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Sunday book review: Pan-species Listing by @graemelyons.bsky.social
Publisher: @pelagic.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2026/01/04/s...
"Hardly anyone has the knowledge to write this book & even fewer could write it so well!"
Publisher: @pelagic.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2026/01/04/s...
"Hardly anyone has the knowledge to write this book & even fewer could write it so well!"
January 4, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Sunday book review: Pan-species Listing by @graemelyons.bsky.social
Publisher: @pelagic.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2026/01/04/s...
"Hardly anyone has the knowledge to write this book & even fewer could write it so well!"
Publisher: @pelagic.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2026/01/04/s...
"Hardly anyone has the knowledge to write this book & even fewer could write it so well!"
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This week I have started seriously writing a book.
But then someone else’s book arrives in the post to distract me (lots!).
But then someone else’s book arrives in the post to distract me (lots!).
September 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This week I have started seriously writing a book.
But then someone else’s book arrives in the post to distract me (lots!).
But then someone else’s book arrives in the post to distract me (lots!).
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You can pre order the book now, with an updated publication date of October this year! pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan...
Pan-Species Listing
Pan-species listing is a brilliant method to keep track of a lifetime of natural history sightings. A personal list, not just of birds but including every moth, beetle, lichen, sea-spider, liverwort, ...
pelagicpublishing.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
You can pre order the book now, with an updated publication date of October this year! pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan...
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I saw these two flowers between the River Esk & the racecourse/lagoons at Musselburgh last Sunday (8 June). Probably Treasureflower (I'm told by a real botanist) ⬇️
If you're local maybe you could clinch the identification & get a first for Scotland (of this non-native garden plant). They're pretty!
If you're local maybe you could clinch the identification & get a first for Scotland (of this non-native garden plant). They're pretty!
June 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I saw these two flowers between the River Esk & the racecourse/lagoons at Musselburgh last Sunday (8 June). Probably Treasureflower (I'm told by a real botanist) ⬇️
If you're local maybe you could clinch the identification & get a first for Scotland (of this non-native garden plant). They're pretty!
If you're local maybe you could clinch the identification & get a first for Scotland (of this non-native garden plant). They're pretty!
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Sunday book review: Urban Plants by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social
Publisher: @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Review: bit.ly/402ICiU
'A great pleasure to browse, an even greater one to read'
'Book of Year contender'
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscience.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
Publisher: @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Review: bit.ly/402ICiU
'A great pleasure to browse, an even greater one to read'
'Book of Year contender'
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscience.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Sunday book review: Urban Plants by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social
Publisher: @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Review: bit.ly/402ICiU
'A great pleasure to browse, an even greater one to read'
'Book of Year contender'
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscience.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
Publisher: @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Review: bit.ly/402ICiU
'A great pleasure to browse, an even greater one to read'
'Book of Year contender'
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscience.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
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Here in the East Midlands we don't really get proper stag beetles, but we get these cute chunks, the lesser stag beetles. Their grubs need wood that's been pulped up by fungi, just like more-er stag beetles. But they live for 2 years as grubs... not up to 7 years. Just a bit more sensible all round.
June 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Here in the East Midlands we don't really get proper stag beetles, but we get these cute chunks, the lesser stag beetles. Their grubs need wood that's been pulped up by fungi, just like more-er stag beetles. But they live for 2 years as grubs... not up to 7 years. Just a bit more sensible all round.
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Festival of Nature at Wicksteed Park on Saturday - free except for car park charges. wicksteedpark.org/events/festi...
See you there?
See you there?
Festival of Nature - Wicksteed Park
Join us on the 24th of May 2025 from 10:30am to 5pm at Kettering Nature Group’s first ever Festival of Nature at Wicksteed Park.
wicksteedpark.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Festival of Nature at Wicksteed Park on Saturday - free except for car park charges. wicksteedpark.org/events/festi...
See you there?
See you there?
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Yesterday evening I went to listen to Nightingales at Glapthorn Cow Pasture - sublime.
If you have read my book Reflections you will know how much those birds at that site mean to me.
I have a recording but am too technically incompetent to post it here. Anyway - go listen yourself.
If you have read my book Reflections you will know how much those birds at that site mean to me.
