Mark Tutton
@marktutton.bsky.social
Nature lover especially butterflies and orchids - fishing a passion since childhood
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After 200 people supported plans for a new wildlife hospital, it been refused permission following 15 objections. Currently volunteers are caring for 1,000 cases a year from a suburban home. Whether they find another site could decide the future of the service.
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Plans for new wildlife hospital rejected despite urgent need
A proposed wildlife hospital in Kirtling has been refused planning permission despite warnings local rescue capacity is collapsing
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
After 200 people supported plans for a new wildlife hospital, it been refused permission following 15 objections. Currently volunteers are caring for 1,000 cases a year from a suburban home. Whether they find another site could decide the future of the service.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Malaxis brachypoda, our rare White Adder's-mouth orchid, blooming somewhere in JeffCo. This is the rarest #orchid in Colorado. #orchids #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to July 18 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to July 18 🌿
January 18, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Malaxis brachypoda, our rare White Adder's-mouth orchid, blooming somewhere in JeffCo. This is the rarest #orchid in Colorado. #orchids #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to July 18 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to July 18 🌿
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Palantir was a warning sign.
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
January 18, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Palantir was a warning sign.
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
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Just a month ago the UK agreed to a deal in which the NHS has to pay £3bn a year more for US drugs.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
January 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Just a month ago the UK agreed to a deal in which the NHS has to pay £3bn a year more for US drugs.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
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It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Does anyone else think Common Earwig is declining? It used to be something that turned up on any site you visited, but it seems a long time since I've seen one.
Lots of Earwig activity at Cali Heath @yorkswildlife.bsky.social reserve today, with individuals burrowing into the sandy turf, leaving just the formidable pincers exposed. Common enough, but actually rather extraordinary things. @ynuorg.bsky.social #ukwildlife
January 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Does anyone else think Common Earwig is declining? It used to be something that turned up on any site you visited, but it seems a long time since I've seen one.
Yet another Mexican biologist kidnapped - hope he doesn’t meet the same fate as the others 😢
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January 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Yet another Mexican biologist kidnapped - hope he doesn’t meet the same fate as the others 😢
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Shocking news: 26 of the 72 remaining #Javan #Rhinos 🦏 were poached recently from Ujung Kulon National Park, #Indonesia making their protection even more serious. End disgusting #poaching! Help them survive when you #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-91C
January 2, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Shocking news: 26 of the 72 remaining #Javan #Rhinos 🦏 were poached recently from Ujung Kulon National Park, #Indonesia making their protection even more serious. End disgusting #poaching! Help them survive when you #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-91C
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What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
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With every extinction, we lose not just a species but a treasure trove of knowledge...
phys.org/news/2025-12...
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With every extinction, we lose not just a species but a treasure trove of knowledge
The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ripple effect throughout the ecosystems it existed within.
phys.org
January 1, 2026 at 9:26 AM
With every extinction, we lose not just a species but a treasure trove of knowledge...
phys.org/news/2025-12...
phys.org/news/2025-12...
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🐸Granular poison frog (Oophaga granulifera).
Max. size 20 mm (0.8").
Oophaga means 'egg eater'. The female deposits unfertilized eggs for the tadpoles to eat in their tiny temporary bodies of water.
Found in Costa Rica and Panama.
Considered Vulnerable by the IUCN.
📷by Ivan Rojas on Pexels
Max. size 20 mm (0.8").
Oophaga means 'egg eater'. The female deposits unfertilized eggs for the tadpoles to eat in their tiny temporary bodies of water.
Found in Costa Rica and Panama.
Considered Vulnerable by the IUCN.
📷by Ivan Rojas on Pexels
December 31, 2025 at 2:12 AM
🐸Granular poison frog (Oophaga granulifera).
Max. size 20 mm (0.8").
Oophaga means 'egg eater'. The female deposits unfertilized eggs for the tadpoles to eat in their tiny temporary bodies of water.
Found in Costa Rica and Panama.
Considered Vulnerable by the IUCN.
📷by Ivan Rojas on Pexels
Max. size 20 mm (0.8").
