He's issued a plea
May is here and, if you haven't done so already, you'll almost certainly be thinking that it's time to mow the lawn. But Sir David Attenborough is asking you not to.
This is because insects and wildflowers use lawns to breed, pollinate and otherwise maintain a healthy ecosystem at this time of year, and shredding the grass down interferes with all that, killing off lots of insects that are an essential - and increasingly threatened - part of our ecosystem. If those insects die off, we all die off eventually.
"But with nature friendly farming, meadows can be restored to provide a haven for wildlife. It's all about the timing. Delaying mowing until mid-July allows birds and insects to complete their breeding and flowers to set their seed."
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