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Richard Evans
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#Butterflies, wildflower meadow restoration in Lancaster and the Lune valley.

More information on our restoration of Hermitage Field at https://hermitagefieldcommunitymeadow.com

#wildflowers #rewilding
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biologicalrecording.co.uk
Hay meadows once covered the UK; now 97% are gone! 🌾

Join us to explore how traditional management can bring these rich habitats back.

Hay Meadow Restoration webinar with Carol Edmondson on Thursday, 29th January 2026.

Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1821584400...

@forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Can gardens save the world?
A new report from the RHS gives me hope that the role of gardens in the climate and biodiversity crisis might finally be realised.
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November 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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guyshrubsole.bsky.social
Huge congrats to community group Bridestones Rewilded, who this week brought Bridestones Moor in west Yorkshire into community ownership:

www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environ...

Find out more about their project here: bridestones.love
'A huge milestone' - Community group takes ownership of Bridestones Moor
Bridestones Moor, the dramatic 114-acre expanse above Todmorden, has been officially brought under community ownership.
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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matthias-huss.bsky.social
Like pulling the plug of a bathtub: an incredible mass of #glacier ice disappearing at Griesgletscher (🇨🇭/🇮🇹) in one century.
It felt emotional to visit the exact same spot @swisstopo cartographers chose in 1919. The view was so different.
Simply unbelievable!!
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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My first walk into the field for 5 weeks and there's a Clouded Yellow right by the path. First I've seen for around 20 years. #ukbutterflies #ukwildlife
A Clouded Yellow butterfly showing its underwings of soft greenish-yellow dotted with brown and white spots is nectaring on Red Clover against a background of green grasses.
September 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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(Not Birds…) At least 40+ Small pearl-bordered fritillary seen on the Claife, Cumbria afternoon… seem to like the thistles in the emerging bracken… #ukbutterflies #butterflies
May 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Between tarmac & pasture, a wall-top blooms with Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Harebell, ferns and fine grasses. A narrow ribbon of biodiversity squeezed between two low-diversity landscapes. #WildflowerHour #Biodiversity #Cumbria forktail.co.uk/2025/08/27/a...
A Ribbon of Wildness Between Road and Pasture
At first glance, the scene is an ordinary roadside wall – a strip of stone edging the tarmac footpath, with a fence and pasture beyond. Yet the top of this wall tells a richer, more hopeful story. …
forktail.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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theguardian.com
‘It has echoes of happiness’: life for gen Z in the seaside town I once called home
‘It has echoes of happiness’: life for gen Z in the seaside town I once called home
The Guardian’s former north of England editor returned to Morecambe after 25 years to discover the place where she grew up has even fewer amenities for young people – and the feeling of being ‘left behind’ is stronger than ever
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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UK Butterfly abundance Indicators for 1976-2024 have been released, showing an 18% decline in overall butterfly abundance for the UK. Habitat specialists have fared worse, declining by over a third.

Check out the full statistics here ⬇️

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August 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Long time since we've seen multiple Small Tortoiseshell #butterflies in the garden. A joy to see 5 of them on a self-sown buddleia between us and our neighbour. #ukwildlife
4 orange and black Small Tortoiseshell butterflies nectaring on the purple flowers of a buddleia growing between some rusty iron railings.
August 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Such an abundance of butterflies, bumblebees & hoverflies in the Devil's bit scabious #meadows. A joy to see.
August 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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yorkswildlife.bsky.social
🌿 The secret to saving Yorkshire’s wild plants? It starts in a tiny upland nursery! 👀

Read @jackwallington.com’s blog to discover how this hidden gem in #WildIngleborough is growing hope for our upland habitats. 🌱

www.wildway.info/p/wild-ingle...

#NatureRecovery
Wild Ingleborough's upland plant nursery
Set within Yorkshire's stunning uplands, conservationists and volunteers help to restore a wild landscape
www.wildway.info
August 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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This morning's view while washing up the breakfast things: a female sparrowhawk dismembering and eating a jay on the garden wall. #ukwildlife
August 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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A message from our CEO.

Please, donate today: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/give
Black text on a white background: Due to rising costs and more competition for funding, we are having to scale back our work. We’ve had to make painful decisions, including staff redundancies. With staff and resources stretched to their limit, we are now considering which vital projects may no longer be possible. This comes when bumblebees are struggling to recover following their worst year on record. I’ve never been more worried, or more determined to fight for a future for bumblebees. We need to raise £50,000 right away to make sure we can continue our vital work. If you’ve ever thought about giving a donation, we’re asking you to please, make it today. Thank you, We’re facing the hardest chapter in our history. Gill Perkins, CEO Bumblebee Conservation Trust
July 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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On a mud-puddling site hundreds or even thousands of butterflies can gather for minerals (mostly males). During 40 years of butterflying I have see quite a few, but this site in SE France can now be added. Mostly Chalkhill Blue (P coridon).
July 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Multiple Ringlets, Small copper & Large yellow underwing all on Ragwort.
July 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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As someone who's putting considerable effort into changing perceptions of wasps from "kill" to "appreciate", I often feel at odds in the company of pest controllers.

But Steve Light is a pest-controller who I hope represents a change. Read his blog.
#WaspLove
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Wasp Talk - shire-pest-solutions.co.uk
I deal with wasps almost every day. So attending a wasp talk dedicated to saving wasps felt strange but hearing Professor Seirian Sumner.
shire-pest-solutions.co.uk
July 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The Extravagant Partisanship of the Leek-Green Faction
When first I became a maker of wood-meadows, it was in response to the devastating losses in flora and fauna that we have witnessed during my lifetime. That over 97% of lowland meadows have gone un…
naturallatin.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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juliasier.bsky.social
Rock garden, limestone and wild thyme, Arnside knott. Stopping to admire the flowers and catch my breath as I try to get my legs used to running again.
July 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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jackwallington.com
These horses have been grazing in this field full of ragwort for at least five years now with no ill effects
July 22, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Here is the same Lime Hawkmoth caterpillar 24 hours apart.

The change in colour from green to grey shows it’s ready to pupate.

Nature is amazing! 🤩

#TeamMoth #NatureWithin @savebutterflies.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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10 #butterfly species in the garden today, including this male Brimstone – not common round here, and first time we've had one in the garden in summer. #ukwildlife
A male Brimstone butterfly showing the yellow/green undersides of its wings taking nectar from pale lilac-coloured buddleia flowers.
July 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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The Marmalade Hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus, might be one of the commonest hoverflies, but I love seeing them – think it one of the prettiest. #ukwildlife #insects
A small orange, yellow and black hoverfly taking nectar from a white verbascum plant with purple anthers.
July 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Eryngium 'Big blue' has been anincredible magnate for pollinators this year, even in overcast conditions.
July 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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A curious fly on the garden scabious. Apparently this is Physocephala rufipes, the Waisted beegrabber, and not seen much in our area. It parasitizes bumblebees. Thanks to Rob Zloch for confirming ID. #ukwildlife #insects #diptera
A black, brown and yellow fly with large yellow blobs on its head, a narrow waist and long, slightly bulbous, curved thorax. It's taking nectar from a pale mauve Field Scabious.
July 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM