Steven Wright
@stevenwright58.bsky.social
Habitat management and conservation volunteer in Rugby UK
https://rugbywildlife.info/
https://rugbywildlife.info/
@ukorchids.bsky.social . A visit to VC38 only known Man orchid site today was a bit disappointing. I could only ind 5 contenders. Hoping for a better show in flowering season,the colony is struggling! @bsbibotany.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 8:38 PM
@ukorchids.bsky.social . A visit to VC38 only known Man orchid site today was a bit disappointing. I could only ind 5 contenders. Hoping for a better show in flowering season,the colony is struggling! @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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‘Landscaping for Bats, Biodiversity and People’. A talk to be held online on Thurs 5th Feb at 7.30 pm.
The link to this Zoom chat will be sent out to our members soon. Should you be a non-member and wish to attend please send me a DM!
The link to this Zoom chat will be sent out to our members soon. Should you be a non-member and wish to attend please send me a DM!
January 22, 2026 at 4:34 PM
‘Landscaping for Bats, Biodiversity and People’. A talk to be held online on Thurs 5th Feb at 7.30 pm.
The link to this Zoom chat will be sent out to our members soon. Should you be a non-member and wish to attend please send me a DM!
The link to this Zoom chat will be sent out to our members soon. Should you be a non-member and wish to attend please send me a DM!
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Shocking new report reveals high risk of some ecosystems collapsing. Unusual because it’s authored by Military Intelligence. The need to tackle the food, nature and climate crises together is pressing @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Shocking new report reveals high risk of some ecosystems collapsing. Unusual because it’s authored by Military Intelligence. The need to tackle the food, nature and climate crises together is pressing @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social
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The annual UK Moth Recorders Meeting for 2026 is coming up on the 31st of this month. It’s a great opportunity to learn more about moths in the UK, no need to travel it is online. To book for this free event buff.ly/P04QNhk
January 4, 2026 at 9:18 AM
The annual UK Moth Recorders Meeting for 2026 is coming up on the 31st of this month. It’s a great opportunity to learn more about moths in the UK, no need to travel it is online. To book for this free event buff.ly/P04QNhk
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Urban plants, with Trevor Dines @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social
#Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #brightonwildlife
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdC...
#Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #brightonwildlife
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdC...
Winter Talk: Urban plants, with Trevor Dines
YouTube video by Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Urban plants, with Trevor Dines @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social
#Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #brightonwildlife
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdC...
#Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #brightonwildlife
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdC...
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
Another busy work party at #AshlwncuttingLNR today.Coppicing more willow in the wetland and taking off low branches from a Willow that was self layering into the water. All cut material incorporated intoo dead hedges
January 22, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Another busy work party at #AshlwncuttingLNR today.Coppicing more willow in the wetland and taking off low branches from a Willow that was self layering into the water. All cut material incorporated intoo dead hedges
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Seven Seven-spot Ladybirds pretending to be Holly berries on a wet day. #WildWebsWednesday
January 21, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Seven Seven-spot Ladybirds pretending to be Holly berries on a wet day. #WildWebsWednesday
I was going to keep dry by sitting in a hide at #BrandonMarsh today but got distracted,and it wasn't as wet as the forecast suggested. Very poor light and it was difficult to get birds in focus but here's 3 of them. #Birdwatching
January 21, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I was going to keep dry by sitting in a hide at #BrandonMarsh today but got distracted,and it wasn't as wet as the forecast suggested. Very poor light and it was difficult to get birds in focus but here's 3 of them. #Birdwatching
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Thanks to a deal between @octopus.energy and Discovery Homes, residents in north Dundee will soon enjoy Zero Bills on to power and heat their homes.
#energy #netzero #zerobills
environmentjournal.online/energy/dunde...
#energy #netzero #zerobills
environmentjournal.online/energy/dunde...
Dundee residents offered Zero Bills homes for a decade
Heat pumps, battery and solar PV technology provided a leading UK renewable energy supplier will deliver toll free electricity for up to 10 years. Octopus Energy first unveiled plans for its Zero Bil...
environmentjournal.online
January 20, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Thanks to a deal between @octopus.energy and Discovery Homes, residents in north Dundee will soon enjoy Zero Bills on to power and heat their homes.
#energy #netzero #zerobills
environmentjournal.online/energy/dunde...
#energy #netzero #zerobills
environmentjournal.online/energy/dunde...
