Ellen Wilson
@ellenwilson.bsky.social
Love all wildlife and discovering insects, especially sawflies, flies, bugs and beetles plus moths from our garden moth trap; East Lothian
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Very proud to be Colombian right now! 🇨🇴 I hope all neighboring countries follow suit soon! news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Colombia bans all new oil and mining projects in its Amazon
Colombia will no longer approve new oil or large-scale mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory, according to a Nov. 13 statement by its environment ministry. Ac...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Very proud to be Colombian right now! 🇨🇴 I hope all neighboring countries follow suit soon! news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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If you haven't already been persuaded to sign the @nebriefing.bsky.social letter on the rapidly escalating climate and nature crises, this summary of the presentations at the National Emergency Briefing event in Westminster, by Dave Borlace, is really worth a watch:
youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
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December 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If you haven't already been persuaded to sign the @nebriefing.bsky.social letter on the rapidly escalating climate and nature crises, this summary of the presentations at the National Emergency Briefing event in Westminster, by Dave Borlace, is really worth a watch:
youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
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November 14, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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My latest blog piece on the new Scottish Languages Act granting official status to Gaelic and Scots and why these languages are national languages of Scotland.
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The Scottish Languages Act
Scotland’s status as a multilingual country is now recognised in law with the Scottish Languages Act coming into force on St Andrew’s Day. The Act beefs up the legal protections previou…
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December 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My latest blog piece on the new Scottish Languages Act granting official status to Gaelic and Scots and why these languages are national languages of Scotland.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/t...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/t...
Yellow, green and white stripes ‘bejewelled’ with a 7-spot Ladybird on an otherwise ordinary tree today
December 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Yellow, green and white stripes ‘bejewelled’ with a 7-spot Ladybird on an otherwise ordinary tree today
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Eccymatoge callizona - White-spotted Carpet
A new moth visitor to our Perth Hills garden last night and only the second record of this species in Western Australia so far on #inaturalist. Love the black and gold appearance of this moth’s wings.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #nature
A new moth visitor to our Perth Hills garden last night and only the second record of this species in Western Australia so far on #inaturalist. Love the black and gold appearance of this moth’s wings.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #nature
November 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Eccymatoge callizona - White-spotted Carpet
A new moth visitor to our Perth Hills garden last night and only the second record of this species in Western Australia so far on #inaturalist. Love the black and gold appearance of this moth’s wings.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #nature
A new moth visitor to our Perth Hills garden last night and only the second record of this species in Western Australia so far on #inaturalist. Love the black and gold appearance of this moth’s wings.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #nature
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Whooper Swans, sounding like a brass band falling down the stairs. Sound up. #ukbirding
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Whooper Swans, sounding like a brass band falling down the stairs. Sound up. #ukbirding
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Whilst waiting for a tyre change in Inverness found this Kingfisher feeding on the coast at Merkinch, I always find it a bit weird seeing them on the sea especially when they are sat amongst a flock of Hooded Crows! #highlandbirds
November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Whilst waiting for a tyre change in Inverness found this Kingfisher feeding on the coast at Merkinch, I always find it a bit weird seeing them on the sea especially when they are sat amongst a flock of Hooded Crows! #highlandbirds
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Tentative signs of recovery in insectivorous birds in France following ban of neonicotinoid pesticides in 2018 - but further actions needed to recover populations www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Weak recovery of insectivorous bird populations after ban of neonicotinoids in France, hinting at lasting impacts
Neonicotinoids are expected to play a significant role in the decline of bird populations through their adverse effects on food resources (primarily i…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Tentative signs of recovery in insectivorous birds in France following ban of neonicotinoid pesticides in 2018 - but further actions needed to recover populations www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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NEW WEBSITE FEATURE: Westminster Voting Intention Polling Dashboard
🌈 Current Weighted Polling Average
📅 Latest Poll from Each Pollster
📊 Smoothed Weighted-Average Chart
📈 Sortable Table of all Polls since GE2024
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
🌈 Current Weighted Polling Average
📅 Latest Poll from Each Pollster
📊 Smoothed Weighted-Average Chart
📈 Sortable Table of all Polls since GE2024
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
NEW WEBSITE FEATURE: Westminster Voting Intention Polling Dashboard
🌈 Current Weighted Polling Average
📅 Latest Poll from Each Pollster
📊 Smoothed Weighted-Average Chart
📈 Sortable Table of all Polls since GE2024
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
🌈 Current Weighted Polling Average
📅 Latest Poll from Each Pollster
📊 Smoothed Weighted-Average Chart
📈 Sortable Table of all Polls since GE2024
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
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Hundreds of chicks clubbed to death every year for "tradition" - sign the petition to end it: protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petit...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Hundreds of chicks clubbed to death every year for "tradition" - sign the petition to end it: protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petit...
