Mandy Jones
@littlemandzy.bsky.social
Gardener for #wildlife
Churchyard rewilder
#insect paparazza #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #insects #climate
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Mandy Jones
@littlemandzy.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hairy shieldbug nymphs on Silene hampeana seed heads, August 24
'We come here every year, the weather's always nice'
Woundwort shield bug on poppy seed head in my Devon garden, August.
#shieldbug
#insects
#insectmacro
Woundwort shield bug on poppy seed head in my Devon garden, August.
#shieldbug
#insects
#insectmacro
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
'We come here every year, the weather's always nice'
Woundwort shield bug on poppy seed head in my Devon garden, August.
#shieldbug
#insects
#insectmacro
Woundwort shield bug on poppy seed head in my Devon garden, August.
#shieldbug
#insects
#insectmacro
Ichneumon wasp confirmed as Eurylabus tristis on white Lychnis in my Devon garden, August. Its unfortunate Lychnis moth host is just about visible.
#ichneumonidae
#ichneumonwasp
#macroinsect
#insects
#ichneumonidae
#ichneumonwasp
#macroinsect
#insects
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ichneumon wasp confirmed as Eurylabus tristis on white Lychnis in my Devon garden, August. Its unfortunate Lychnis moth host is just about visible.
#ichneumonidae
#ichneumonwasp
#macroinsect
#insects
#ichneumonidae
#ichneumonwasp
#macroinsect
#insects
Phew, glad to get that off.
Southern Hawker shedding its exoskeleton near my pond.
#dragonfly
#insects
#insectphotography
#southernhawker
#UKwildlife
Southern Hawker shedding its exoskeleton near my pond.
#dragonfly
#insects
#insectphotography
#southernhawker
#UKwildlife
July 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Phew, glad to get that off.
Southern Hawker shedding its exoskeleton near my pond.
#dragonfly
#insects
#insectphotography
#southernhawker
#UKwildlife
Southern Hawker shedding its exoskeleton near my pond.
#dragonfly
#insects
#insectphotography
#southernhawker
#UKwildlife
Hummingbird hawk moth recovering after being trapped in garage. Placed on centranthus flower.
#moth
#hummingbirdhawkmoth
#hawkmoth
#insects
#insectphotography
#moth
#hummingbirdhawkmoth
#hawkmoth
#insects
#insectphotography
July 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Hummingbird hawk moth recovering after being trapped in garage. Placed on centranthus flower.
#moth
#hummingbirdhawkmoth
#hawkmoth
#insects
#insectphotography
#moth
#hummingbirdhawkmoth
#hawkmoth
#insects
#insectphotography
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Utterly appalling. Swift bricks are a simple, effective and cheap measure that will help save these beautiful birds from extinction.
Here's the petition linked in the article:
38d.gs/cdpr
Here's the petition linked in the article:
38d.gs/cdpr
Sign the petition: Save Our Swifts
Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition ...
38d.gs
May 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Utterly appalling. Swift bricks are a simple, effective and cheap measure that will help save these beautiful birds from extinction.
Here's the petition linked in the article:
38d.gs/cdpr
Here's the petition linked in the article:
38d.gs/cdpr
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Swifts are amazing. A single swift can fly 2 million miles in its lifetime with a top speed of nearly 70 mph 😳 Yet they’re under pressure as never before. Please do as @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social asks - lobby your MP to overturn this Govt’s obdurate refusal to mandate swift bricks in new homes 👇
May 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Swifts are amazing. A single swift can fly 2 million miles in its lifetime with a top speed of nearly 70 mph 😳 Yet they’re under pressure as never before. Please do as @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social asks - lobby your MP to overturn this Govt’s obdurate refusal to mandate swift bricks in new homes 👇
#MourningBee on dandelion in my garden.
#wildbees #solitarybees #beemacro #Melectaalbifrons
#naturephotography
#UKnature #insects
#wildbees #solitarybees #beemacro #Melectaalbifrons
#naturephotography
#UKnature #insects
April 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
#MourningBee on dandelion in my garden.
#wildbees #solitarybees #beemacro #Melectaalbifrons
#naturephotography
#UKnature #insects
#wildbees #solitarybees #beemacro #Melectaalbifrons
#naturephotography
#UKnature #insects
Finally got a photo of Dotted Bee Fly feeding on flower.
#Bombyliusdiscolor
#DottedBeeFly
#Insects
#InsectMacro
#NaturePhotography
#Bombyliusdiscolor
#DottedBeeFly
#Insects
#InsectMacro
#NaturePhotography
April 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Finally got a photo of Dotted Bee Fly feeding on flower.
#Bombyliusdiscolor
#DottedBeeFly
#Insects
#InsectMacro
#NaturePhotography
#Bombyliusdiscolor
#DottedBeeFly
#Insects
#InsectMacro
#NaturePhotography
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I finally sit down for a one on one with gamekeeper Glenn Massacre (@mrhenrymorris.bsky.social) and it gets HEATED !
We discuss what constitutes 'vermin' and how he ALWAYS follows the letter of the law .
Please sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting now govpetition.uk/700036
We discuss what constitutes 'vermin' and how he ALWAYS follows the letter of the law .
Please sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting now govpetition.uk/700036
March 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I finally sit down for a one on one with gamekeeper Glenn Massacre (@mrhenrymorris.bsky.social) and it gets HEATED !
We discuss what constitutes 'vermin' and how he ALWAYS follows the letter of the law .
Please sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting now govpetition.uk/700036
We discuss what constitutes 'vermin' and how he ALWAYS follows the letter of the law .
Please sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting now govpetition.uk/700036
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Jeremy Clarkson is scapegoating badgers for bTB and has reportedly slaughtered them all on his land. This is disgusting, cruel, and ignorant.
