff]

When i someday have my own land i want to do stuff like this And i love the idea of growing a food forest where its biodiverse but also full of native healthy herbs and plants and fruit trees

[@BramMertens]

Truly enjoyed it. I really want to do my part with our garden and some areas near us. Would love to see resources on species and the plants they need.

[@threeriversforge1997]

This is why Dr. Talamy's "Homegrown Nationa Park" idea is so important. Look at all those small, seemingly inconsequential plants. They're quite pretty, and any yard or balcony would be well off to have a few of them. Even a single window box, or a bucket on your small balcony, can make all the difference in the world. So why not? Why wait for someone else to do it? Last autumn, I planted 2 panicum virgattum and 10 Carex pensylvanica in my yard. I've also been careful to leave small patches of grass uncut where I saw a weed that made me curious enough to want to see what it looked like when it grew up and flowered. Nothing exorbitant. No great outlay of cash. But would you believe that the number of little butterflies and moths has more than doubled? Sure, the Rudbekia fulgida and Aster nova-belgii that I have in pots on the porch certainly help, but the thing that surprised me is that their leaves are far more important than their flowers. The leaves have holes where something was nibbling on them - and that means the insects are here and working!! You can make a huge difference in just one season. It's something you can see with your own eyes, and feel great knowing that you're making a positive impact. Find a local native plant, and give it a home. A single pot on the front stoop will brighten up your day in ways that cannot be easily put to words. So get to it.

[@thecombatwombat7652]

The music choice was superb! Really fit well with the visuals of all the butterflies

[@MM-mq5uj]

Lovely work guys! Im glad to support you !

[@EthanHawes-jw6df]

Absolutely love this video!! Especially when you highlighted the flaws with the EU agricultural subsedies this is a HUGE issue people should be very concerned with. Appreciste videos like thrse immensely 😁😁😁

[@nadiaflyy]

Omg I just lately saw a post about how the best indification for biodiversity are butterflies and how many organizations depend on volunteers to try to identify and count them to monitor the progress in restoration. I have been thinking of joining such org to learn more

[@sujammaz]

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