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Something to celebrate - our 2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker report - successful breeding season, the most nests monitored & highest number of chicks fledged per nest since we started in 2015. Acoustic monitoring giving amazing results too, download here www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/images/L_S_W...
November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Something to celebrate - our 2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker report - successful breeding season, the most nests monitored & highest number of chicks fledged per nest since we started in 2015. Acoustic monitoring giving amazing results too, download here www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/images/L_S_W...
I’ve just swapped to Ecotalk as ALL their profits go to help nature! And it’s way cheaper than my original mobile provider - plans start at £5 a month…
www.ecotalk.co.uk
www.ecotalk.co.uk
Green Mobile Network
Join the world's greenest mobile network. You'll get a great deal, the best network coverage, superb customer service and you'll help protect nature in Britain
www.ecotalk.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I’ve just swapped to Ecotalk as ALL their profits go to help nature! And it’s way cheaper than my original mobile provider - plans start at £5 a month…
www.ecotalk.co.uk
www.ecotalk.co.uk
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More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
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Checked out our shiny new website yet?
bsbi.org
New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID?
We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area.
Seasoned botanist?
All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!
bsbi.org
New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID?
We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area.
Seasoned botanist?
All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Checked out our shiny new website yet?
bsbi.org
New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID?
We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area.
Seasoned botanist?
All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!
bsbi.org
New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID?
We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area.
Seasoned botanist?
All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!
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These railings alongside the River Ely look clean & empty but, if you look more closely, you'll find the undersides are covered in thick green lichen &, feeding there, tens of Ramshorn bagworms (Luffia lapidella) in their lichen-covered casings. I even found what looks like empty pupae. #TeamMoth
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
These railings alongside the River Ely look clean & empty but, if you look more closely, you'll find the undersides are covered in thick green lichen &, feeding there, tens of Ramshorn bagworms (Luffia lapidella) in their lichen-covered casings. I even found what looks like empty pupae. #TeamMoth
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Our AIDGAP sale is back! 🌿
Save up to 25% on selected identification guides and atlases — from plant galls to wasps, perfect for autumn and winter learning.
Shop now: buff.ly/IRByfaa
Save up to 25% on selected identification guides and atlases — from plant galls to wasps, perfect for autumn and winter learning.
Shop now: buff.ly/IRByfaa
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Our AIDGAP sale is back! 🌿
Save up to 25% on selected identification guides and atlases — from plant galls to wasps, perfect for autumn and winter learning.
Shop now: buff.ly/IRByfaa
Save up to 25% on selected identification guides and atlases — from plant galls to wasps, perfect for autumn and winter learning.
Shop now: buff.ly/IRByfaa
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3/ For more on why communities should have the powers to own rivers, woods and moors, have a read of @tomchance.bsky.social's excellent letter here: www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-eve...
And here's a piece I wrote on this: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
And here's a piece I wrote on this: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
Why communities need the power to own environmental assets - Power to Change
Imagine if as well as pubs and village halls, communities could dream big and purchase beloved rivers, woods, and peat bogs. A tweak to Labour’s forthcoming ...
www.powertochange.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
3/ For more on why communities should have the powers to own rivers, woods and moors, have a read of @tomchance.bsky.social's excellent letter here: www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-eve...
And here's a piece I wrote on this: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
And here's a piece I wrote on this: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
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2/ Big thanks to @simonforstroud.bsky.social for tabling amendments 107 and 108 & to the 9 MPs who have so far added their support!
These would extend the Community Right to Buy to environmental assets, provided the land isn't earmarked for development:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
These would extend the Community Right to Buy to environmental assets, provided the land isn't earmarked for development:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
2/ Big thanks to @simonforstroud.bsky.social for tabling amendments 107 and 108 & to the 9 MPs who have so far added their support!
These would extend the Community Right to Buy to environmental assets, provided the land isn't earmarked for development:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
These would extend the Community Right to Buy to environmental assets, provided the land isn't earmarked for development:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
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Some butterflies from a recent trip to New Orleans. These were all taken in the sculpture garden and botanical garden in City Park.
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Some butterflies from a recent trip to New Orleans. These were all taken in the sculpture garden and botanical garden in City Park.
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Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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The roadside 'flight diverters' cut monarch deaths by about 50 percent.
Texas' new 'butterfly nets' are saving monarchs from becoming roadkill
The roadside 'flight diverters' cut monarch deaths by about 50 percent.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The roadside 'flight diverters' cut monarch deaths by about 50 percent.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM