@bogtrotter2024.bsky.social
Passionate about environmental conservation & wildlife. Peatland campaigner & field naturalist.🦋 Yorkshire & Humberhead Levels area.
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England's bathing water results are out! I've mapped them here:
MAP: watershedinvestigations.com/find-out-wha...
Defra says it's an improvement but I'm not so sure. A few thoughts here about what the results don't tell you:
watershedinvestigations.com/the-environm...
MAP: watershedinvestigations.com/find-out-wha...
Defra says it's an improvement but I'm not so sure. A few thoughts here about what the results don't tell you:
watershedinvestigations.com/the-environm...
England’s bathing water results are out, but do they tell the full story? - Watershed Investigations
The Environment Agency has released England’s latest bathing water classifications and Defra is calling the results a success, but the testing regime masks a host of potential problems.
watershedinvestigations.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
England's bathing water results are out! I've mapped them here:
MAP: watershedinvestigations.com/find-out-wha...
Defra says it's an improvement but I'm not so sure. A few thoughts here about what the results don't tell you:
watershedinvestigations.com/the-environm...
MAP: watershedinvestigations.com/find-out-wha...
Defra says it's an improvement but I'm not so sure. A few thoughts here about what the results don't tell you:
watershedinvestigations.com/the-environm...
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Sunday book review: Spiders and Harvestmen of Yorkshire by @ecology-digest.bsky.social
Publisher: Pisces
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/16/s...
@ynuorg.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social @yorkshiredales.org.uk @northyorkmoors.org.uk @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social
Publisher: Pisces
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/16/s...
@ynuorg.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social @yorkshiredales.org.uk @northyorkmoors.org.uk @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Sunday book review: Spiders and Harvestmen of Yorkshire by @ecology-digest.bsky.social
Publisher: Pisces
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/16/s...
@ynuorg.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social @yorkshiredales.org.uk @northyorkmoors.org.uk @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social
Publisher: Pisces
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/16/s...
@ynuorg.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social @yorkshiredales.org.uk @northyorkmoors.org.uk @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social
Yeah, look what's just landed, thanks @markavery.bsky.social If it's as good as the likes of your "Message from Martha" then the only down side is it'll not take me long to read🙂👍😉 Also like the excellent artwork by Ian Rees which breaks up the monthly entries👍
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yeah, look what's just landed, thanks @markavery.bsky.social If it's as good as the likes of your "Message from Martha" then the only down side is it'll not take me long to read🙂👍😉 Also like the excellent artwork by Ian Rees which breaks up the monthly entries👍
"Helena Dollimore, the MP for Hastings and Rye, suspects the beads may have been spilled by a local water treatment centre and has written to the Southern Water chief executive, Lawrence Gosden, demanding an explanation."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands
Southern Water is being investigated amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"Helena Dollimore, the MP for Hastings and Rye, suspects the beads may have been spilled by a local water treatment centre and has written to the Southern Water chief executive, Lawrence Gosden, demanding an explanation."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for bird flu via the forms below ⬇️
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/.../daera-de....
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/.../daera-de....
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report
Report dead wild birds
How to report dead wild birds.
www.gov.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for bird flu via the forms below ⬇️
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/.../daera-de....
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/.../daera-de....
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report
How confident are the public in the water industry I wonder?
Sources for the drinking water of 6 million people in England so contaminated with PFAS forever chemicals, the Drinking Water Inspectorate has ordered water companies to act.
Our story featured on @BBCr4today this morning + here on BBC Online:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our story featured on @BBCr4today this morning + here on BBC Online:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water for 6m people - BBC News
The persistent pollutants which build up in the environment have been linked to serious illnesses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
How confident are the public in the water industry I wonder?
How confident are the public in the water industry I wonder?
"Industry body Water UK said it was confident drinking water was safe."
"But Water UK called for a ban on the chemicals to prevent accumulation."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Industry body Water UK said it was confident drinking water was safe."
"But Water UK called for a ban on the chemicals to prevent accumulation."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water for 6m people - BBC News
The persistent pollutants which build up in the environment have been linked to serious illnesses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
How confident are the public in the water industry I wonder?
"Industry body Water UK said it was confident drinking water was safe."
"But Water UK called for a ban on the chemicals to prevent accumulation."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Industry body Water UK said it was confident drinking water was safe."
