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Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 1d

A selection of wildflowers seen this week: Wild Carrot, Knapweed, Bramble, Black Horehound, White Campion, Meadow Buttercup, Wild Basil, Bristly Oxtongue, Common Mallow & Field Scabious
#WildflowerHour

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 5d

I wouldn’t be happy if I lived in Cambridge. I wonder how @tonyjuniper.bsky.social feels about this.

Bonkers Busway Cambs News @bonkersbusway.bsky.social · 5d

Biodiversity loss for County Wildlife Site, net gain for the Council 🌳🪚🟰💰🗞️ www.facebook.com/share/p/1WLu... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @privateeyenews.bsky.social

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 6d

I know I've said it before but I definitely need a longer fence 😲
It's getting to peak garden #Chough numbers now and it's only early October.
I'm guessing the daily count might top 70 this Winter.
Photos taken with my phone about 2 foot from the fence line.
#Anglesey
#WildWebsWednesday

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Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 5d

24-spot ladybird on a grass leaf, which is typical for them. #WildWebsWednesday

Orange and black spotted ladybird on some grass

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Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 5d

Toadflax Brocade moth caterpillar seen this week on a Purple Toadflax seed-head.
#WildWebsWednesday

Yellow and black stripy caterpillar on seed heads of Purple Toadflax

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Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 9d

Seen flowering at a local nature reserve this week: Comfrey, Ragwort, False Oat-grass, Perennial Sowthistle & Hemp Agrimony
#WildflowerHour

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Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 13d

7-spot Ladybird on a Perennial Sowthistle flower. #WildWebsWednesday

Yellow flower with ladybird feeding on it

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Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 13d

Gall on Elm leaves from mite Aceria campestricola
#WildWebsWednesday

Small bumps on Elm leaves caused by a mite

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Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 13d

Sycamore Tar Spot (Rhytisma acerinum) seen today.
#WildWebsWednesday

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Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 16d

Seen at the edge of a ploughed arable field: Scentless Mayweed, Smooth Sowthistle, Dove’s-foot Cranesbill, Hawkweed Oxtongue & *think* OSR (lots of it!).
#WildflowerHour

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Wild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social · 16d

Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs) are causing widespread harm to wildlife, especially birds of prey. Here's your opportunity to put pressure on the HSE to stop approving them for use - there are safer alternatives!

Deadline Tues 30 Sept!

wildjustice.org.uk/general/plea...

Please respond to this consultation on rodenticides - Wild Justice

The Health and Safety Executive has announced a consultation on Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs). Although this is meant to […]

wildjustice.org.uk

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 26d

Wildflowers on our aptly named Greenway
(Read about it here: northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2024/06/20/pad…#Wildflowerhouru#naturer#Padihama#Lancashirere
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social @sustrans.bsky.social

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Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 17d

Maybe looking for a good place to pupate?

Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 20d

All seen on Ivy today: 7-spot Ladybird, Ivy Bee, Green Shieldbug, Syrphus sp hoverfly, Wasp & Honey Bee.
#WildWebsWednesday

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Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 23d

Despite the local churchyard just having its Autumn grass cut & ‘tidy up’, I found these flowers in bloom there this week: Ivy, Autumn Hawkbit, Common Knapweed, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Field Forget-me-not, Herb Robert, Burnet-saxifrage, Yarrow, Common Toadflax & Cyclamen #WildflowerHour

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 23d

You've missed it for this month - but you could subscribe for 21 October issue.

Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 25d

My monthly newsblast about wildlife and conservation issues will arrive in your inbox early on Sunday morning - if you are subscribed.

Subscribe here markavery.info/sign-monthly... - it's free and you can unsubscribe whenever you like (but you probably won't as most people stay for a long time).

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 23d

Last Saturday @jeremybartlett.bsky.social and I cycled to Castle Acre for a weeks holiday. We visited 26 churchyards and I found pseudoscorpions at 14 of them. 31 individuals of 3 species plus dead specimens of a 4th inside one church. A 5th species was found in woodland. Photos to follow.

A row of flint cottages with red brick around the doors and windows abutting a substantial old flint wall. Two laden bicycles are propped outside.

A round tower church with a flint porch and nave, some with render. the roof is mostly red tiles and slates. The churchyard is mown grass bounded by trees.

A flint church with a slim square tower set amidst green grass with a patch of nettles directly in front. To the left is another area of grass with pine trees (one of them a tall dead trunk with a few stubby branches towards the top) enclosed by iron fencing. Two bicycles are leant against the railings.

A church with a wide squat round tower built of carr stone and topped with a red brick octagonal extension with arched blank windows in each face - it looks like a gaol or fortified tower rather than a church. The nave is roofed in red tiles and there is a south porch covered in lime render. The church is on a slight rise and the photo is taken from the bottom of a gravel path leading up to the porch.

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 25d

My monthly newsblast about wildlife and conservation issues will arrive in your inbox early on Sunday morning - if you are subscribed.

Subscribe here markavery.info/sign-monthly... - it's free and you can unsubscribe whenever you like (but you probably won't as most people stay for a long time).

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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 26d

Disappointingly misleading headline to this BBC "verify" piece, given how the BBC polishes its verification credentials.

In fact planning approvals ie the proportion of applications for development receiving Local Planning Authority consent, has increased from 71% to 75% in the year to June 2025.

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Norfolk Ponds Project @norfolkponds.bsky.social · 28d

We have been described as "THE BEST NGO THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT"

Please help by following us & reposting!!!

A stunning dreamy planty pond. Pond covered in pondweeds

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Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · 29d

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Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · Sep 14

Another #FavouritePlant is this cheery Bee Orchid which grows in my allotment plot & I cloche it to save it from being munched by deer. 🐝😍
#WildflowerHour

Bee Orchid flower with an almost clown like face

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Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · Sep 14

Very difficult to choose a #FavouritePlant when I have so many! 😄 A highlight this year was finding my first ever Ploughman’s Spikenard. 💛
#WildflowerHour

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · Sep 12

For the last weekly challenge, we want to know what was your favourite plant that you’ve spotted from across Britain and Ireland this year? Share your pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #favouriteplant and we’ll celebrate it with you! 🥳🌿🌸

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Lesley @lesleylovesnature.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank you!

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