Hayley Kinsey

Good morning! This is what I look like today nervously posting my first first person nature writing post👇😬 If you love red squirrels (who doesn't), check out the three-part series I've written about my time with them on the Isle of Wight ☺️🤗🥰 Links below🧡

@capabilitycharl Thanks for sharing, so glad you found it useful!

@HughPumphrey Thanks for sharing! Astounding isn’t it

This here from @hayulls is a splendid article on artificial grass and on why you should not waste your money on it. hayulls.com/posts/10-reaso… 10 Grand?? I had the flat roof on an entire fscking Georgian mansion done for that, and it should last longer than any artificial grass.

Big news on de-extinction! I first saw Dr Beth Shapiro on a 2001 @Channel4 documentary called Extinct shaving a bit of dodo leg bone for DNA sequencing, now she's hoping to bring the dodo back to life. My take ⬇️ hayulls.com/posts/de-extin… #dodo

@JeanCBrown @autisticgardner Thank you I’m glad you enjoyed it/found it useful! 😊 I agree, there is so much misinformation, it’s alarming

@hayulls @autisticgardner This article is great. But the bit at the end about the difficulty of finding accurate info is chilling.

I am so concerned about the use of plastic grass that if anyone on here is considering using it I will give you alternative advice ( free )as to how to landscape without it. If I can stop one square meter being layed it's worth the effort.

@plumandmustard @autisticgardner Plastic grass actually has as many or more maintenance requirements than real grass (especially if you embrace natural lawns rather than perfect green ones) - you can see some advice from the manufacturers of plastic grass in my post ♥️ hayulls.com/posts/10-reaso…

@autisticgardner medium back yard, young child, no time for maintenance. we have grass now that we don’t have time to cut so it ends up overgrown and un-useable. was thinking plastic might be easier. any ideas?

the @Waterstones best books of 2022 lists for nature&travel + for popular science are 74% male authors and the nature writing section of my beloved @WaterstonesNG was 77% male. I pulled together my fave non-fiction books by women as a salve #nonfiction hayulls.com/posts/22-amazi…

Out of office

@PeteMRCooper So strange when people get so wound up about the prospect of having one (1) meal without meat, like they’ve never eaten a cheese sandwich for lunch or cereal for breakfast

“When I was in school you’d get what gruel you were given, snowflakes these days have no clue 😂 😂 😂” 5 mins later:

@GDRNorminton @MoorlandMonitor @GeorgeMonbiot @wildmoorsuk I saw Ilkley/Rombalds Moor (deep peaty soils) burning on Saturday☹️ I wrote about it here hayulls.com/posts/the-moor… @Natures_Voice @GreenpeaceUK @WildlifeMag @UE @BBCSpringwatch @WildlifeTrusts @MoorlandMonitor @wildmoorsuk @ClientEarth @bradfordmdc @MarkAvery @burningmoors

hayulls.com/posts/15-steps… @BBCSpringwatch @Natures_Voice @WoodlandTrust @nationaltrust @NatGeo @WildlifeMag

Good news on Twitter, who'd have thought it?! If you fancy digging your own wildlife pond: hayulls.com/posts/15-steps…

My review of You Can Have a Better Period by @eatlovemove👇 I have sheets of info from this book stuck to my fridge, a refreshing change from the unattainable suggestions of some in the period wellbeing space ☺️ hayulls.com/books/you-can-… @watkinsbooks @WatkinsWisdom #periods

@GoWildForBees @OpenUniversity @Biology_OU @OU_STEM You are so welcome, always happy to chat about study 😊 ♥️

@hayulls @OpenUniversity @Biology_OU @OU_STEM Wowow thats so good of u to share thank u so much this is amazing!!

A lot of scientists, biologists, teachers and uni profs especially follow me, I have a question for you - can you get into uni to study biological sciences without a specific biology qualification, e.g. a levels, and how would you get in without having Science a levels? 💚

Pedantic audiobook listener? Looking for audiobooks without annoying narrators? I've got you 👇 hayulls.com/posts/5-great-… @audibleuk @audible_com @audiobooks_com @LLAudiobooks #bookreviews #audiobooks

The audacity we have as a species pretending we're a league above every other species 😅 I've written about why we need to get rid of the imaginary dividing line between humans and other beings 😊👇

Ever wondered why sometimes there are loads of jellyfish washed up on the beach? ⛱️ 👇 @BBCSpringwatch @WildlifeMag @Natures_Voice @WildlifeTrusts @mcsuk @MARINElife_UK hayulls.com/posts/why-do-j…

@arjones77 Thanks for reading! I agree that calling people names isn't remotely helpful. It's understandable to think it might be harmful but it's extremely unusual for ivy to harm a tree or a wall, and it can often provide benefits. I'm glad you found the post useful 😊😊

Ivy has roots in the ground and isn't a parasite so only uses soft clingers to grab onto a tree/wall. When you cut off its roots it can't get water from the ground so panics and puts out roots further up; this is what damages walls (maybe trees?) not the ivy as it grows. Post 👇