@wilded63.bsky.social
Retired MFL teacher. Now record Moths, Odonata and Butterflies locally for UK monitoring schemes.
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so large that dozens of species call it “home” #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so large that dozens of species call it “home”
When we picture the open Pacific, we imagine endless blue water and not much else. Marine researchers, however, are now seeing something very different: places like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch where plastic waste has built a kind of artificial shoreline far from any land. In the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, the huge rotating current
www.earth.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so large that dozens of species call it “home” #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
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Great news that the National Trust hopes to buy Giant Hill, one of the most important butterfly sites in Dorset. Please support the appeal if you can. Our Branch have been monitoring the site for decades and helping to maintain species like the Duke of Burgundy www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
National Trust launches fundraiser to help buy land around Cerne Giant
Deal expected to pave way for further scientific study, boost conservation and open up access to Dorset chalk figure
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Great news that the National Trust hopes to buy Giant Hill, one of the most important butterfly sites in Dorset. Please support the appeal if you can. Our Branch have been monitoring the site for decades and helping to maintain species like the Duke of Burgundy www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Good news!
Earlier this year I shared reports that the land around the Cerne Abbas Giant was up for sale
I’m delighted that, after lots of conversations, the land has now been bought by the National Trust (who already own the Giant): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Earlier this year I shared reports that the land around the Cerne Abbas Giant was up for sale
I’m delighted that, after lots of conversations, the land has now been bought by the National Trust (who already own the Giant): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
bsky.app/profile/guys...
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Good news!
Earlier this year I shared reports that the land around the Cerne Abbas Giant was up for sale
I’m delighted that, after lots of conversations, the land has now been bought by the National Trust (who already own the Giant): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
bsky.app/profile/guys...
Earlier this year I shared reports that the land around the Cerne Abbas Giant was up for sale
I’m delighted that, after lots of conversations, the land has now been bought by the National Trust (who already own the Giant): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
bsky.app/profile/guys...
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I’ve been trying to work out if the Government are on track to meet their ambitious target to create or restore 250,000 hectares of habitats outside protected sites by 2030, announced yesterday.
Turns out the Government themselves don’t yet have a way of measuring this!
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Turns out the Government themselves don’t yet have a way of measuring this!
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I’ve been trying to work out if the Government are on track to meet their ambitious target to create or restore 250,000 hectares of habitats outside protected sites by 2030, announced yesterday.
Turns out the Government themselves don’t yet have a way of measuring this!
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Turns out the Government themselves don’t yet have a way of measuring this!
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Russians started a human safari in Pokrovsk too. Videos are just civilians getting slaughtered under the surveillance of a drone. This will obviously not make it to headlines but please don’t let russians kill in silence
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Just 3:3 last night, Turnip poss migrant, another Epirrata agg and
Yellow-line Quaker, only my 2nd in the garden and NFY
Prompting a tongue twister for today
Red-line Yellow-line
#teammoth
Yellow-line Quaker, only my 2nd in the garden and NFY
Prompting a tongue twister for today
Red-line Yellow-line
#teammoth
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Just 3:3 last night, Turnip poss migrant, another Epirrata agg and
Yellow-line Quaker, only my 2nd in the garden and NFY
Prompting a tongue twister for today
Red-line Yellow-line
#teammoth
Yellow-line Quaker, only my 2nd in the garden and NFY
Prompting a tongue twister for today
Red-line Yellow-line
#teammoth
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I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew: Of wind I sang, a wind there came and in the branches blew. 💛
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
#BlueSkyMonday
#ArtChallenges
#photography
#EastCoastKin
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
#BlueSkyMonday
#ArtChallenges
#photography
#EastCoastKin
October 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew: Of wind I sang, a wind there came and in the branches blew. 💛
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
#BlueSkyMonday
#ArtChallenges
#photography
#EastCoastKin
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
#BlueSkyMonday
#ArtChallenges
#photography
#EastCoastKin
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Another good moth night with two Merveilles du Jour, Sallow, Green-brindled Crescent, Dark Chestnut and Dark Sword-grass.
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Another good moth night with two Merveilles du Jour, Sallow, Green-brindled Crescent, Dark Chestnut and Dark Sword-grass.
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With 2 weeks until the UKBMS 50th Anniversary conference we're sharing details of the talks and speakers.
We're pleased to welcome Cristina Gonzalez Sevilleja from the European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme.
Book your free place here ⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...
We're pleased to welcome Cristina Gonzalez Sevilleja from the European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme.
Book your free place here ⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...
September 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
With 2 weeks until the UKBMS 50th Anniversary conference we're sharing details of the talks and speakers.
We're pleased to welcome Cristina Gonzalez Sevilleja from the European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme.
Book your free place here ⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...
We're pleased to welcome Cristina Gonzalez Sevilleja from the European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme.
Book your free place here ⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...
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Why don't we just build data centres in the sea? Use the seawater to cool them and wind/tides to power then, seems like an easy win. Why do we have to build them in, like, Leeds?
August 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Why don't we just build data centres in the sea? Use the seawater to cool them and wind/tides to power then, seems like an easy win. Why do we have to build them in, like, Leeds?
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💧 Today, the Water Commission drops its final report. We’re one of 37 organisations calling on Keir Starmer and Steve Reed to fix the broken system flooding our waters with sewage.
It is time to change the water industry!
📄 👉 bit.ly/40ZcUn6
@sascampaigns.bsky.social #EndSewagePollution
It is time to change the water industry!
📄 👉 bit.ly/40ZcUn6
@sascampaigns.bsky.social #EndSewagePollution
July 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
💧 Today, the Water Commission drops its final report. We’re one of 37 organisations calling on Keir Starmer and Steve Reed to fix the broken system flooding our waters with sewage.
