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HAPPY ST DAVID'S DAY EVERYONE. MAY OUR WILDLIFE EXIST AND THRIVE EVERYWHERE.

Me too!

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Just found this photo. Can't see anything against
Male Chloromyia formosa
Wings brownish, pale hairs on scutum, eye hairs and leg colour.
8 July 2010
Builth Wells, Wales, LD2 3BE

This place in Ukraine keeps birds safe from the war KOZHYCHI, Lviv Oblast — When approaching the quaint yard of Viktor Shelvinsky's house, one can scarcely believe it serves as a haven for hundreds of birds of all kinds. But quickly, the entry gate gi...

Shelvinsky, a 48-year-old veterinarian, has built the Free Wings rehabilitation center around his house on the outskirts of Lviv. He takes care of approximately 470 birds — some found injured in nature, and others entrusted to Shelvinsky's care by their owners due to the circumstances of war.

Lovely water shrew. Britain’s only venomous mammal. Having fun in the rain.

This #HighKey image fits the alternate #BirdoftheDay theme of #OpenWings. I've posted a few images from this morning of photographing snowy egrets on an overcast foggy day. White birds on white background was a real challenge. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #egrets #birds

The photo captures a serene, misty morning scene at a lake. The calm water reflects the light and the dark silhouettes of the trees on the far bank. Ripples are visible across the surface. A number of geese are gathered and swimming in groups on the :A bank of dense fog hangs low over the water and the distant shoreline. The background features a dense line of bare, dark trees.The sky above the trees has soft hues of yellow, orange, and blue.

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That should read latest not last!

What an early female Hazel flower! Worth a revisit for @bsbibotany.bsky.social's #NewYearPlantHunt ?😃 ❄️

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Scotland hosts some of the rarest dragonfly species in Britain. Now, an assemblage of Bog Pool specialists has been added to the Scottish Biodiversity List. Find out more and why this is important: british-dragonflies.org.uk/importance-o...

Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, study shows The first analysis of recent extinctions across plants and animals finds that, contrary to previous studies, the rate at which many groups of organisms have gone extinct has declined over the last 100...

Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted.
No database can record what was never discovered.

Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...

Soil is a living system, not just dirt to grow plants in.

Cobalt crust fungus brightening up a dull morning. Coed Lletywalter Llanbedr.
#fungifriends

A vibrant blue crust fungus on a dead tree branch. The crust covers most of the branch, but there are gaps showing the bark

Since I saw a picture in a book a couple of years ago, I’ve been looking all over the place for Cobalt Crust. I finally spotted it in a neighbour’s front garden this afternoon!

What an amazing colour 💙

I wonder how many times I’ve walked past it 🍄‍🟫

#FungiFriday #FungiFriends
#DailyNature #Fungi

Waxcap 24 - Snowy Waxcap (Cuphophyllus virgineus). Our commonest white species. Very variable and multiple named forms but always with strongly decurrent gills and no obvious smell.

Love is with you always.
It is a 🌈 in a dark night, shining bright with colours.
Arise, 🌈, Arise.
Banish the night and reign.

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Descriptions and/or photos are required for a number of Essex rarities from 2024. The full list can be found at ebws.org.uk/2024descript...

If you saw any of these, please submit a description - there's a video on the link that explains more.

Thank you

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Downy woodpecker entangled in plastic artificial decorative Halloween spider webs.

What frightens me most about Halloween cobwebs isn’t how they look…..it’s that they catch the living.
Enjoy the season, but keep the plastic webs indoors; or skip them altogether.

A brown beetle stands on sand. There are white curly lines on the elytra scribbled in from the lateral margins. When you look closely at the brown parts of the elytra, thorax and head you see red and green iridescent sparkles

The Bronzed Tiger Beetles (Cicindela repanda) scampering along the Mississippi River beaches have subtle iridescent colors when you look closely.

Last few days to apply for this great post in #NorthernIreland! Please spread the word to the botanists and ecologists you know. @organicbotanic.bsky.social @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social @martinebrennan.bsky.social @donnarainey4.bsky.social @bto-ni.bsky.social @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social #Irishbotany

Young birders complete 200 mile charity cycle across Wales Three young birdwatchers have raised and donated £1,112 to a charity close to their hearts, after completing a five-day Welsh cycling tour. After meeting on a Youth Camp in Pembrokeshire in 2024, orga...

Three young birdwatchers have raised and donated £1,112 to a charity close to their hearts, after completing a five-day Welsh cycling tour

Streams of medicines: how Switzerland cleaned up its act – podcast In the second of a two part series, Phoebe Weston travels to Switzerland to find out how the country has transformed its rivers, from sewage-filled health hazards to pristine swimming spots. She tells...

In Switzerland, they've introduced tertiary treatment of sewage and are reaping the rewards of cleaner rivers + lakes.

4/5
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

Most likely a hybrid Orache, one of hundreds of a hybrid swarm, probably Atriplex x taschereaui with Atriplex glabriuscula nearby, but no sign (as usual) of A. longipes. Cargreen Cornwall. Common on the highest tide lines in estuaries here, often mistaken for Spear Lvd Orache.

Yes, you are right. It is happening here, too.

Can't imagine that Gentiana could survive this for more than a couple of years. At least I know many chalk grassland sites with similar management and no Gentiana which was widerspread once.

Out of interest, are the leaf rosettes emerging with the flower spikes? I noticed the leaves are coming through on a damper lawn in Bournemouth - but not on the dry turf in the New Forest.

Some very important observations. Would be interesting if permanent?

Ein sicherer Weg, in diesem nordwestdeutschen Heidemoor die letzten 10 Pflänzchen Lungenenzian zu eliminieren, besteht darin, rotierende Schafskoppelweide einzurichten. Da bleibt garantiert keine Blütenpflanze außer Pfeifengras mehr stehen und nach 10 Jahren fragt man sich, warum der Enzian weg ist.

Last Sunday the Cornwall botany Group found Turkish Stonecrop growing on the recently mown grassy ramparts of a fort built in 1860 at Cawsand. Only the 3rd record for Cornwall and the 9th UK record. It's not in Stace or Sell & Murrell, though the 1st record was in 2008 from Devon.

Sedum pallidum

The strange and wonderful Vapourer moth caterpillar on my willow. So many fashionable features it should be on a catwalk! #moths #teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social