Found a beautiful Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) whilst out. #Butterfly #Nature

Life has evolved to survive in boiling vents and burning deserts, but even the most ingenious species are being pushed towards extinction by extractivism and corporate greed. This Red List update also brings an important reminder: we see nature bounce back when we stop the harm and let it heal. 🌱

Species’ ingenious survival strategies no match for human destruction, red list reveals

Newly endangered animals include desert frogs and snails in extreme ocean depths, both threatened by mining

theguardian.com

1st furry visitor in a few months. We have gone from 4 foxes every night to none. Hopefully this is a new regular. I have a supply of dog treats in just in case. #garden #Edinburgh #wildlife

Cruella came round at 2200 last night just before I went to bed. We have all the doors open in the heat and she did pop her head in when she came round as if to say "Hi" 🙂 ❤️🐾🦊 #Fox #London #Wildlife #FoxNews

Congrats to @helenbennett.bsky.social on hosting the #BirdOfTheDay for the first time! The theme is #FabulousWaders (any wading bird you love) & alt theme is #Speckled (any bird w/speckled patterns). A juvenile gull on the south coast.

👋 Good morning from Basil, Tipsy and me! Have a wonderful day! #basilandtipsy #basilbrush #foxes

The Russian economy is rapidly transitioning to the cloud.

A joint team of Ukraine's State Emergency Service has arrived in France's Gironde department to help battle a massive wildfire that has already scorched more than 42,000 hectares The French side says Ukrainian firefighters will be working in the most challenging areas

Bees struggle in this weather 🥵 We find a lot of bees running out of fuel when perched on our sunflowers Use a water bottle & fine spray the flowers, fruit, seeds (what ever stage they are at) close to the bee, & they will hoover them up & regain strength

Great to see the pigeons making use of the water bucket ❤️ Looks like one is a lookout whilst the other drinks. Teamwork 👍 #Birds #Wildlife #London #Pigeon

From @atlanticbirding.bsky.social... "Good morning All. I thought that as today is my first day, the #BirdOfTheDay theme should be: #Firsts some of your earliest bird captures. Alt. is my most captured; #Robins" Taken many, many years ago near Brighton beach #gull

For my Ukrainian supporters, Steve is BBC journalist who lives in Russia. He has the difficult job of reporting the "facts" from Russia and provides a daily digest of state newspapers. Well worth a follow 👍

Steve Rosenberg@bbcstever.bsky.social · 2d ago

What are this morning’s Russian papers saying about Saturday’s restaurant bombing in Moscow? Almost nothing. #ReadingRussia

Smokey showed up this morning, again around 0500, for a drink. If it's still hot where you are, please consider putting out a bowl of water for the wildlife 🙏 ❤️🐾🦊 #Fox #London #Wildlife #FoxNews

The sun has gone down and its father and daughter tea time 🦊🧡🦊 #fox #cub

Happy Sunday Bluesky! Just had a visit from Dandy! Have a great day everyone😃 #dandythefoxcub #basilbrush #fox

Farewell to those white cliffs of Blighty . 11th mission is on .. 👊🇺🇦🐺🇬🇧

Further to my last post, I checked the camera and Smokey and Casanova were here at 0500 in a playful mood ❤️🐾🦊 #Fox #London #Wildlife #FoxNews

With the weather still fairly hot during the day, Smokey and Casanova are still only coming round during the night. Cruella has been coming round in the late evenings. Last night with a smile on her face 😁 ❤️🐾🦊 #Fox #London #Wildlife #FoxNews

Here's our Dandy, I think he was chatting to the magpie that was on the roof 😄 Have a great evening! 👋 #dandythefoxcub #fox #basilbrush #FoxOfTheDay

Frog peeks up out of the water while floating in the pond #GreenSat #nature #wildlife #photography

Found this lovely Bear's Breeches (Acanthus) while out on a walk. #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Nature

There is a lot of fibre optic cable across the frontline in Ukraine. It seems now that birds are using it to build nests ❤️ Nature finds a way. Of course the cable is still dangerous to wildlife, but it's amazing that it is being repurposed for a good use 💛💙 #Nature #Wildlife #Ukraine

Father and daughter sharing some tea time snacks in the garden 🦊🧡🦊 #fox #cub

People on BlueSky will have probably realised that I support and promote women and girls. Even in the UK, this poster was well known. What a wonderful woman. RIP Rosie the rivetter

Resister Sister Nicki Hates tRump for Free@worldtraveldiva.bsky.social · 5d ago

In 1944, MN teenager Jeanne Gibson went to work in the Seattle shipyards welding destroyers for the Allies. She then moved to Juneau and joined the Army Transportation Corps supplying ships in the Pacific. She later got a Master’s and her pilots license. RIP, hero. 🫡 www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...

Happy #Caturday from Sam who, like all animals, is struggling in the heat. Have a lovely weekend everyone

#Flyday (live, self-propelled, flying creatures) Here's a male Common Darter (Sympetrum Striolatum) clinging to the end of some deadwood in the garden today. They always look incredibly pleased with themselves close up. #ECK #dragonfly #bugSky #photography #Art #ArtChallenges #ArtPrompts

For fox Friday, here's our Tipsy! 🦊 #FoxFriday #foxoftheday #fox

🇺🇦🇫🇷 Ukrainian rescuers went to France to help fight forest fires 70 rescuers and 15 specialized vehicles were sent within the framework of EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Ukraine is ready to additionally involve the State Emergency Service aviation to extinguish fires.

This fox dodged a falcon's dive three times in a row, pure reflex and instinct on full display.

For #FoxFriday I thought I would share a couple of pictures of Ron. He was one of our first dog foxes and has since moved on. He was very friendly and would sit in the garden for hours watching us. He was named Ron after Ron Weasley 😁 ❤️🐾🦊 #Fox #London #Wildlife #FoxNews