The Flamingo Revolution is alive and kicking in Albania. Day 46, and the people are still on the streets protesting about the trashing of environmental protections to facilitate dodgy development proposals. 💪🦩. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

Dua Lipa calls Albanian protests against Jared Kushner-backed resort ‘inspiring’

Pop star, whose parents are Kosovan Albanian, expresses admiration for demonstrations, which are entering their sixth week

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Sticky traps for insects may be pesticide free but they are a death traps for bats and birds. There have been two separate incidents today (one involving a mother bat who will have a starving baby somewhere). Please share the message. Do not use these traps! #wildlife #bats #conservation

Stork! Auspicious start to my day at the European Congress of Conservation Biology. @eccb26leiden.bsky.social

Newt survey in Norway this morning. Mainly great crested, but a smooth newt for size comparison too! 300 cresties have been found in this tiny pond. #amphibians @arc-trust.bsky.social

Rare female Bechstein's bat found during woodland monitoring in Sussex. Site is rather denuded of old trees, but woodpeckers are still around, making holes that these bats love. Out again tonight, so watch this space! @greenbritain.bsky.social @batconservation.bsky.social

Love bananas! Quick snack for this fruit bat before release. #zambia @sussex.ac.uk #bats

Ring-side view! Impala battling at Kafue National Park, #Zambia with my @sussex.ac.uk Zoology field course.

Was lucky to spot a bumblebee nest entrance. They usually make use of existing holes e.g. small mammal burrows as their legs are too weedy to dig. #Bees @buzzclub.bsky.social

Gorgeous day out yesterday deploying bat detectors in Dorset. Hoping to pick up serotine migration or spring swarming. #bats Thanks @nationaltrust.org.uk

Glue traps should never be used outdoors or in and around bat roosts. They are very dangerous to bats, other wildlife and even pets, often leading to a cruel death. If you do find a bat in a sticky trap please follow the advice on our website www.bats.org.uk/advice/help-...

Containing a bat - Bats in need of rescue - Bat Conservation Trust

If you can safely reach the bat, the next step is to contain it in a box. It may sound daunting, but it's really not that complicated! In fact, 90% of p...

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Fiona Mathews @fionamathews.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Another bat caught on fly-paper yesterday. The 2nd brought to me in 2 weeks. Dead on arrival: horrible lingering death. This stuff is not environmentally friendly (the manufacturer's photo of it hung from apple blossom is baffling). @davegoulson.bsky.social @batconservation.bsky.social #bats #nature

Another bat caught on fly-paper yesterday. The 2nd brought to me in 2 weeks. Dead on arrival: horrible lingering death. This stuff is not environmentally friendly (the manufacturer's photo of it hung from apple blossom is baffling). @davegoulson.bsky.social @batconservation.bsky.social #bats #nature

Today marks the Spring Equinox (from Puffin Picture Book Trees in Britain, 1948) Artist: SR Badmin

Just looked it up. Turns out there are loads of Pipistrelle Drives!

Rose-Ann@athena42.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Must be another one, this is near Reading. We drive past it on our way to doing bat walks and rescues

Well said James!

James Bullock@jmbecologist.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If non-native species affect ecosystems, we need to demonstrate if and how these are negative impacts, rather than simply assuming they are because the species are non-native We made this point over 25 yrs ago, but still it has to be repeated besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Please can we just ban the naming of housing developments after wildlife that used to live there? Real lapwings were in these fields when I was a kid. #conservation #wildlife 🦤

I thought the radiotags I use to track bats were small, but the technology used to study insect migrations is mind-blowing.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/mar/18/butterflies-crossing-oceans-moths-navigating-stars-insect-migrations-aoe #butterflies #insects #ecology

Butterflies crossing oceans, moths navigating by the stars: unravelling the mysteries of insect migrations

Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tra...

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This gorgeous and rare lesser horseshoe bat had just woken up from hibernation ready for spring. But she was caught this evening by a cat and died of stress. Please keep your cat in at dusk! #cats #bats @batconservation.bsky.social @batcon.org

The highest number of bat species identified in one mixed sample of droppings last year was perilously close to my house 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇. I can't help living in one of the UK's best spots for bats! @ecotypegenetics.bsky.social #bats #dna @batconservation.bsky.social

Looking for a needle in a haystack? We have been working hard at EcotypeGenetics to develop new eDNA tests for bats and dormice that are super sensitive and specific. Chat to my brilliant colleagues Tom and Issy if you are at the event, or have a look at ecotypegenetics.co.uk #bats #dormice #eDNA

Dead vultures signal major wildlife poisoning https://www.europesays.com/uk/832410/ One of the most serious poisonings of threatened species ever recorded in Greece is unfolding in the Dadia…

Dead vultures signal major wildlife poisoning - United Kingdom

One of the most serious poisonings of threatened species ever recorded in Greece is unfolding in the Dadia forest in the Evros region. Since last Thursday,

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Wild daffodils in Devon. #spring @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

I love collecting pebbles from the beach. Here is today's prize! "The Scream".

The costs of Ecuador’s perfect roses also include a sudden rush to extract peat from the Paramo Highlands. I have been in greenhouses where people are spraying pesticides with no PPE at all. Very worrying. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The true cost of Ecuador’s perfect roses: how the global flower trade poisons workers

Many farmers in the Andes rely on growing blooms for export, but high water usage and risky pesticides threaten Indigenous communities

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Ecuadorian poison-arrow frogs have been in the news recently. But did you know that Ecuador has around frog 700 species (and counting), and more than 50% are found nowhere else on earth? #frogs @wikiriki.bsky.social 🦤🌎🐸

Can any Dutch speakers tell me if there is a similarity between the words for peacock and pelican! Pretty sure these sculptures on Pelikaanstraat, Leiden are peacocks? #birds #netherlands

Just hanging around! Hibernating greater horseshoe bats quite often like to perch on old wires. #bats #nature #wildlife @batconservation.bsky.social

Please take a few minutes to ask your Rep to vote NO on the Enhancing Safety for Animals Act (H.R.4255). The #Wolf Conservation Center makes it fast/easy with a letter you can personalize and they'll send for you: engage.nywolf.org/site/Advocac.... It takes minutes to save #wolves for generations. 🌎

Congratulations Dr @liselotterambonnet.nl! Was very happy to be part of the examination panel, and hear about your excellent research on #citizenscience @unileiden.bsky.social #birds #plasticpollution

Some of the fun, and frankly weird, stuff found during bats surveys this month with @wiltsbatgroup.bsky.social. #caving #bats 🦇

Huge news for Scotland’s nature! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌳🦅🪱 🍄 The Natural Environment Bill has officially been voted into law, marking a landmark victory for people and nature. 🧵 (1/4)