Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments
Exclusive: Chemical in treatment for pet fleas and ticks is found in nests of blue and great tits, killing chicks
I heard someone talking on the radio this morning about leaving #dog hair out for #birds to use in their nests
*If pets have been treated with certain flea treatments, this could kill the chicks*
Now seems a good time to repost this article ๐
#neonicotinods
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Wide flat river in flat landscape. Heavy grey cloud.
Very grey in Somerset this week.
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Sparkly water glimpsed through trees, with ferns, willows and rushes.
Here's a sparkly Somerset scene taken a few weeks ago!
NB : most of my photos are going to be of Somerset or bryophytes,!
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A woodland moss, Plagiothecium undulatum. Looks like white worms again the other mosses.
Here's a favourite moss, Plagiothecium undulatum looking like white worms against a carpet of darker mosses.
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