It is time to change the water industry!
📄 👉 bit.ly/40ZcUn6
@sascampaigns.bsky.social #EndSewagePollution
It is time to change the water industry!
📄 👉 bit.ly/40ZcUn6
@sascampaigns.bsky.social #EndSewagePollution
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Hoping for a year record 10 butterfly species in the garden today, and in late afternoon, this Common Blue got us there.
Holly Blue
Brimstone
Green Veined White
Gatekeeper
Large White
Comma
Small White
Red Admiral
Speckled Wood
Common blue
#butterflies #WildlifeGardening #ento #UKwildlife
Holly Blue
Brimstone
Green Veined White
Gatekeeper
Large White
Comma
Small White
Red Admiral
Speckled Wood
Common blue
#butterflies #WildlifeGardening #ento #UKwildlife
July 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Hoping for a year record 10 butterfly species in the garden today, and in late afternoon, this Common Blue got us there.
Holly Blue
Brimstone
Green Veined White
Gatekeeper
Large White
Comma
Small White
Red Admiral
Speckled Wood
Common blue
#butterflies #WildlifeGardening #ento #UKwildlife
Holly Blue
Brimstone
Green Veined White
Gatekeeper
Large White
Comma
Small White
Red Admiral
Speckled Wood
Common blue
#butterflies #WildlifeGardening #ento #UKwildlife
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GOOD NEWS: Lead shot will be banned! RESULT!
After years of campaigning, the use of toxic lead ammunition by the shooting industry will be banned. This is excellent news for people's health and for wildlife.
Read the Defra press release here: wildjustice.org.uk/general/toxi...
After years of campaigning, the use of toxic lead ammunition by the shooting industry will be banned. This is excellent news for people's health and for wildlife.
Read the Defra press release here: wildjustice.org.uk/general/toxi...
July 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
GOOD NEWS: Lead shot will be banned! RESULT!
After years of campaigning, the use of toxic lead ammunition by the shooting industry will be banned. This is excellent news for people's health and for wildlife.
Read the Defra press release here: wildjustice.org.uk/general/toxi...
After years of campaigning, the use of toxic lead ammunition by the shooting industry will be banned. This is excellent news for people's health and for wildlife.
Read the Defra press release here: wildjustice.org.uk/general/toxi...
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Thirteen more oil and gas licences could be cancelled after Rosebank court ruling
The ongoing repercussions of @sarahfinch.bsky.social’s Supreme Court ruling
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The ongoing repercussions of @sarahfinch.bsky.social’s Supreme Court ruling
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thirteen more oil and gas licences could be cancelled after Rosebank court ruling
Exclusive: Future of further projects uncertain after Rosebank and Jackdaw licences were found to have been unlawfully granted
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Thirteen more oil and gas licences could be cancelled after Rosebank court ruling
The ongoing repercussions of @sarahfinch.bsky.social’s Supreme Court ruling
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The ongoing repercussions of @sarahfinch.bsky.social’s Supreme Court ruling
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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I'm looking forward to the UK Moth Recorders Meeting on Saturday. It is an annual highlight for me, always full of interesting talks. Great that @savebutterflies.bsky.social organise it for the moth recording community. butterfly-conservation.org/moths/uk-mot...
January 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I'm looking forward to the UK Moth Recorders Meeting on Saturday. It is an annual highlight for me, always full of interesting talks. Great that @savebutterflies.bsky.social organise it for the moth recording community. butterfly-conservation.org/moths/uk-mot...
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"It would take an awful lot of fried fish and chips..."
Natalie Bennett challenges the Government on its claim that airport expansion can fit within legal climate commitments thanks to so-called 'sustainable aviation fuel'.
Natalie Bennett challenges the Government on its claim that airport expansion can fit within legal climate commitments thanks to so-called 'sustainable aviation fuel'.
February 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"It would take an awful lot of fried fish and chips..."
Natalie Bennett challenges the Government on its claim that airport expansion can fit within legal climate commitments thanks to so-called 'sustainable aviation fuel'.
Natalie Bennett challenges the Government on its claim that airport expansion can fit within legal climate commitments thanks to so-called 'sustainable aviation fuel'.
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"Water Companies have a job to do and if they fail to do it, then we put them into Special Administration." Regular dumping of sewage is a failure. Ecoli in the drinking water is failure. Tourism industry damaged by polluted beaches is a failure.
Jenny's amendment 99 to Water Bill.
Jenny's amendment 99 to Water Bill.
November 11, 2024 at 11:34 AM
"Water Companies have a job to do and if they fail to do it, then we put them into Special Administration." Regular dumping of sewage is a failure. Ecoli in the drinking water is failure. Tourism industry damaged by polluted beaches is a failure.
Jenny's amendment 99 to Water Bill.
Jenny's amendment 99 to Water Bill.
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3/ However, it's important to recognise that land *ownership* in the uplands is highly concentrated in a small number of very large estates. This is because of Victorian fashion for driven grouse shooting, leading to poor outcomes for nature in uplands... www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
Grouse moor owners in England - Google My Maps
Map & investigation by Guy Shrubsole. Last updated Nov 2021: 82 estates mapped, 572,952 acres. For more info, see whoownsengland.org. Google spreadsheet with more details at: https://docs.google.com/s...
www.google.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
3/ However, it's important to recognise that land *ownership* in the uplands is highly concentrated in a small number of very large estates. This is because of Victorian fashion for driven grouse shooting, leading to poor outcomes for nature in uplands... www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
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Been reading through the Government's new Land Use Consultation. Here's the juiciest bits I've seen so far!
An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1
An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1
January 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Been reading through the Government's new Land Use Consultation. Here's the juiciest bits I've seen so far!
An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1
An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1