We carried on expanding the grassland on this "shelf halfway down the spoil bank at Rugby's Newbold Quarry today. Explanations in ALText
January 20, 2026 at 8:37 PM
We carried on expanding the grassland on this "shelf halfway down the spoil bank at Rugby's Newbold Quarry today. Explanations in ALText
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The Green-veined White (klein geaderd witje, P napi) is still widespread and common in NL, but numbers have halved since 1990 on Dutch Butterfly Monitoring transects. With the species preferring moist circumstances, the increasing number of droughts by climatechange surely have effect. #vlindermaand
January 18, 2026 at 9:21 AM
The Green-veined White (klein geaderd witje, P napi) is still widespread and common in NL, but numbers have halved since 1990 on Dutch Butterfly Monitoring transects. With the species preferring moist circumstances, the increasing number of droughts by climatechange surely have effect. #vlindermaand
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Probably the most important document release this year that you won’t hear about, which is insane given its contents…
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
January 20, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Probably the most important document release this year that you won’t hear about, which is insane given its contents…
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
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Map of parts of the UK with potential for fracking exploration (British Geological Survey). There's a current pause on fracking in the UK & the government is considering making it illegal. Reform, however, have pledged to license fracking if elected.
nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/51...
nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/51...
January 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Map of parts of the UK with potential for fracking exploration (British Geological Survey). There's a current pause on fracking in the UK & the government is considering making it illegal. Reform, however, have pledged to license fracking if elected.
nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/51...
nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/51...
Got lucky again at Brandon Marsh SSSI nr.Coventry.On the way out walked via the place I saw the firecrest in before and it was flitting about . #BirdsSeenIn2026
January 19, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Got lucky again at Brandon Marsh SSSI nr.Coventry.On the way out walked via the place I saw the firecrest in before and it was flitting about . #BirdsSeenIn2026
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💚Diolch!💚
Please share / donate if you can and help us save the ‘Beddau Small Blues’ 🦋🙏💚
Please share / donate if you can and help us save the ‘Beddau Small Blues’ 🦋🙏💚
💚 Huge thanks to everyone who’s donated to our Save the Small Blue at Cwm Tips campaign!
In just 24 hours, you’ve helped us raise an amazing £388 towards restoring these special grasslands for wildlife.
Every donation truly means so much 🦋🌼
👉 Donate here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-s...
In just 24 hours, you’ve helped us raise an amazing £388 towards restoring these special grasslands for wildlife.
Every donation truly means so much 🦋🌼
👉 Donate here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-s...
January 18, 2026 at 10:22 AM
💚Diolch!💚
Please share / donate if you can and help us save the ‘Beddau Small Blues’ 🦋🙏💚
Please share / donate if you can and help us save the ‘Beddau Small Blues’ 🦋🙏💚
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To mark #BlueMonday, here’s a selection of beautifully blue coal spoil #wildlife. 💙🦋🌿
From shimmering butterflies to striking fungi, these blue species show just how uplifting the natural world can be. Protecting wildlife like this doesn’t just benefit #nature - it lifts us too.
#BlueBugs #Blue
From shimmering butterflies to striking fungi, these blue species show just how uplifting the natural world can be. Protecting wildlife like this doesn’t just benefit #nature - it lifts us too.
#BlueBugs #Blue
January 19, 2026 at 9:18 AM
To mark #BlueMonday, here’s a selection of beautifully blue coal spoil #wildlife. 💙🦋🌿
From shimmering butterflies to striking fungi, these blue species show just how uplifting the natural world can be. Protecting wildlife like this doesn’t just benefit #nature - it lifts us too.
#BlueBugs #Blue
From shimmering butterflies to striking fungi, these blue species show just how uplifting the natural world can be. Protecting wildlife like this doesn’t just benefit #nature - it lifts us too.
#BlueBugs #Blue
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Are you planning to undertake a project in 2026 which involves collecting plant-related data?
Would you like <£1,000 towards your costs?
Apply for a #BSBIPlantStudyGrant!
Here's how:
bsbi.org/learn/grants...
Read how a #BSBIGrant helped Katherine research ancient meadows:
bsbi.org/blog/2026/01...
Would you like <£1,000 towards your costs?
Apply for a #BSBIPlantStudyGrant!
Here's how:
bsbi.org/learn/grants...
Read how a #BSBIGrant helped Katherine research ancient meadows:
bsbi.org/blog/2026/01...
January 19, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Are you planning to undertake a project in 2026 which involves collecting plant-related data?