Oophaga means 'egg eater'. The female deposits unfertilized eggs for the tadpoles to eat in their tiny temporary bodies of water.
Found in Costa Rica and Panama.
Considered Vulnerable by the IUCN.
📷by Ivan Rojas on Pexels
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A shark that lived 115 million years ago surpassed the size of modern-day great whites, paleontologists discovered
15 Million Years before the Megalodon, This Giant Ancient Shark Prowled the Oceans
A humungous shark that lived 115 million years ago surpassed the size of modern-day great whites, paleontologists discovered
www.scientificamerican.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A shark that lived 115 million years ago surpassed the size of modern-day great whites, paleontologists discovered
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Formally categorised as extinct on the IUCN Red List in 2025
🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
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🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Declared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost
Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, they’re now formally categorized as extinct on the IUCN Red List, considered the...
news.mongabay.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Formally categorised as extinct on the IUCN Red List in 2025
🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
In late summer I take some time to look for the early stages of the Purple Emperor. Here are the first three - egg, first instar and second instar. Hopefully the third instar caterpillars are safely tucked up in a leaf scar or fork waiting for spring.
December 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
In late summer I take some time to look for the early stages of the Purple Emperor. Here are the first three - egg, first instar and second instar. Hopefully the third instar caterpillars are safely tucked up in a leaf scar or fork waiting for spring.
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Great to know that our @greenwingstours.bsky.social tours make a valuable contribution to science, as well as being great fun and rewarding experiences for all our guests and guides!
📢 NEW #orchid discovered on our 2025 #RhodesOrchidOdyssey tour!
🌟Ophrys chiosica was found by us this April. A species that was previously thought to be endemic to Chios Island.
🌟It’s the 2nd orchid we’ve added to the island list from our tours, Ophrys samia being the other one.
🌟Ophrys chiosica was found by us this April. A species that was previously thought to be endemic to Chios Island.
🌟It’s the 2nd orchid we’ve added to the island list from our tours, Ophrys samia being the other one.
December 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Great to know that our @greenwingstours.bsky.social tours make a valuable contribution to science, as well as being great fun and rewarding experiences for all our guests and guides!
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The present global economic system has only one setting: destruction of everything that has true value for profit.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Thousand of bulldozers on the way to flatten over 5 million acres of forest in West Papua and this is just one ship
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
December 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The present global economic system has only one setting: destruction of everything that has true value for profit.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
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Our endemic #JamaicanWoodpecker was right over my head today, too busy to notice me. Pieces of bark from our guango tree fell on my head! Tap, tap, tap…
#Kingston
#Jamaica
#Birds 🪶
#Birdsky
#Kingston
#Jamaica
#Birds 🪶
#Birdsky
December 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Our endemic #JamaicanWoodpecker was right over my head today, too busy to notice me. Pieces of bark from our guango tree fell on my head! Tap, tap, tap…
#Kingston
#Jamaica
#Birds 🪶
#Birdsky
#Kingston
#Jamaica
#Birds 🪶
#Birdsky
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BBC News - The prehistoric shark found in a suburban town in Scotland
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The shark found among the suburbs of a Scottish town
The fossil was so complete experts could see remains of the last meal it ate, 330 million years after dying.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
BBC News - The prehistoric shark found in a suburban town in Scotland
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Kingley Vale NNR, West Sussex in glorious sunshine today, Europe's largest Yew woodland. A chance to nod to Dr Tansley, a pioneer of ecological science and a champion of this landscape.
December 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Kingley Vale NNR, West Sussex in glorious sunshine today, Europe's largest Yew woodland. A chance to nod to Dr Tansley, a pioneer of ecological science and a champion of this landscape.
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A comprehensive review building on the IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Assessment reveals that numbers of alien species are increasing for all taxonomic groups and regions, and that this trend is likely to continue.
Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70058
Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70058
December 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A comprehensive review building on the IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Assessment reveals that numbers of alien species are increasing for all taxonomic groups and regions, and that this trend is likely to continue.
Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70058
Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70058
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