"But Water UK called for a ban on the chemicals to prevent accumulation."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Exclusive: mercury from fillings, belched out of crematoria, is getting into our rivers and fish. More than 98% of fish & mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above proposed EU limits. 43 countries have banned it. Why not here you might ask...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings
Exclusive: More than 98% of fish and mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above EU safety limits
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Exclusive: mercury from fillings, belched out of crematoria, is getting into our rivers and fish. More than 98% of fish & mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above proposed EU limits. 43 countries have banned it. Why not here you might ask...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
October 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
"During the scrutiny of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Act we took detailed evidence on the role of muirburn in wildfire risk. There is very little credible evidence to support the hunting and shooting lobby’s ridiculous claim that these practices have any role in preventing wildfires“.
Imagine being a Minister in Scottish Govt & sanctioning 6 months of torching this sensitive & important carbon-sequestering habitat, in a climate emergency & against will of Parliament, just so a handful of wealthy elites can get off on killing Red Grouse.
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/30/s...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/30/s...
Scottish Govt fiddles while grouse moors burn
Earlier this month the Scottish Government announced a delay, for the second time, of the implementation of muirburn licensing after caving in to pressure from aggressive lobbying by the grouse sho…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"During the scrutiny of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Act we took detailed evidence on the role of muirburn in wildfire risk. There is very little credible evidence to support the hunting and shooting lobby’s ridiculous claim that these practices have any role in preventing wildfires“.
"This year, for the first time, the amount of krill fished in Antarctic waters reached what scientists believe is an unsustainable level."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing
‘Trumped-up’ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid Pshenichnov
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"This year, for the first time, the amount of krill fished in Antarctic waters reached what scientists believe is an unsustainable level."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Interesting, of course. The coffee is expensive because the palm civet droppings used to be hand collected in the wild. The trouble is they now trap the civets, cage them and feed them coffee until they die. The coffee is still expensive and now cruel....
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This luxury ‘cat poo’ coffee has a unique flavour: what’s behind it?
Civets enrich coffee beans they eat and excrete with two fatty acids often used in dairy products, study finds.
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Interesting, of course. The coffee is expensive because the palm civet droppings used to be hand collected in the wild. The trouble is they now trap the civets, cage them and feed them coffee until they die. The coffee is still expensive and now cruel....
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The Highland Cops programme demonstrates the evidential difficulties faced by the police when investigating suspected wildlife crimes, particularly those that take place on privately-owned gamebird shooting estates ......
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/24/b...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/24/b...
BBC’s Highland Cops programme features investigation into shot out Goshawk nest in Cairngorms National Park
The BBC’s Highland Cops programme has entered its third series and episode 2 features the police investigation in to an active Goshawk nest that had been shot out on a sporting estate near Ki…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Highland Cops programme demonstrates the evidential difficulties faced by the police when investigating suspected wildlife crimes, particularly those that take place on privately-owned gamebird shooting estates ......
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/24/b...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/24/b...
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"SNP caves to shooting lobby" - reactions to Scottish Government's decision to delay muirburn licensing (again) raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/11/s...
“SNP caves to shooting lobby” – reactions to Scottish Government’s decision to delay muirburn licensing (again)
As expected, the Scottish Government’s announcement on Thursday that it has delayed the implementation of muirburn licensing (for the second time) has been met with anger. Scottish Greens MSP…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"SNP caves to shooting lobby" - reactions to Scottish Government's decision to delay muirburn licensing (again) raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/11/s...
One of the world's smallest moths found on Hatfield Moors SSSI Doncaster Naturalists' Society fungus foray delivers Enteucha acetosae for a delighted @yorkshireeden.bsky.social Thought to be Yorkshire's first record of this species @andydnunn.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social #TeamMoth
October 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
One of the world's smallest moths found on Hatfield Moors SSSI Doncaster Naturalists' Society fungus foray delivers Enteucha acetosae for a delighted @yorkshireeden.bsky.social Thought to be Yorkshire's first record of this species @andydnunn.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social #TeamMoth
Calling citizen scientists / mycologists, please consider helping ....
"This autumn, help Plantlife find Britain’s most colourful and important fungi – waxcaps."
#Fungi #Waxcaps
www.plantlife.org.uk/waxcapwatch/
"This autumn, help Plantlife find Britain’s most colourful and important fungi – waxcaps."
#Fungi #Waxcaps
www.plantlife.org.uk/waxcapwatch/
Take part in Waxcap Watch 2025 - Plantlife
This autumn, help us find the UK’s grassland waxcaps. Knowing where waxcaps are thriving helps us to protect ancient meadows.
www.plantlife.org.uk
October 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Calling citizen scientists / mycologists, please consider helping ....
"This autumn, help Plantlife find Britain’s most colourful and important fungi – waxcaps."
#Fungi #Waxcaps
www.plantlife.org.uk/waxcapwatch/
"This autumn, help Plantlife find Britain’s most colourful and important fungi – waxcaps."