I have a recording but am too technically incompetent to post it here. Anyway - go listen yourself.
May 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Yesterday evening I went to listen to Nightingales at Glapthorn Cow Pasture - sublime.
If you have read my book Reflections you will know how much those birds at that site mean to me.
I have a recording but am too technically incompetent to post it here. Anyway - go listen yourself.
If you have read my book Reflections you will know how much those birds at that site mean to me.
I have a recording but am too technically incompetent to post it here. Anyway - go listen yourself.
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Passed 100,000 - but every signature helps
Do sign. Please.
📸 On the hottest UK May 1st since records began.
Let’s get fossil fuel ads banned– just 9 days left to force a Parliamentary debate govpetition.uk/700024
Let’s get fossil fuel ads banned– just 9 days left to force a Parliamentary debate govpetition.uk/700024
May 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Passed 100,000 - but every signature helps
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232 field identifications yesterday at Ewhurst Park in four hours of intense recording of invertebrates the best day of the year so far. Including six species of longhorn beetle and thee records of Grammoptera ustulata from 3 compartments! (I also had one is East Sx at Wadhurst Park the day before!)
May 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
232 field identifications yesterday at Ewhurst Park in four hours of intense recording of invertebrates the best day of the year so far. Including six species of longhorn beetle and thee records of Grammoptera ustulata from 3 compartments! (I also had one is East Sx at Wadhurst Park the day before!)
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I’ve never donated to CPRE - because of this I might.
We want the government to push for a rooftop revolution, including fitting solar panels on car parks.
The Times reported that Ed Miliband said “Right now, the sun is shining on hundreds of thousands of car parking spaces across the country which could be used to power our homes and businesses”.
The Times reported that Ed Miliband said “Right now, the sun is shining on hundreds of thousands of car parking spaces across the country which could be used to power our homes and businesses”.
Every new car park may have to be covered with solar panels
Solar canopies would be compulsory under proposals estimated to save £28,000 on electricity bills at an 80-space car park
www.thetimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I’ve never donated to CPRE - because of this I might.
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1/2 #speciesaday no. 602 is Miris striatus. A large & impressive predatory plant bug that is common from May to June. You can find them by beating oak and hawthorn. Nothing looks anything like this. Love this time of year!
May 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
1/2 #speciesaday no. 602 is Miris striatus. A large & impressive predatory plant bug that is common from May to June. You can find them by beating oak and hawthorn. Nothing looks anything like this. Love this time of year!
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Not surprisingly, well worth reading
New reports tell us cattle and sheep farming can be sustainable – don’t believe them, it’s all bull | George Monbiot
New reports tell us cattle and sheep farming can be sustainable – don’t believe them, it’s all bull | George Monbiot
Feeding the world sustainably is an incredibly complex challenge, yet some people are trying to sell us a bucolic fairytale, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Not surprisingly, well worth reading
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1/2 #speciesaday no. 603 is Rhagium mordax. A big seasonal saproxylic longhorn beetle with quite short antennae. Out now, seen when beating hawthorns etc. Uses hard woods (unlike Rhagium bifasciatum).
May 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
1/2 #speciesaday no. 603 is Rhagium mordax. A big seasonal saproxylic longhorn beetle with quite short antennae. Out now, seen when beating hawthorns etc. Uses hard woods (unlike Rhagium bifasciatum).
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On Tuesday evening @wildjustice.bsky.social had a party to welcome @bobelliot.bsky.social as CEO and I got a stuffed Pine Marten cuddling a bottle of 1958 Italian red wine to take home on the train. Thank you!
May 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
On Tuesday evening @wildjustice.bsky.social had a party to welcome @bobelliot.bsky.social as CEO and I got a stuffed Pine Marten cuddling a bottle of 1958 Italian red wine to take home on the train. Thank you!
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The latest Walshaw Turbines blog by Nick MacKinnon. Calderdale Wind Farm now morphed into Calderdale Energy Park markavery.info/2025/05/08/_...
