Dom Greves

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Multiple toads sitting in the bottom of a white bucket

Another busy night for migrating toads on roads in Sussex yesterday. These escorted safely to their breeding pond. 🐸🚗

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Has the SSSI unit at Little Sea been reassessed since 2013 when it was considered to be 'Unfavourable - Declining'? Is the introduction of beavers expected to improve that situation? And if so, how? designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/UnitDetail.a...

So how many beavers is that in total?

Thousands of tonnes of slowly disintegrating unexploded WWII bombs in Little Sea. Hope the beavers don't disturb them!

Brown and black patterned snake with red eye.

Counted 6 Adders on the South Downs this morning. ☀️🐍

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Seems like it's also targeted at creating wood pasture near Langton, which would make more sense.

We are, yes.

We patrol 3 toad crossings in the Wivelsfield Green area. Busy night! Where are yours?

The NT (and Bournemouth Uni) was experimenting with returning much of that grassland to heath some years ago. Too expensive and time-consuming perhaps. Or hard to resist free trees.

Male and female toads in a mating embrace on road surface.

Big night for migrating toads in Sussex! Lots of newts too. 🐸❤️🐸

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I know! 😩 Never name caterpillars after family pets. The trauma of their passing simply gets repeated. Lucky wasps though I guess?

"National Trust tenant farmer, Jake Hancock, looks after land in Middlebere on the Purbeck Heaths."

They're going to plant trees on heathland? Or was this the wrong NT farmer to quote?

Toad crossing road at night

More Common Toads migrating to their breeding ponds in Mid Sussex this evening. 🐸

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YouTube video by Dom Greves White Admiral Watch: Life Cycle

Here's a longer video showing the full life cycle of the White Admiral butterfly. Filmed over 2 years in Sussex woodland. Guest starring several parasitic wasps! 🎥🦋🐝

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youtu.be/SJjjYmyjzoM

YouTube video by Dom Greves White Admiral Watch: Camilla Emerges

Happy Winter Solstice everyone! Here's a little film about renewal. #WhiteAdmiralWatch 🌅🦋

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX30...

See also: "harvesting" animals by humans.

How many of those terms are still in active use would you say?

The failure to fund BNG enforcement was so obvious it can only have been intentional.

Multiple blue butterflies on exposed soil.

I think this competition needs a most-butterflies-per-carbon-mile category! My humble Dorset entry...

Maybe we need less productivity and more relaxation.

Looks good. But why do the people naming these nature programmes feel obliged to invoke the supernatural?

Gall-making insects - Alex Wild Many insects induce plants to grow unusual swellings to feed and house them. This gallery shows a few of them.

Positively galling: a gallery of insect galls.

That pistacio gall is beautiful.

And you snuck a few ants in there too! 🙂

We should make parking spaces smaller.

I remember when there was a busy quarry and a boat club out there.

Oh wow, and this morning my Discover feed is full of stolen nature photos with no credits! Just like that other place. 😔

Where's the photo credit? If you can't be bothered go back to Twitter!