I will never not adore "and allies" in a fieldguide title. Don't mess with the grasshoppers or the earwigs and crickets and cockroaches will fuck you up

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)@ukceh.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🦗 This #WorldWildlifeDay, discover Britain's grasshoppers, crickets & allied species in a brilliant new field guide! It's co-written by our former colleague Björn Beckmann with recording scheme coordinator Peter Sutton. Allied species are earwigs, stick insects, mantids and cockroaches 🪳 🧪 1/

IUCN updated Red List of Bees finally published: op.europa.eu/en/publicati...

European red list of bees - Publications Office of the EU

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Government report: "Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse (irreversible loss of function beyond repair)".

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

ICYMI my latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Air pollution kills thousands a year in the UK and abroad – why isn’t there a bigger uproar? | Devi Sridhar

Initiatives such as London’s ULEZ can be a model for other cities. But even more could be done to save lives and protect us from deadly toxins in the air, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global publi...

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Speaking in Menteith at 14:30 if for all the BES goers just waking up after last night’s festivities! Come along to hear about what ants do for pollinators and how they may help us with grassland restoration 🐜 🐝

Currently observing a stakeholder debate at the 2nd session of the EU Young Citizens Assembly for Pollinators. One of the first question from delegates is - where are the industry representatives? (e.g. pesticide companies, commercial forestry companies etc.).

Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new. This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot

The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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This is absolutely appalling. "The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit." Absolutely pathetic. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests

Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William

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It's been 18 months since we moved a bunch of ant hills to examine what effects they have on grassland restoration...how are they getting on? A new blog, fresh off the press! www.gabrielleflinn.com/post/ecologi...

Ecological Surgery Part 2 - Into the Undergrowth

Wow, it has been an entire year since I wrote the last blog. And what a year of contrasts - there have been the highest highs (with family and work) and the lowest lows (markedly my health took a bit ...

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🐝 More than a fifth of European wild bee species, including bumblebees and cellophane bees, risk becoming extinct — as nearly 100 new species join the growing list of those under threat.

1 in 5 European wild bee species now face extinction, report finds

It comes amid a push in the EU to roll back environmental protections.

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Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

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People power works. Vujadin Kovacevic talks about the importance of the Save the Bees and Farmers petition and campaign and how it helped lead to real tangible action for pollinators. #EUpollinators

Headed to Brussels for the Young Citizens Pollinator Assembly at the European Commission! Very much looking forward to observing and assisting with discussions on the threats facing pollinators and what this means for humans and nature 🇪🇺 🐝

Meet @thecuriousant.bsky.social who is based at the University of York with UKCEH & National Trust. Gabrielle's PhD is on how ecosystem engineering of Lasius flavus 🐜 benefits pollinators and grassland restoration 🌱 with Elva Robinson, Claire Carvell, Tim Goodall and Carl Hawke as supervisors!

This evening’s read for the commute back to Edinburgh…essential for anyone doing a PhD on pollinators! Such a wonderfully put together collection of the essentials 🐝 🪰 🦋

Mini marsupial bounces back from the brink! Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back. https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb

Disturbing to see three of these traps at Saline Shaw Farm Shop. Wasps are pollinators too and they are very important for pest control. They are a farm’s biggest ally really! Absolute madness that these kind of traps are commercially available given the current biodiversity crisis…

Land clearance is raising the temperature in the rainforests around the world www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds

Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find

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The best thing on the internet is @fixthenews.com.web.brid.gy. Every week it gives me the boost, the hope and the energy to believe in a better world and see the incredible things that are happening, in amongst all the bad. Can't recommend it enough 🙏 fixthenews.com/p/welcome-fi...

Welcome to Fix The News

A letter from our new home

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Another beautiful cycle along the beloved Roseburn Path in Edinburgh, on one of the best parts of our city - the hidden green cycle/walking routes. They give communities peace, exercise and safe transport and should be protected at all costs. #savergeroseburnpath @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social

Today we celebrated @elvarobinson.bsky.social receiving best PhD supervisor of the year award at the University of York. Very well deserved - we’re lucky to have you!

Do any ento folk on Bluesky happen to know what these eggs might be? Found on a grass species in Lincolnshire.

Wonderful to be accompanied by so many meadow browns during this month’s fieldwork.

All eyes on Madleen, they are not far now. freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/

These (anti) scientists doing this should be widely chastised and should surely lose access to funding. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Science sleuths flag hundreds of papers that use AI without disclosing it

Telltale signs of chatbot use are scattered through the scholarly literature — and, in some cases, have disappeared without a trace.

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In 2022, we published the European Red List of Hoverflies, revealing a third of European hoverfly species are at risk of extinction. Intensive agriculture (including commercial forestry) is the biggest threat but gardens could be islands of safety for these pollinators. www.bbc.com/news/article...

BBWOT and RHS call on gardeners to help protect hoverfly 'heroes' - BBC News

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature classes hoverflies as a threatened species.

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SAVE THE DATE 📢 On 9th July 2025, we’re heading to Westminster to show MPs that climate & nature must be a priority. This is your chance to speak directly to your MP & call for urgent action. Stay tuned for details! RT & spread the word for people, climate & nature.

We can’t just sow seeds to restore - we need to consider how to attract and make space for keystone species and ecosystem engineers and facilitate the restoration of mutualisms that give our ecosystems resilience. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Moving biodiversity from an afterthought to a key outcome of forest restoration - Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Forest restoration has the potential to result in substantial biodiversity gains alongside climate and human well-being benefits; however, biodiversity has historically been neglected in restoration e...

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Thank you to @rspbscotland.bsky.social for sharing my blog about our ongoing research invertigating the role of ants in grassland restoration 🐜🌱 community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/sc...

Gas has driven up UK power bills: ".. it is not true that renewables are the chief reasons British bills have soared." www.ft.com/content/2f25...

Gas, not net zero, has driven up UK power bills

Britain has been unhelpfully exposed to international price shocks

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