Steven Oliver

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A lovely vintage railway poster, in a limited palette range based on green, looking down into a village in a dale

On #YorkshireDay, enjoy this lovely railway poster of the Yorkshire Dales by Ladybird artist Ronald Lampitt

We've done it: 60 blogs over our 60th Anniversary Year!
Check out all 60 #Campop blogs here www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/, and keep your eyes peeled for occasional blogs to follow in the same space!
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A chance to see Red Hemp-Nettle (Galeopsis ladanum var. angustifolia) today. Critically endangered in the UK, but loving chalky scree and sunshine thanks to @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

Only popped in to see the font #epidemiologist Dr John Snow was baptised in - but couldn’t resist the (very camp) celestial host at All Saints, North St, #York

Very interesting set of opinions / hypotheses / aphorisms on histories and poverty.

#History 🗃️

https://www.shannontrust.org.uk/what-we-do

Shannon Trust at work in HMP Hull - making a difference
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Embroidery of an orange butterfly with black markings on yellow flowers and pink background

Emillie Ferris, contemporary English embroidery artist #womensart

The immature Marsh harrier in Cell 'C', decided to have a fly around, rather than it's usual sitting on a bush, waiting for the male to come with some food

A Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) navigating thistle seed heads @northcavewet.bsky.social today.

Part of the joy of time spent @northcavewet.bsky.social is how generous people are with their knowledge - thanks for the tip on locating Small red-eyed damselflies (Erythromma viridulum), like this male on the path to the West Holm viewing screen. Elsewhere: juvenile marsh harrier

With ancestors that have migrated from North Africa, and possibly with descendents that will return there this autumn, a pristine Painted Lady was taking a rest in the sun @northcavewet.bsky.social today.

Immature Marsh harrier in Cell 'C'

Red kite over the New workings

Unusual visiting Avocet & Greylag goose in support on East Holm

Common tern over East Holm

Friday,
Waders today, Green sandpiper, Dunlin & 2 Redshanks (Village lake), Common sandpiper (Crossland's lake), Ruff & Avocet (Crossland's lake causeway),
A Garden warbler was by the Butterfly path, with Marsh harrier on Cell 'C' & Red kite (over the New workings),

Time today with friends and flowers at #Scampston Hall gardens

Campop blog #58: Malthusian ideas about the effects of population pressure on resources and the environment are still widespread. But what did Malthus actually say? And was he right? Romola Davenport explains.
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London is full of gimmicks & porno films.

Wall in the New workings

Fresh Painted lady in the New workings

Male Common blue by the Silt pond

Comma along Dryham lane

Some butterflies from this morning, including a welcome 2nd brood Wall in the New workings, Painted lady, male Common blue & one of two Commas

East Yorkshire nature reserve records its first breeding bitterns Bitterns have bred for the first time at North Cave wetlands nature reserve, near Hull.

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Brown hawker dragonflies 🐉 were patrolling the fringes of Carp Lake @northcavewet.bsky.social all day - finally managed to find one that had briefly come to rest.

A female speckled bush-cricket going nowhere fast @northcavewet.bsky.social today (she was in the same spot on my second circuit 😄)

For once, ‘Red Longhorn Beetles’ (Stictoleptura rubra) get their name from the female appearance - not the males like this chap @northcavewet.bsky.social today. Elsewhere: marsh harrier.

First-ever breeding bitterns at North Cave Wetlands nature reserve | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Yorkshire Wildlife Trust are absolutely delighted to announce their first-ever bittern breeding success at North Cave Wetlands nature reserve near Hull, where a juvenile bittern was spotted earlier th...

Exciting news from @northcavewet.bsky.social: bitterns have bred here for the first time on record – a major milestone for this rare and elusive species.

A fantastic sign that wetland restoration is working. 🎉

Read more: www.ywt.org.uk/news/first-e...

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A detailed close-up of a group of dragonflies on a water plant at the edge of a pond. To capture the fine detail, the artist has used oils rather than gouache - the usual medium of the ladybird artists.

Dragonflies

Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
(Butterflies and Moths, 1965)

Female Common Darter @northcavewet.bsky.social this afternoon. Elsewhere: peregrine

A first for me @northcavewet.bsky.social 😀 Purple Hairstreak on bramble below oaks. Elsewhere: red-eyed damselflies

An adult Cuckoo at NCW today. It won’t be long before these leave the country.
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Goldfinch by Crossland's hide

Redshank on the Silt pond

Common sandpiper on the Silt pond

juvenile Great crested grebe on East holm, not from the 2 pairs that currently have chicks

Tuesday,
On the Silt pond today, there was a Redshank, Common sandpiper & Little ringed plover,
2 Wigeons were on West Holm, with a juvenile Mediterranean gull on East Holm, along with a Hobby in the oaks,
Also on East Holm, was a well grown juvenile Great crested grebe, probably from West Holm,

Swift trails - I love the patterns of flight, so elegant! @rspb.bsky.social @omsystem.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social

Two years ago avian flu ripped through our reserve, we lost many Black headed Gulls and all Mediterranean Gulls, so it’s great to see at least 7 juveniles (3 families), this year. NCW, East Yorkshire.