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Neil
@uk-wildlife.bsky.social
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Was @Uk_wildlife + @PondManUK on Twitter Environmental educator, Wildlife Photographer/filmmaker + Naturalist. I give talks too! @ukwildlifepodcast.bsky.social Co-host All opinions my own
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Nov 7
Im planning to mostly leave Twitter, so heres my hello Bluesky post!
For those that don't know me Im a wildlife filmmaker/photographer/podcaster with a background in Environmental Education.
You can expect lots of UK wildlife, plenty of freshwater life, with plenty of photos and videos :)
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Kenneth De Baets @djbirddanerd.bsky.social · 6d
The first #leech body #fossil predates estimated hirudinidan origins by 200 million years

peerj.com/articles/199...

@peerj.bsky.social #Annelida
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · 11d
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/8gHNAYX82WE
The Hornet Robberfly - an insect worth obsessing over
YouTube video by UK Wildlife
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · 11d
A short clip from my Hornet Robberfly fact file video, where I where I tell the story of how I ended up obsessed enough to spend every free sunny day walking around a field near my house looking at horse poo trying to film them!
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social #bugsky #ukwildlife
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · 19d
And Instagram is terrible now for photos now (500 views) and video not much better (1500ish usually), until I posted a video of an emerging damselfly last month which is randomly on 1.7million views and counting! No idea WTF happened there!?
But bluesky is best for engagement overall I find
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · 19d
I have 1700 followers on TikTok but get the standard 300-700 views on videos, even those made in app, even though some of them get 5+ new followers!?
Funny thing is I post the video the TikTok app makes on my instagram and YT as a short which both had similar follower numbers and get 1500+ views!
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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 25d
In June 2024, 80,000 of us marched peacefully to #RestoreNatureNow with hardly a mention in the media. Were we supposed to have thrown stones and fought the police to be noticed?

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Bottles thrown at police as 100 officers clash with ‘unite the kingdom’ marchers – UK politics live
Met police estimate 110,000 people attended rally, with smaller number of counter-protesters ‘penned in’
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · 26d
Is this what the right wing loudmouths meant by "no go areas in London" !? Lol

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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · 28d
10minute walk in a country park along path bordering (a thankfully fenced off) SSSI.
- 9 bird species seen/heard
- 25+ dogs, walked off lead with owners busy chatting or looking at their phone.

I used to moan about the lack of access to the river here, but now I'm glad its protected!
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Sep 7
Migrant Wheatears yesterday
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 3
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Aug 31
Awesome, found 2 in my parents house in 40 years, both after I'd moved out!
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Aug 31
The bit the plastic grass sellers don't tell you!
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Post on facebook group "Any fake grass professional cleaners ? We hoover it, wash it, brought the fancy tools even before but it just looks flat & crap 😑 would love someone to come & revive it ?" Comment on the post "Have you tried electric artificial grass sweeper? Get one for around £150 , (Amazon) had mine for years brings my grass up lovely I even get stripes and it picks up all loose debris saves all that hand racking" Reply from original poster " I tried this but it made it uneven because it sucked up a load of the concretey stuff underneath 😫"
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Aug 25
Took a break today between trying to sneak up on Hornet Robberflies to film these Firebugs feasting on a dead Earwig - got the probe lens out for the last clip
#bugsky #insects #macro
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Aug 24
I only see/hear Willow Warblers on passage here in South Essex, pretty much Chiffchaff only zone now.
Similar situation with dragonflies - new species come in but White-faced Darter no longer in the South, and Azure Hawker + Northern Damsel seem to be facing competition as other species spread north
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Aug 23
They certainly seem to have changed somewhat from the "we need cull Birds of Prey!" Charity they once were. They seem to have quietly relieved all the trustees with shall we say "old fashioned attitudes" (such as below) of their roles which is good to see raptorpersecutionuk.org/2020/11/02/c...
Charity ‘Songbird Survival’ still pushing for licences to kill birds of prey
In an uncertain world there’s one thing you can always rely on – Songbird Survival seeking licences to kill birds of prey. Here’s the most recent call to arms, which looks virtual…
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Aug 23
Last time BTO did a study like this for Songbird Survival (Trust as it was then) they found that corvids could be a local issue but were not behind the national decline in songbirds. And Songbird survival disowned the study!
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · Aug 23
New research has provided the most comprehensive analysis of predation events at birds' nests across the UK:
Major new study examines nest predation in the UK
New research by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and University of East Anglia, in collaboration with other partners, has given the most comprehensive analysis of predation events at birds' nests across the UK. The research examined camera studies of more than 2,000 wild birds' nests in England, Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man.
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Aug 22
Yawning #fridayfox
Red fox sitting up with mouth wide open
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · Aug 21
UK Government's Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Christine Middlemiss claims: "Strong biosecurity is our best defence".

It isn't. Not releasing 60 million gamebirds is.

#AvianFlu #Ornithology

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Defra announces additional biosecurity measures for gamebird releases amidst heightened risk of Avian Influenza
Defra has announced increased biosecurity measures for gamebird releases amidst the heightened risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as ‘Bird Flu’. All of England…
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Aug 17
One of my favourite insects, the Hornet Robberfly sucking the insides out of another fly from last weekend!
Taken at the only reliable colony in the Essex that's not been built on or under direct threat from development :(
#bugsky #ukwildife #nature #wildlife #insect
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Aug 11
Dune Villa 'twerking' as @flygirlnhm.bsky.social describes it!
- possibly filmed for the 1st time?

Took me over an hour to film this much footage because the ruddy thing just keep fly and flying and flying, fast and low and stop for about a second before flying and flying....
#bugsky #ukwildlife
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Aug 11
On my local FB group someone has given up gardening due to damage by foxes. The devastating damage? A few small holes on the lawn...
Facebook Screengrab of a lawn with video that shows a lawn with a few small holes in
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Aug 9
Part of a nature doc "filmed in a fish tank, BBC admit"
Typical Daily Fail using their amazing investigative skills to reveal this 'scandal' by reading an article by....the BBC! Those lefties at the BBC cant get anything past the mighty Mails top 'journalists'
www.msn.com/en-xl/news/o...
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Aug 4
Oh very cool! Ive heard of a few turning up in the southern counties. Hope to see one, one day!
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Arable Emily @arableplants.bsky.social · Aug 4
I wasn't expecting this one over the weekend in the #NewForest. Momentarily questioning my choices when I enthusiastically shouted out 'Praying Mantis' in the company of some great natural historians! Fortunately, it transpires I was right!! Mantis religiosa I believe. #Surprise #Naturalhistory
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · Aug 3
- Upload high quality wildlife video recorded on my camera but partly filmed/edited in TikTok: 3-500 views

- Upload poor quality video but filmed in TikTok app: 3-900 views

- Upload either of these TikTok video files to my YouTube channels as shorts: 1000s of views!

I don't get TikTok! lol
A screengrab of video stats for my YouTube channel showing to vertical videos originally made in TikTok and uploaded as YouTube shorts with 1900 and 7300 views each
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