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Simon Boyes

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County bird recorder from Montgomeryshire UK, and grieving dad of Dr. Douglas Boyes (douglasboyes.co.uk)

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Top of Thuja broken by storm - we've at least 10 trees down. #climatebreakdown

08.12.2024 17:13 — šŸ‘ 4    šŸ” 2    šŸ’¬ 4    šŸ“Œ 0
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The latest movement maps of our @waterbirdcm.bsky.social naturalised Barnacle Goose ringing programme. Here's the annual movements from the 14 UK breeding colonies we've marked birds at. Thanks to everyone who contributes sightings! Map thanks to @stephen8vickers.bsky.social #Monitoring

23.11.2024 16:15 — šŸ‘ 56    šŸ” 17    šŸ’¬ 3    šŸ“Œ 2
A newly described moth called Tuyvae douglasboyesi

A newly described moth called Tuyvae douglasboyesi

Douglas Boyes - entomologist

Douglas Boyes - entomologist

Tuyvae douglasboyesi - a newly described moth from Colombia. dx.doi.org/10.57800/fau...: "dedicated to a young and enthusiast British entomologist, Douglas Boyes, who left us too early"
Sadly missed by us all - he did amazing research, had such passion... I wonder what he would have gone on to? šŸ˜ž

20.11.2024 12:34 — šŸ‘ 57    šŸ” 16    šŸ’¬ 4    šŸ“Œ 1

Thanks for posting this Michael.

23.11.2024 20:02 — šŸ‘ 0    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0
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Been at the Natural History Museum today to see this moth which has been named in Douglas's honour. Thanks to Alessandro Giusti for describing and naming it. Good to see @flygirlnhm.bsky.social too!

19.11.2024 00:05 — šŸ‘ 80    šŸ” 13    šŸ’¬ 12    šŸ“Œ 1

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