You know what he’d really hate? If you shared this and signed the petition to end the badger cull. Let’s do it
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
You know what he’d really hate? If you shared this and signed the petition to end the badger cull. Let’s do it
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
January 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Jeremy Clarkson is scapegoating badgers for bTB and has reportedly slaughtered them all on his land. This is disgusting, cruel, and ignorant.
You know what he’d really hate? If you shared this and signed the petition to end the badger cull. Let’s do it
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
You know what he’d really hate? If you shared this and signed the petition to end the badger cull. Let’s do it
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Invasive #flatworm Parakontikia ventrolineata in damp spots in my Devon garden last summer. Scavenger species, with numerous small eyes. (ID and info courtesy of NHM flatworm expert Hugh Jones.)
#macro #gardening #nature #wildlifegardening
#invasivespecies
#macro #gardening #nature #wildlifegardening
#invasivespecies
January 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Invasive #flatworm Parakontikia ventrolineata in damp spots in my Devon garden last summer. Scavenger species, with numerous small eyes. (ID and info courtesy of NHM flatworm expert Hugh Jones.)
#macro #gardening #nature #wildlifegardening
#invasivespecies
#macro #gardening #nature #wildlifegardening
#invasivespecies
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In case there was any confusion on Elon, a handy guide:
January 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
In case there was any confusion on Elon, a handy guide:
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To the crowds cheering Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement:
Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect?
Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse?
Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?
Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect?
Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse?
Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?
January 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
To the crowds cheering Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement:
Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect?
Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse?
Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?
Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect?
Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse?
Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?
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Drill, Baby Drill - Burn, Baby Burn...
January 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Drill, Baby Drill - Burn, Baby Burn...
Last summer’s red mason bees all cleaned up and stored safely until Spring. Not nearly as many as I expected, many tubes sealed but with no cocoons, which appears to be an issue nationally. Still, I have some! Apparently the larger ones are female.
#masonbees #wildbees #insects #insectgardener
#masonbees #wildbees #insects #insectgardener
January 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Last summer’s red mason bees all cleaned up and stored safely until Spring. Not nearly as many as I expected, many tubes sealed but with no cocoons, which appears to be an issue nationally. Still, I have some! Apparently the larger ones are female.
#masonbees #wildbees #insects #insectgardener
#masonbees #wildbees #insects #insectgardener
Uninvited guests …
January 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Uninvited guests …
Tomorrow I shall deactivate my #Instagram account. So much has gone into this over the years, it breaks my heart. But …
#FactsMatter #TruthMatters
#ModerationMatters
#Zuckerberg #HopeNotHate
#HelloQuitteX
#FactsMatter #TruthMatters
#ModerationMatters
#Zuckerberg #HopeNotHate
#HelloQuitteX
January 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Tomorrow I shall deactivate my #Instagram account. So much has gone into this over the years, it breaks my heart. But …
#FactsMatter #TruthMatters
#ModerationMatters
#Zuckerberg #HopeNotHate
#HelloQuitteX
#FactsMatter #TruthMatters
#ModerationMatters
#Zuckerberg #HopeNotHate
#HelloQuitteX
‘…fertilisers create conditions that allow fast-growing grasses to dominate, crowding out other grasses and flowers … ‘
#biodiversityloss #insectsUK #fertilisers
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#biodiversityloss #insectsUK #fertilisers
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
High fertiliser use halves numbers of pollinators, world’s longest study finds
Even average use of nitrogen fertilisers cut flower numbers fivefold and halved pollinating insects
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
‘…fertilisers create conditions that allow fast-growing grasses to dominate, crowding out other grasses and flowers … ‘
#biodiversityloss #insectsUK #fertilisers
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#biodiversityloss #insectsUK #fertilisers
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
December 20, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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We’re expanding out for day 13 of my hunting crimes (b)advent with @huntsabs.bsky.social – it’s the horrific Quantock Staghounds .
We must close the loopholes and exemptions in the Hunting Act - we need a #RealBanNow
We must close the loopholes and exemptions in the Hunting Act - we need a #RealBanNow
December 13, 2024 at 4:07 PM
We’re expanding out for day 13 of my hunting crimes (b)advent with @huntsabs.bsky.social – it’s the horrific Quantock Staghounds .
We must close the loopholes and exemptions in the Hunting Act - we need a #RealBanNow
We must close the loopholes and exemptions in the Hunting Act - we need a #RealBanNow
December 13, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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If a glacier is in equilibrium, it has a stable mass balance. The amount of mass added to the glacier over the year (mainly from snowfall) matches the mass that it loses (for mountain glaciers, mainly through melting).
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An introduction to Glacier Mass Balance
Glacier mass balance | Measuring mass balance | Mass balance gradients | Mass balance through time | Further reading | References | Comments | Glacier mass balance The mass balance of a glacier is a c...
www.antarcticglaciers.org
September 3, 2024 at 8:13 AM
If a glacier is in equilibrium, it has a stable mass balance. The amount of mass added to the glacier over the year (mainly from snowfall) matches the mass that it loses (for mountain glaciers, mainly through melting).
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Opened bedroom curtains to see our resident blackbird tucking into crab apples. Usually they wait until end of winter. Perhaps the warm autumn ripened fruits earlier … Amazed I could get this shot through our 24-pane listed window, smeared in dirt courtesy of Storm Darragh.
December 12, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Opened bedroom curtains to see our resident blackbird tucking into crab apples. Usually they wait until end of winter. Perhaps the warm autumn ripened fruits earlier … Amazed I could get this shot through our 24-pane listed window, smeared in dirt courtesy of Storm Darragh.