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Scottish seabird hunt cancelled for first time in 400 years

Scottish seabird hunt cancelled for first time in 400 years

NatureScot refuses licence for hunt on Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir in which up to 2,000 gannet chicks are killed

theguardian.com

Norfolk River Wensum campaigners fear waterway is 'fading'. The waterway is one of only about 250 chalk rivers in the world - unique ecosystems often described as the UK's equivalent of the Amazon rainforest... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Norfolk River Wensum campaigners fear waterway is 'fading'

A campaigner says it has "declined pretty much in every way you could imagine".

bbc.co.uk

Our third Musk beetle (Aromia moschata) of the year seen yesterday near Barton Turf. Spectacular creatures, I never tire of seeing them! This one was on Angelica sylvestris. Some years we don't see any then others there's a run of them! #beetle #norfolkwildlife

Apologies if Norfolk/Suffolk/Cambs moth websites are running slow. It’s very busy on the websites at the moment, and unfortunately the CPU on one of the server banks has had enough! Not helped by Googlebots spamming the site (now blocked) hopefully things should improve. Thanks for your patience.

BBC News - Fish in Norwich river killed by heat and drain water, say experts - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fish in Norwich river killed by heat and drain water, say experts

The Environment Agency believes the fish were killed as a result of the heat and drain water.

bbc.co.uk

Bee Wolf (Philanthus triangulum) feeding on Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) in the Yare Valley. I've been seeing them increasingly frequently in the garden at home but not so often in the Broads (the bits that I go to). #beewolf

Incredibly, some retailers continue to sell disposable BBQs despite the extreme fire danger.

And the leak continues unabated. The good news is that #AnglianWater @anglianwater.bsky.social are aware. They're just not doing anything about it, though.

Jo Parmenter@jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 2w ago

#AnglianWater @anglianwater.bsky.social very dismayed to see today that the long-term water mains leak at Reedham, Norfolk, is not only not yet fixed, but that the rate of flow appears to be increasing, all this during a hosepipe ban. We saw a juvenile moorhen paddling about in it the other day.

Seen yesterday; very likely the last of the first generation alongside (one of) the first of the second generation of Swallowtails in the Broads. #norfolkbutterflies

Nice to see these almost full grown Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) cats a couple of days ago in Surlingham, feeding on Oak. #teammoth

Kudos to @sjbknott.bsky.social who got the correct species much quicker than I did: hoverfly Volucella inanis. The recorder was not trying to mislead anyone, they just asked ChatGPT to "clean photo", and didn't realise that the result included spurious extras such as a second head ☹️

Martin Harvey@kitenet.bsky.social · 2w ago

An insect follow-up to the issues raised by @alexanderlees.bsky.social - a recorder asked ChatGPT to clean up a blurry photo of an insect they didn't recognise. It was then sent in as a record of a cicada. Can anyone work out what the original insect was? (Answer to follow!) bsky.app/profile/alex...

A new species for our Breckland garden today and one that has, I believe only been found in the UK since 2019. Ectophasia crassipennis (Twist-winged Parasite Fly). Please excuse the fuzzy record photos! #diptera #norfolk

We often see the larvae whilst in the Broads but rarely the imago so it was nice to bump into this Drinker (Euthrix potatoria) near Barton Turf at the weekend. With Garden Tiger numbers in steep decline I wonder if Drinker cats are an increasingly large part of some Cuckoos' diets. #norfolkmoths

No trip to the coast is complete without the #pseudoscorpion Dactylochelifer latreillii, Marram Grass Chelifer. @vannabartlett.bsky.social found several at Holkham, Norfolk, yesterday. arthropedia.co.uk/sand-dune-de...

A little cloud of braconids emerged from the two Small Tortoiseshell larvae I posted photos of on 14th. From what I have been able to find out Cotesia vanessae appears to be the most likely species, fitting with the host species and the rather fluffy cocoons. #parasitoid

Red-tipped Clearwing (Synanthedon formicaeformis) nectaring on the Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) today, which is growing in profusion in the garden this year. There are definitely fewer butterflies and bees on the flowers this year though compared with previous ones. #teammoth

Traffic jam on Milk-parsley. The smaller larva is a 4th instar preparing to moult was unlikely to move out of the way in a hurry. #swallowtail #norfolkbutterflies

At both ends of the colour scale; lots white Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) and the rich yellow of Greater Bladderwort (Utricularia vulgaris) which was growing in a dried up 'pool' in the Ant Valley. #wildflowerhour

Today we're reminding you to please leave out extra #waterforwildlife when the weather is warm & dry. 🦔 💧 💚 📹 Wendy Noblet #heatwave #hedgehogs

This plastic toy building brick was found in the stomach of a Sable Shearwater chick on Lord Howe, a remote island located off the east coast of Australia. It was discovered by scientists at @adriftlab.bsky.social, a research group focused on seabirds and marine plastics.

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) cats which have apparently been parasitized. I am assuming it is the work of a parasitic wasp, not seen these weird cotton wool-like cocoons before. If anyone has any ideas please share! Hopefully whatever it is will soon emerge. #smalltortoiseshell #parasitoids

Many people are rushing to block the buildout of AI data centers in their communities. “The number of active opposition groups more than doubled from 396 at the end of 2025 to 833 by the end of Q1 2026, now spanning 49 states,” a study says.

The fight against AI data centers is just beginning

Buildout and backlash.

theverge.com

Loads of reasons never to install plastic grass lawns..

Little Green Space@lgspace.bsky.social · 3w ago

Please don't turn your lawn into plastic. Fake grass reduces food & shelter for wildlife such as bees & butterflies; has a high carbon footprint; sheds micro-plastics which wash into our rivers & seas; and in summer can get hot enough to harm pets. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/gra...

Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) larva freshly moulted to 4th instar. When we passed by again about an hour later it had eaten its exuviae and turned the much darker 'normal' 4th instar colours.

After a couple of good years in my garden Brown Argus (Aricia agestis) sightings have been few and far between here this so lovely to see this very fresh individual. Photo K. Radley #UKbutterflies

A small way to help out in this heat - a pebble bath with pebbles, twigs, leaves, and shallow water in a tray or bowl being enjoyed by a Holly Blue. Moments ago, a Purple Hairstreak came down (as in previous years) but we missed photographing it..

A rare sighting! Verified as Trogus lapidator — the specialist ichneumonid parasitoid of the Swallowtail butterfly — by Dr Mark Shaw (NMS). We spotted this individual at How Hill on 30 June. #parasitoid #swallowtail

No need to seed: restoring former arable land to species‐rich grassland by mowing & natural regeneration over 18 years. Paper published today by myself, with my amazing 86 year old father & farmer Derek Sayer. A visit to the meadow is like stepping back through time. doi.org/10.1111/rec.70487

Our first Willow Emerald (Chalcolestes viridis) of the year today at a Yare Valley site that reliably produces our first of the season year after year! #damselfly