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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · 5d

No luck, unfortunately. Will try again next year!

Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · 5d

Today will be my 6th and final day surveying Bog Myrtle on the south Cumbrian mosses, but didn't know about the aphid! I'll have to look closer! 😆

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · 11d

It's impossible not to love the Merveille du Jour. Just incredible moths! #MothsMatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Aug 26

Less than 2 weeks until I'll be running the Great North Run to raise money for the Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity. If anyone would like to donate to this wonderful charity, then I'd be very grateful. www.justgiving.com/page/ryan-cl...

Ryan's fundraiser for Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity

Help Ryan Clark raise money to support Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity

www.justgiving.com

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Aug 21

Drosera x obovata, the hybrid between Great Sundew and Round-leaved Sundew. On a beautiful bog in Wales today with Sphagnum austinii and Sphagnum beothuk nearby.

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · Aug 15

Our brand new traineeships are open for applications!! On this paid, 6-month programme, we are looking for two people, age 18-25, to join the Communities and Education Team at the Great Fen as part of our National Lottery-funded project, #PeatlandProgress. www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs/peatlan...

Interns and Young People's Forum members sit with Wildlife Trust staff on the steps of Rothschild Bungalow at Woodwalton Fen

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Jul 28

Last week I came across some Small Scabious Mining Bees (Andrena marginata) in County Durham. This lovely species is Nationally Scarce and, I believe, has only been recorded twice before in Northern England. I managed to find them in 3 1km squares in the end. #NorthEastBeeHunt @nenature.bsky.social

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Jul 20

Some tiny plants from the dune slacks at Holy Island. Small Adder's Tongue, Small-fruited Yellow-sedge and Shoreweed #WildflowerHour

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Jul 10

Amazing! Muckle Moss is quite a place too! I've tried a couple of times to find the S. balticum there.

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Jul 9

Have a lovely wildlife/ ID filled week! 🙂

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Jun 28

The Gold-tailed Melitta aka Bellflower Blunthorn Bee, Melitta haemorrhoidalis, is one of my favourite bees. The females (picture 1) collect pollen from Campanula species but also visit Geraniums for nectar. The males (picture 2) are super cute too and sleep in flowers, often in little groups.

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Jun 28

Hi Kim, welcome to Bluesky! You're spot on, it is a Wool Carder! They love purple toadflax 😃

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Jun 26

Ah yes, very much so! Can be found by dusking too, as well as at light. 🙂

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Jun 25

A nice area! Netted Carpet is in Cunsey but slightly too early!

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Jun 23

Very pleased to find a Transparent Burnet today on Mull. Lovely little moths 😍

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Charlotte Rankin @bumble-being.bsky.social · Jun 12

North-bumble-land Walk complete! 🐝

🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked

A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!

Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!

www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · May 23

@movingslowly.bsky.social was one of the first people I met when I moved to Cumbria. A lover of life, nature, people, and books, he always had a cheeky smile on his face and a Diet Coke to hand. He loved these verges near Orton, and it felt like a fitting place to sit and remember him today.

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Charlotte Rankin @bumble-being.bsky.social · May 14

Just over three weeks to go! 🐝

Charlotte Rankin @bumble-being.bsky.social · Apr 8

I'm bumbling along the Northumberland Coast Path for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣

& along the way, I’ll be sharing my bumblebee sightings with @nenature.bsky.social’s North East Bee Hunt 📝🔎

Please share, or donate if you can, to support my ‘North-bumble-land’ Walk this June! ⤵️

Charlotte's North-bumble-land Walk 🐝

Help Charlotte Rankin raise money to support Bumblebee Conservation Trust

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Apr 16

Thanks! Still trying to figure out Bluesky 😄

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Apr 16

Thanks Jamie! 😊

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Apr 14

I am open, however, to discuss any future opportunities for contract work delivering research, surveys, monitoring, and training. My website is a work in progress, but it can be found here and details the sort of work I carry out (3/3)

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Apr 14

Recently, I started my first piece of work as a full-time freelance ecologist, specialising mainly in pollinating insects across northern England and beyond. Reassuringly, I am more or less booked up for the summer now. (2/3)

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Apr 14

10 years ago, I started my first paid job in Ecology and have very much enjoyed my time working for various charities to understand and conserve our often overlooked invertebrates and plants. (1/3)

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Apr 13

The females of the Belted Beauty moth are especially bizarre, like fluffy woodlice wearing stripey socks. Their wings are only 2mm or so long, so don't function, meaning that they have to use pheromones to draw the males to them!

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · Apr 13

A Gold-fringed Mason Bee (Osmia aurulenta) from Cumbria earlier this week. This species nests in empty snail shells, disguising the shell slightly with chewed up leaves.

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