#Fungi #Waxcaps
www.plantlife.org.uk/waxcapwatch/
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#Arachtober is a good month to remind folk my book #SpidersAndHarvestmenOfYorkshire by @naturebureau.bsky.social ought to be available to purchase by the end of the month.
It’s not too late to get a pre-publication offer here: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
It’s not too late to get a pre-publication offer here: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
Spiders & Harvestmen of Yorkshire – An Atlas naturebureau.co.uk
NatureBureau - one company, two passions. NatureBureau is a design and ecological consultancy, established more than 30 years ago. We combine ecological expertise with a distinctive style in graphic d...
www.naturebureau.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
#Arachtober is a good month to remind folk my book #SpidersAndHarvestmenOfYorkshire by @naturebureau.bsky.social ought to be available to purchase by the end of the month.
It’s not too late to get a pre-publication offer here: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
It’s not too late to get a pre-publication offer here: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
Anyone help with ID of these pupae would be appreciated, quite a few on various spp hedgerow plants #HumberheadLevels today #Lepidoptera #Butterflies
@rlewington2.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @brianecambs.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
@rlewington2.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @brianecambs.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Anyone help with ID of these pupae would be appreciated, quite a few on various spp hedgerow plants #HumberheadLevels today #Lepidoptera #Butterflies
@rlewington2.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @brianecambs.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
@rlewington2.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @brianecambs.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
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This was a massive distraction project, intended to draw attention away from the ongoing illegal killing on northern UK grouse moors.
Maybe now NE & Defra will put their (our!) money where it really needs to go - on ramped up enforcement.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/16/g...
Maybe now NE & Defra will put their (our!) money where it really needs to go - on ramped up enforcement.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/16/g...
Good news! Natural England pulls the plug on ‘reintroduction’ of Hen Harriers to southern England
It’s been a long time coming, but today Natural England has announced it is finally pulling the plug on it’s project to ‘reintroduce’ Hen Harriers to southern England. It ma…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
September 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This was a massive distraction project, intended to draw attention away from the ongoing illegal killing on northern UK grouse moors.
Maybe now NE & Defra will put their (our!) money where it really needs to go - on ramped up enforcement.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/16/g...
Maybe now NE & Defra will put their (our!) money where it really needs to go - on ramped up enforcement.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/16/g...
Wonder what 'predator' removed the end of this chrysalis to feed (?) on its contents? Hymenoptera spp perhaps? #HumberheadLevels #Parasitica @ianbeavis.bsky.social @suillia.bsky.social @brianecambs.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Wonder what 'predator' removed the end of this chrysalis to feed (?) on its contents? Hymenoptera spp perhaps? #HumberheadLevels #Parasitica @ianbeavis.bsky.social @suillia.bsky.social @brianecambs.bsky.social
Suggestions for the ID of the little critter on this Alder leaf would be appreciated (zoom in to see), looks like might be a beetle larva? There are intriguing patterns created as well as just round holes in other nearby leaves. #Entomology #Coleoptera #HumberheadLevels @brianecambs.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Suggestions for the ID of the little critter on this Alder leaf would be appreciated (zoom in to see), looks like might be a beetle larva? There are intriguing patterns created as well as just round holes in other nearby leaves. #Entomology #Coleoptera #HumberheadLevels @brianecambs.bsky.social
Signs of Autumn, after the agricultural harvest there comes nature's offering in the #HumberheadLevels
Narrow rural roads with dykes either side with vast expanses of industrialised monocultures
Should it be farmed for #Food or #Energy? #Sustainability #Peat #Soils #Solar
Narrow rural roads with dykes either side with vast expanses of industrialised monocultures
Should it be farmed for #Food or #Energy? #Sustainability #Peat #Soils #Solar
September 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Signs of Autumn, after the agricultural harvest there comes nature's offering in the #HumberheadLevels
Narrow rural roads with dykes either side with vast expanses of industrialised monocultures
Should it be farmed for #Food or #Energy? #Sustainability #Peat #Soils #Solar
Narrow rural roads with dykes either side with vast expanses of industrialised monocultures
Should it be farmed for #Food or #Energy? #Sustainability #Peat #Soils #Solar
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Liquid oozing from landfill + industrial waste + sewage - treated for pathogens then split, the solid part spread on farmland, the liquid part released into rivers - what could go wrong?
Our latest article out now:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Our latest article out now:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms
Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Liquid oozing from landfill + industrial waste + sewage - treated for pathogens then split, the solid part spread on farmland, the liquid part released into rivers - what could go wrong?
Our latest article out now:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Our latest article out now:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...