Brown Hawker briefly at rest. Stanford Reservoir Leics/Northants border. @stanfordbirder.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

Dessicated Knapweed and Thistles with some Birdsfoot Trefoil in this field margin next to Stanford Reservoir. Northants/Leics border feeding migrants this afternoon. I've seen Clouded Yellow in this field in October for the last 3 years!! @butterfliesonfilm.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Bringing good news to your feed 👍 Across South and West Wales we are working hard to protect, restore and safeguard nature. These are our happy headlines from the past few weeks ⬇️

50 Acre Piece,Berkshire. Recovering Heathland and crystal clear pools. Perhaps the Odonta will inherit the earth. Bonus Grayling. @upperthames.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

We were under skies with the promise of rain that didn't come while we brush cut and raked part of the 6.5 Ha site at Rugby's Kilsby Lane LWS. Unimprved grassland and scrub mosaic....

For GOD'S SAKE. Massive landowners call for ban on disposable BBQs, but at the same time call for "a lifting of the ban on controlled burning" 'You oiks shouldn't burn moorland - that's OUR job' Entitled double standards. Ban both. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk

Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition

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I think Gatekeeper had a good year down here, less so Meadow Brown and even lease so Ringlet which likes damper conditions. Ditto Green-veined White which have been more or less non existent. We lost Small Tortoiseshell years ago due to the hotter summers (I assume)

James CBR@jamescbr.bsky.social · 2d ago

It is sobering, isn't it? Many of my local browns are surviving well, except Speckled Wood and Ringlet but I fear for Small Tortoiseshell and Red Admiral larvae. Just as ST started to pick up following last year's good numbers, the drought is looking set to wipe many out, even on the marshes.

Its been another record year for Silver-studded Blue at Studland NNR with total count of 2164, just beating 2024. That's nearly a 12 fold increase over 16 years. The huge rise with little management is a puzzle and is explored in our paper dispar.org/reference.ph.... @ukbms.bsky.social

Shade seeking Purple Hairstreak foun patch of greener vegetation @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Brandon Marsh this morning. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Our next event is our Open Day at Ryton Wood Meadows on Sat 15th! 🦋 Come & discover this reserve with us & meet fellow enthusiasts. Guided walks, refreshments & cake. Full details on our webpage: butterfly-conservation.org/events/warwi...

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Small Copper #butterfly sustained by Ragwort in the garden this evening. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @ragwortfacts.bsky.social

The IMF says we pay $5T/year to subsidize fossil fuels — that's $13M per MINUTE to destroy our future. Meanwhile solar & wind fight for scraps. We don't have a funding problem. We have a priority problem.

@concretebotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social Yellow coydalis,Red Valerian,Fleabanes and Knapweed all flowering and naturalised in paved areas at home.Almost s far feom the sea as ou can be in the UK. More fl😭wers than I've sen on many nature reserves lately. #drought #climate change.

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Black Darter seen on today's guided walk in Hampshire at 50 Acre Piece with @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

Plant diversity boosts pests’ predators and reduces crop damage... www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

Plant diversity boosts pests’ predators and reduces crop damage

The largest global assessment of its kind has shown that plant diversity increases populations of predators to suppress pests before they cause significant crop damage. The meta-analysis combines data...

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When plant nurseries, label plants as "insect-friendly", please know the term as sale's pitch & ignorance of the vast expanse of the #insect-plantcoevolution that started eons before there was even a whiff of our hominid ancestors. www.entomologyjournals.com/assets/archi... Small Copper on Knapweed

A few mementos of today's visit @warwickshirecc.bsky.social Ufton Fields SSSI. I couldn't find any of the 2nd gen. Dingy Skippers that a friend saw yesterday but still enoyed looking. See ALT @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

A few mementos of today's visit @warwickshirecc.bsky.social Ufton Fields SSSI. I couldn't find any of the 2nd gen. Dingy Skippers that a friend saw yesterday but still enoyed looking.

#BeeWashing at its best! In the 1950s in the UK there were around 250,000 hives similar to what we have today. The issue is that we have lost so much wildflower forage in that time so there is increasing pressure on our wild pollinators. Honeybees are not the solution

Devastating fire sweeps Dunwich Heath. Help Dunwich Heath recover and thrive in a changing climate... www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/a...

Devastating fire sweeps Dunwich Heath

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May not have survived the devastating fire 🔥 Along with many wildlife species scarce Silver-studded Blues & Graylings will be gone. Many years before they recover. Graylings will have to recolonise from areas already destroyed by Sizewell C @savebutterflies.bsky.social @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social

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Male Gatekeeper clinging to a grass seed head on a windy day at Dunwich Heath Suffolk. #Butterfly #Butterflies #wildlife #ukwildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

Today at #AshlawnCuttingLNR focussed on removing some invasive plants. None of our volunteers need help identifying Variegated Yellow Archangel,Melilot or Snowberry.. then a walk/litter pick/survey. Thinking about the future work schedule... @warwickshirewt.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

This warehouse in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 has 13,000 #solar panels. It makes four times the energy it uses. We have solutions to the #climatecrisis, let's implement them. #GreenNewDeal #ActOnClimate #climateemergency #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal #renewableenergy

Back at the flowery grassland and dith between Diamond Jubilee plantation Wood anf Rainsbrook Crematorium to show a friend where the Cloudwd Yellows are flying. Saw Common Blue and SmallHeath too feeding on Fleabane and Ragwort. And The flying egg yolks!! @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Went for a walk round our Kilsby Lane LWS at midday. Very hot and all butterflies hypered up. Nice to see plenty of Small Heath,Whites including the Small pictured an also feeding on Ragwort flowers a few Small Copper. There are cracks in the clay a foot deep!! @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Almost any building, school, or parking lot could be turned into a #solarpower plant and provide #cleanenergy for our cities and homes. RT if think more buildings should get a #solar upgrade. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #GreenNewDeal #renewable #energy

Rugby Wildlife Group visited Newbold Quarry today planning on a litter pick and to pull Melilot where it's establishing. A gentle morning pottering about we thought. When we realised that the council had strimmed all the path edges and left cuttings to mulch we set to raking them up to our heaps...