Developers have ditched 23 turbines, lost another and failed to find a modicum of competence. #peat #wind #climate #yorkshire #curlew
Developers have ditched 23 turbines, lost another and failed to find a modicum of competence. #peat #wind #climate #yorkshire #curlew
May 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The latest Walshaw Turbines blog by Nick MacKinnon. Calderdale Wind Farm now morphed into Calderdale Energy Park markavery.info/2025/05/08/_...
Developers have ditched 23 turbines, lost another and failed to find a modicum of competence. #peat #wind #climate #yorkshire #curlew
Developers have ditched 23 turbines, lost another and failed to find a modicum of competence. #peat #wind #climate #yorkshire #curlew
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The swifts are back! But there are 10k fewer than last year. Write to your MP, asking them to support the swift brick amendment, by signing the EDM- edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... THE GOVT ARE DISCUSSING THE AMENDMENT NEXT WEEK….
May 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The swifts are back! But there are 10k fewer than last year. Write to your MP, asking them to support the swift brick amendment, by signing the EDM- edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... THE GOVT ARE DISCUSSING THE AMENDMENT NEXT WEEK….
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Watch the skies!
Indications of a possible Painted Lady influx going on. Let us know.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @idwatts.bsky.social
Indications of a possible Painted Lady influx going on. Let us know.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @idwatts.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Watch the skies!
Indications of a possible Painted Lady influx going on. Let us know.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @idwatts.bsky.social
Indications of a possible Painted Lady influx going on. Let us know.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @idwatts.bsky.social
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One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.
May 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.
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This operation, known as the Shetland Bus, took place for many years at great risk to the sailors involved. Over the next few days we remember their bravery and the lives lost and celebrate the historic connections between Shetland and Norway.
May 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This operation, known as the Shetland Bus, took place for many years at great risk to the sailors involved. Over the next few days we remember their bravery and the lives lost and celebrate the historic connections between Shetland and Norway.
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Great to join @sophiepavs.bsky.social for the launch of her new book TO HAVE OR TO HOLD, a brilliant exploration of symbiosis and parasitism in nature! Buy it here: linktr.ee/sophiepavelle
One chapter is about the symbiotic lichen tree lungwort - pic below is of the lichen geeks at the launch 😉
One chapter is about the symbiotic lichen tree lungwort - pic below is of the lichen geeks at the launch 😉
May 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Great to join @sophiepavs.bsky.social for the launch of her new book TO HAVE OR TO HOLD, a brilliant exploration of symbiosis and parasitism in nature! Buy it here: linktr.ee/sophiepavelle
One chapter is about the symbiotic lichen tree lungwort - pic below is of the lichen geeks at the launch 😉
One chapter is about the symbiotic lichen tree lungwort - pic below is of the lichen geeks at the launch 😉
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Good evening Northants.
Dry tonight. 5°C.
Dry tomorrow with cloud and afternoon sunny spells. A northeasterly breeze. 17°C.
Dry and sunnier on Friday. Warmer as a result at 21°C.
Dry with long warm sunny spells on Saturday. 22°C.
Dry tonight. 5°C.
Dry tomorrow with cloud and afternoon sunny spells. A northeasterly breeze. 17°C.
Dry and sunnier on Friday. Warmer as a result at 21°C.
Dry with long warm sunny spells on Saturday. 22°C.
May 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Good evening Northants.
Dry tonight. 5°C.
Dry tomorrow with cloud and afternoon sunny spells. A northeasterly breeze. 17°C.
Dry and sunnier on Friday. Warmer as a result at 21°C.
Dry with long warm sunny spells on Saturday. 22°C.
Dry tonight. 5°C.
Dry tomorrow with cloud and afternoon sunny spells. A northeasterly breeze. 17°C.
Dry and sunnier on Friday. Warmer as a result at 21°C.
Dry with long warm sunny spells on Saturday. 22°C.
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My first manically flying Painted Lady, presumably a migrant, seen near Corfe Castle, Dorset at 19:00. Anyone else seeing any?? I heard reports of good numbers in S Europe a few weeks ago @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
My first manically flying Painted Lady, presumably a migrant, seen near Corfe Castle, Dorset at 19:00. Anyone else seeing any?? I heard reports of good numbers in S Europe a few weeks ago @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
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An Orange Tip egg...
May 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
An Orange Tip egg...