Would you like <£1,000 towards your costs?
Apply for a #BSBIPlantStudyGrant!
Here's how:
bsbi.org/learn/grants...
Read how a #BSBIGrant helped Katherine research ancient meadows:
bsbi.org/blog/2026/01...
Would you like <£1,000 towards your costs?
Apply for a #BSBIPlantStudyGrant!
Here's how:
bsbi.org/learn/grants...
Read how a #BSBIGrant helped Katherine research ancient meadows:
bsbi.org/blog/2026/01...
Perhaps because of last years long dry spell when the spring fed ditch dried out the Marsh Marigolds are smaller and we've only just seen a flower at #AshlawncutingLNR. This one is a very welcome sight @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Perhaps because of last years long dry spell when the spring fed ditch dried out the Marsh Marigolds are smaller and we've only just seen a flower at #AshlawncutingLNR. This one is a very welcome sight @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
#AshlawncuttingLNR volunteers work on alternate sundays and today 5 of us turned out to carry on coppicing Willows and adding to the impressive length of dead hedge between the marsh and the main path .
January 18, 2026 at 6:56 PM
#AshlawncuttingLNR volunteers work on alternate sundays and today 5 of us turned out to carry on coppicing Willows and adding to the impressive length of dead hedge between the marsh and the main path .
And in a sunny spell we spotted movement. "A butterfly!!!" we exclaimed as this Peacock awoke and fluttered above the Bramble before settling back. It took ages to refind but flew again and landed next to the path.
@rspbengland.bsky.social Middleton Lakes
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@rspbengland.bsky.social Middleton Lakes
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
And in a sunny spell we spotted movement. "A butterfly!!!" we exclaimed as this Peacock awoke and fluttered above the Bramble before settling back. It took ages to refind but flew again and landed next to the path.
@rspbengland.bsky.social Middleton Lakes
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@rspbengland.bsky.social Middleton Lakes
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
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If you’re interested in reading about the species of butterfly we have here in Northamptonshire, including where to see them, please check out my website. There are sightings updates, annual reviews, and identification guides to help you! www.northantsbutterflies.com
Northants Butterflies
A comprehensive guide to the butterflies of Northamptonshire, featuring species accounts, site guides, latest sightings, articles, and recording tutorials.
www.northantsbutterflies.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you’re interested in reading about the species of butterfly we have here in Northamptonshire, including where to see them, please check out my website. There are sightings updates, annual reviews, and identification guides to help you! www.northantsbutterflies.com
@rspbengland.bsky.social Middleton Lakes this morning. #BirdsseenIn2026
January 17, 2026 at 8:27 PM
@rspbengland.bsky.social Middleton Lakes this morning. #BirdsseenIn2026
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🦋 Save the Small Blue at Cwm Tips 💙
We’ve launched a crowdfunder to restore flower-rich grasslands at one of the South Wales Valleys’ most important wildlife sites.
Help us remove invasive scrub and safeguard rare butterflies, bees and grassland wildlife.
👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-s...
We’ve launched a crowdfunder to restore flower-rich grasslands at one of the South Wales Valleys’ most important wildlife sites.
Help us remove invasive scrub and safeguard rare butterflies, bees and grassland wildlife.
👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-s...
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 PM
🦋 Save the Small Blue at Cwm Tips 💙
We’ve launched a crowdfunder to restore flower-rich grasslands at one of the South Wales Valleys’ most important wildlife sites.
Help us remove invasive scrub and safeguard rare butterflies, bees and grassland wildlife.
👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-s...
We’ve launched a crowdfunder to restore flower-rich grasslands at one of the South Wales Valleys’ most important wildlife sites.
Help us remove invasive scrub and safeguard rare butterflies, bees and grassland wildlife.
👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-s...
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"Disinformation thrives not just on falsehoods, but on the social and structural conditions that make them meaningful to share."
#SystemChange not #FakeNews has a certain ring to it
theconversation.com/why-people-b...
#SystemChange not #FakeNews has a certain ring to it
theconversation.com/why-people-b...
Why people believe misinformation even when they’re told the facts
Misinformation is not just a content problem, but an emotional and structural one.
theconversation.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
"Disinformation thrives not just on falsehoods, but on the social and structural conditions that make them meaningful to share."
#SystemChange not #FakeNews has a certain ring to it
theconversation.com/why-people-b...
#SystemChange not #FakeNews has a certain ring to it
theconversation.com/why-people-b...