The swallows in this village have no respect for personal space
Nick Acheson
@themarshtit.bsky.social
Nature conservation. Low carbon living. Classical music and opera. Theatre and books. Gruesome lefty vegan tree-hugger. 🏳️⚧️ ally. Happiest when muddy. 🦆🌱🚲🏳️🌈📚 themarshtit.com
1) fat hen, greater plantain, knotgtass sp., annual meadow-grass. 2) annual meadow-grass. #geometricalbotany
I lost a pillowcase in the laundry this morning. Is it too early to blame Andy Burnham?
Asteraceae doing the heavy lifting for this week’s #wildflowerhour #stillflowering challenge: musk thistle (with painted lady caterpillar) on chalk grassland, Canadian goldenrod, wall lettuce (in this case door lettuce) and (not Asteraceae) entangled tendrils of tufted vetch and hedge bindweed.
Great idea. One of the most inspiring books when I was young, then I was lucky enough to get to know Keith in person, then later to employ Alan's daughter! Any young birders need this book.
The White Falcon@markgolley.bsky.social · 3w agoSaturday giveaway time! I picked a copy of the (still brilliant) Macmillan Guide to Bird Identification at Cley village fete & like the last time, I want to give this copy to a really keen young birder (18 or under). Drop me a DM - or reply here - & Lynnette will pick a name from a hat. #ukbirding
#BigButterflyCount is here! Between now and the 9th August: - spend 15 mins in a sunny spot - count the butterflies you see - submit your sightings Find out more at bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org Happy counting folks! 🦋🦋🦋
Wild things from yesterday: black bryony berries a wasp subduing a (still living) peppered moth a painted lady caterpillar on musk thistle
Dusky sallow Eremobia ochroleuca (subsequently rescued)
A couple of days of low-key press releases, a few people commenting, and then it’s over. Dotterel - going with a whimper, not a bang. news.sky.com/story/mounta...
Mountain-breeding dotterels could be first UK bird lost to climate change, RSPB warns as population falls 89%
"Dotterel are in steep decline, and we are seeing them disappearing before our very eyes," the RSPB's Dr Leah Kelly said as a survey showed the dotterel's remaining numbers are restricted to the easte...
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For this week’s #wildflowerhour #aquaticplants challenge, I have four plants (all today) growing very close to water, be it saline or fresh: purple loosestrife, hemp agrimony, sea holly and common sea lavender.
I’ve just heard a barn owl and a tawny owl from my bed. Something is up…
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*exhausted voice* I just want to copy and paste, I don’t need a popup menu of ai prompts just because I selected some text you gibbering turnip
Very happy to have contributed to the study of the genomic differentiation of the British swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus). Despite the regular immigration of P. machaon from the nearby mainland, the British swallowtail butterfly remains genetically distinct. 1/..
RES Publications@respublications.bsky.social · last mo.New #OpenAccess research by @benoitevol.bsky.social et al. in #RESInsectConsDiv reports on the genomic distinctiveness and #conservation #genomics of the British #swallowtail butterfly (#Papilio machaon britannicus) doi.org/10.1111/icad.70102 #WholeGenomeSequencing
Silver-studded blue on a Norfolk heath yesterday evening
I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year
Some of the gorgeous things seen today, with the equally gorgeous @luciemr.bsky.social: Stictoleptura rubra, Conocephalus sp., and Anax imperator (emperor dragonfly)
I know I shouldn’t, but sometimes I snort a line of Buddleja davidii before work. I can totally see what the red admirals and peacocks are getting from it.
