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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · 7d

It uses the Naturalis API which I believe is what’s behind ObsIdentify. In our pilot we assessed how accurate it was for different species - I’ll go into this in my @biologicalrecording.co.uk talk 😊

Innovative Moth Monitoring: Farmer Citizen Science Using AI

Join Dr Abigail Lowe (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) to hear about how AI is being used to help farmers monitor moth diversity on farms.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · 7d

Not sure how much farmers get to sleep anymore with this crazy unpredictable weather anyway!!

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · 7d

In Pembrokeshire the landowners are involved in the Naturally Connected www.pembrokeshirecoast.wales/news/new-fun... and in the Chilterns most were very wildlife friendly with regen practices. Would be great to engage those more intensive farms!

New funding to boost nature recovery in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park - Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

www.pembrokeshirecoast.wales

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · 7d

I just love that most of these people would never have considered going out to buy their own moth trap, and now they're hooked!

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · 7d

We've been engaging farmers with moth monitoring from the Chilterns to Pembrokeshire. Using portable bucket traps and an AI based app - farmers love uncovering hidden biodiversity!

Read my blog here:
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

@ukceh.bsky.social @mjopocock.bsky.social

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

Engaging farmers in moth monitoring to support biodiversity

UKCEH has recently been working with farmers to monitor biodiversity on their land using innovative equipment and simple recording methods to make moth trapping accessible to all. What started in the ...

www.ceh.ac.uk

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · 8d

Did my undergrad in Southampton so any excuse to go back to the New Forest 🎉

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · 8d

Great! I'm based in Reading so north Hants would be great - and have a friend in Whitchurch I could stay with for further south :)

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · 8d

Let me know where/when and depending which part of Hants I could be keen :)

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 12d

Data released this week shows that the number of people in Wales recycling their food waste has risen to 86% in 2025. To be the number one nation in the world, people In Wales just need to recycle 5 per cent more of the food that ends up in the rubbish bin

Marathon effort puts Wales just 5% off becoming the world’s number one recycling nation

Data released by the campaign Be Mighty. Recycle. this week shows that the number of people in Wales recycling their food waste has risen from 80% in 2024 to 86% in 2025. To take gold in the global re...

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · 12d

Big thanks to my colleagues at UKCEH for supporting yesterday's #MacmillanCoffeeMorning in memory of my Dad.

Together we raised over £650, edging me closer to my new target of £3000. Ready for Cardiff Half next weekend!

www.justgiving.com/page/mighty-... 💚

Photo of me behind the table selling cakes at UKCEH Wallingford for Macmillan Coffee Morning

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 16d

This important study takes a bit of reading to get the nuances. It’s hard to believe there has been no overall decline because of previous studies on UK Leps, but it seems like climate change is creating as many winners as habitat losers. Perhaps because UK is in N Europe where sp can still spread?

Rothamsted Research @rothamsted.bsky.social · 16d

📣New Study: Collapse in UK insect populations may be overstated, but local communities are being reshaped by CC & development 🐝🪲🦋🦗🪰🐞@btobirds.bsky.social @uor-research.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/insects...

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 15d

People say "autism never used to exist" and then you go to the Natural History Museum and the exhibit has a caption like "Born in 1762, The Revd [name] was famously irascible, steadfast in his routine, and dedicated his life to collecting 25,000 rare beetle specimens".

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 15d

Fundamentally, the headbanging Right doesn't believe Autism (or ADHD) exists. Or in so far as it does exist, a human conspiracy has created it.

We're back to their core outlook that 'It didn't exist back in the good old days so can't exist now.'

'It must just be some modern woke Marxist nonsense'.

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · 23d

Last call for any images of multiple moths on egg cartons before the season is over! Can you help us reach our target? Please repost!

Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Aug 7

Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡

At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.

Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.

More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

A top-down image of 12 various moths on a green egg carton.

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · 23d

❗Call for Talks: Farmer Citizen Science @ecsa.ngo 2026

🚜 Have a project with farmers, farmland, or the agri-food chain? Submit to our session!

🌽 Exploring how citizen science can transform food systems

🔗 Deadline Oct 7 tinyurl.com/mr39d2ty

#citizenscience #farming

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · 23d

Another resource you may find helpful is the UKCEH What's Flying Tonight app - connect-apps.ceh.ac.uk/whats_flying... which shows you which moths are likely to be in your area on that date.

What's Flying Tonight

connect-apps.ceh.ac.uk

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Sep 6

Twin-spotted Quaker (Anorthoa munda), Carms 2022.
Welsh name Crynwr Dau Smotyn - meaning two spot quaker.

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

Twin-spotted Quaker (Anorthoa munda) resting on a white surface. The moth has pale brownish-grey forewings with two distinct pairs of black spots near the outer edge, and a slightly furry thorax.

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Sep 5

Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa), Carms 2020.
Welsh name Brithyn Llwydolau - meaning dusky speckled one.

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa) resting on a person’s fingers. The forewings are dark brownish-grey with mottled markings.

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Sep 4

I went back and forth on this! Llwydfelen comes from llwyd (grey) and melyn (yellow) but translated means beige, buff, all sorts! Direct translations are hard 😅

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Sep 4

Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides), Carms 2021.
Welsh name Gwyfyn Bwâu Llwydfelyn - meaning beige arches moth.

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides) resting on an egg carton. The forewings are patterned with creamy-white arched bands and intricate brown markings, creating a marbled, stone-like appearance.

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Sep 4

Have photos of multiple moths on egg trays from the UK?

At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image

Reply with your images to help us reach our goal - make sure most moths are roughly identifiable

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Sep 2

Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum), Bucks 2025.
Welsh name Clai Lloerol - meaning lunar clay.

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) resting on a green egg carton, showing its dark forewings marked with a distinct black and pale white pattern.

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria), Bucks 2025.
Welsh name Llinell Goch - meaning red line.

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

The Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria) resting on a textured surface, showing its pale cream wings crossed by a distinctive diagonal pink stripe.

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Aug 31

Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina), Bucks 2025.
Welsh name Crwbach Gwelw - meaning pale hunchback.

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina) resting on a vertical dry grass stem. The moth's light brown and grey tones blend with the stem, providing excellent camouflage. Its distinctive pointed forewings and slightly upturned resting posture are visible.

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Aug 30

Canary Shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria), Bucks 2025.
Welsh name Carpiog Gwar Melyn - meaning yellow nape ragged.

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria) resting on a white container, showing its bright yellow thorax, orange-brown patterned wings, and feathery antennae.

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