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National Trust - Midlands & East @midsandeastnt.bsky.social · 3d

📣Good news!
Wicken Fen Nature Reserve has recorded 10,000 species of wildlife making it the first known UK site to do so. Records date back 200 years, in the 20th century 13 species new to science were discovered, and in the last 25 years records have surged as the reserve expanded.
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a moth with light and dark brown markings sat on a green reed

a brown water vole eating a green stalk at the waters edge

sunset behind the windmill at Wicken Fen

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · 5d

After six years of home-working and book-writing on makeshift setups — from the kitchen table to a camping table — I finally have a proper desk!

This beautiful piece belonged to Norfolk boatbuilder Harry Last (1900–98). After a bit of polishing, it has a new lease of life as my home office desk.

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · 10d

What a beautiful sunrise this morning on Blakeney Point! Always great to catch up with the NT wardens and UCL academics

Tim Blackburn @mothyblackburn.bsky.social · 10d

A bit of a Blakeney wardens reunion last night. Always great to see @ajaytegala.bsky.social in his natural habitat.

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · 10d

Always great to see, Tim! Happy NT-UCL times on Blakeney Point 🙂

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 17d

Only a few tickets left for the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme 50th Anniversary Conference!

We're looking forward to celebrating 50 incredible years of butterfly monitoring and volunteer achievement. 🎉🦋

Book your free place 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...
#UKBMS50

Promotional banner for the UKBMS 50th Anniversary Conference featuring the logos of Butterfly Conservation, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, BTO, and JNCC. The banner includes an image of a White Admiral butterfly on the right side.

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · 19d

Wonderful! Look forward to seeing you there 😊

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · 19d

Happy Autumn Equinox! Now is the perfect time to plan something magical for the dark nights ahead. This Halloween, join Zoë and I for Witching The Wild Year: a cosy night of wonder with wild tales, ghost stories, folklore and seasonal secrets at Kirk Theatre, Pickering

Book now: bit.ly/47M1qYp

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · 29d

Such a fantastic day @wildsummituk.bsky.social yesterday - a coming together of nature conservation organisations, such unity, much-needed optimism, drive and determination - a pleasure to be part of it with @savebutterflies.bsky.social 🦋

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Wild Summit UK @wildsummituk.bsky.social · Sep 11

Some wonderful events at #WildSummitUK this morning, across our smaller stages

@wwtworldwide.bsky.social has explored what ‘access to nature’ means & we loved hearing the ideas on how to help insects with @savebutterflies.bsky.social, @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social, Buglife & @ajaytegala.bsky.social

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · Sep 9

The #BigButterflyCount results are in 🦋 unfortunately, butterflies have failed to shine despite the hottest UK summer on record - find out more and help support @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · Sep 8

Around 65 cranes flying over the village yesterday - a bit distant, but a very exciting sighting from our garden! (On the Cambs-Norfolk border not far from @wwtworldwide.bsky.social Welney)

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · Sep 3

Such an honour to narrate the latest @nationaltrust.org.uk Wild Tales episode - The Overview Effect featuring astronaut Tim Peake! Listen here: youtu.be/Azduz1E46NU

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · Sep 1

Join our panel of experts from Butterfly Conservation, Buglife and @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social to discuss the latest science and your ideas about what a People’s Rescue Plan for Insects should include!

Do you have a question about insect recovery for our panel? Let us know 💬
@ajaytegala.bsky.social

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · Aug 25

As summer fades, it’s the perfect time to plan something magical for the dark nights ahead. Join Zoë and I for Witching The Wild Year: a cosy night of wonder with wild tales, ghost stories, folklore and seasonal secrets:

30 Oct Talbot Oundle 01832 273621
31 Oct Kirk Theatre Pickering bit.ly/47M1qYp

Cartoon of Zoë smiling in a black pointed hats surrounded by cats, autumn leaves, bats and an orange pumpkin, next to Ajay, also smiling, wearing green and orange and surrounded by robins, seals and more autumn leaves

A cartoon of Zoë Howe in black with cats and magic sparkles behind here, next to Ajay in green with a black labrador, flowers a robin on his shoulder and a butterfly hovering above him

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · Aug 24

Hope you had a great visit to Wicken - sorry to miss you

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · Aug 24

Such a pleasure to welcome @nationaltrust.org.uk youth ambassador @aneeshwar.bsky.social to Wicken Fen yesterday. Aneeshwar is a ray of sunshine! It was wonderful to see his excitement as he explored the Fen for the very first time and became an honourary ranger for a day - helping check the Koniks.

Ajay (in blue shirt) and Aneeshwar (in orange fleece) with their backs to the camera looking towards grazing horses in a grass field with a blue sky above and trees on the distant horizon

Aneeshwar and Ajay facing the camera and smiling, with binoculars around their necks, stood on the boardwalk with green vegetation and the Wicken Fen windmpump in the background

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · Aug 21

Radio 4's Martha Kearney visits Wicken Fen, makes an aeolian harp with Kathy Hinde, learns about the windpump from Gez and chats nature & history with me in today's episode of Open Country - catch up here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hb97

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Wild Summit UK @wildsummituk.bsky.social · Aug 21

With insect species declining across the UK, it’s clear we need a rescue plan🐞

Join the discussion at #WildSummitUK with @savebutterflies.bsky.social, @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social & @ajaytegala.bsky.social putting your suggestions to them🦋

Book tickets👇

wildsummituk.eventbrite.co.uk

A cut out of a butterfly in front of green rolling hills

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · Aug 20

I’ve got a dazzling wildlife encounter to share! Near Cambridge, I heard that unmistakable peep before spotting not one… but a family of kingfishers!

I had a privileged close-up of a juvenile.

Kingfisher sightings are a sign of good fortune, so here’s hoping a little of that magic comes your way!

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · Aug 19

Join us at #WildSummitUK and help shape our rescue plan to save insects 🦋📢

This one-day event brings together campaigners, politicians and communities in Bristol on 11 September for a day devoted to action for nature.

Will we see you there? Get your tickets at 👉 buff.ly/WGbenAR

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People's Trust for Endangered Species @ptes-org.bsky.social · Aug 4

With insect species declining across the UK, it’s clear we need a rescue plan🐞

Join the discussion at #WildSummitUK with @savebutterflies.bsky.social, Buglife, @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social & @ajaytegala.bsky.social and put your suggestions to them🦋

Book your tickets👇
wildsummituk.eventbrite.co.uk

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · Aug 3

11 years, 1 month & 11 days is the longevity record for Swallow in Britain & Ireland! 😮 🪶

You can share your sightings with us by using @birdtrack.bsky.social at www.birdtrack.net

📷 Swallow by Philip Croft/BTO

Swallow in flight against a blue sky showing its long tail streamers, red throat, white belly, and bill that is wide open.

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · Aug 2

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Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social · Aug 2

Did you know, William II - son and successor of William the Conqueror - was killed by an arrow 925 years ago today: 2 August 1100, the day after Lammas. The King of England was hunting in the New Forest at the time.

🎨 Matthew Paris, c.1253
#OnThisDay #history #DidYouKnow

A mid-13th century painting of a king wearing a crown, sat holding a model of a building and a septre, beneath an arch, with a red background

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