Steve Ormerod

Macromoth species richness here in suburban Cardiff is near its peak in July despite the typical annual fall in numbers (though my actinic never gets the same large catches as MV traps elsewhere).

As for July 2025? Mostly average.

#MothsMatter #teammoth

Moths of late summer: Singled-dotted Wave and Scalloped Oak, and a look at what evolution can do with scales…

Each comes from an individual scale-building cell as the pupa develops.

#mothsmatter #teammoth

The annual trends in the LH pic are for 2014 as a representative year

Macromoth species richness here in suburban Cardiff is near its peak in July despite the typical annual fall in numbers (though my actinic never gets the same large catches as MV traps elsewhere).

As for July 2025? Mostly average.

#MothsMatter #teammoth

But there may be legal contacts who could help?

How about talking to some of the rewilding organisations? My contacts are mostly in Wales: #TirNatur

City bug, country bug: How do benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages respond to an urbanization gradient taxonomically and functionally? Lotic ecosystems are especially vulnerable to the adverse effects of urbanization because of their close connectivity with the surrounding terrestrial…

A call for greener urban areas to deliver benefits for freshwater ecosystems as well as terrestrial... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

‪@rivers-disguise.bsky.social‬

Saying farewell today to our long-standing supporter of students and staff, and behavioural researcher of birds and ‘non-birds’, @robthomasbirds.bsky.social as he moves to new worlds. I once heard him sing ‘Calon Lân’ on the banks of the Volga, and even the sturgeon stopped to listen…

The second this month - and fairly regular most years

Yes: full regalia

Maiden’s Blush and Blood Vein: the beauty of geometrid moths

#mothsmatter

Here's #AnkitaSinha's review of this recent paper on spatial and temporal patterns among Himalayan river birds from @mongabay.com - and why we should be concerned india.mongabay.com/2025/07/a-de...

Thanking those who have inspired and supported me, and acknowledging those in whose footsteps I’ve walked for 45 years, at this week’s #SEFS14 - The fourteenth Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, #Bolu, Türkiye

@one-cardiffuni.bsky.social

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@epcn.bsky.social

#SEFS14 #Bolu, Türkiye: kicking off the 14th Symposium on European Freshwater Sciences

The scene set for #SEFS14 in #Bolu, #Türkiye: the Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences

#BoluAbantİzzetBaysalUniversity

YouTube video by Freshwater Biological Association In conversation with Steve Ormerod at the FBA Annual Scientific Meeting 2025

The FBA Annual Scientific Meeting in June was an inspiring day of #FreshwaterScience.

Here we are in conversation with @steveormerod.bsky.social, Professor of Ecology at Cardiff University, to hear his thoughts on the importance of the ASM and his optimism for #freshwaters.

youtu.be/lfFU22flnok

Know your Tigers: Jersey; Scarlet; Ruby; Royal Bengal…

#mothsmatter
#tigersmatter

@richardfoxbc.bsky.social @gbusby.bsky.social

Senior moment

Which is what I meant to type!

Senior moment

Rosy Footman.

Lots on the wing at the moment.

*year

First Copper Underwing of the years. Other notables; Phoenix, Scarce Footman

#MothsMatter

Climate change has increased the odds of extreme regional forest fire years globally - Nature Communications The authors show that extreme fire years in global forests align with rare fire weather extremes. Climate change has made such extremes 88-152% more probable. These findings highlight the need for act...

A new study shows that extreme fire years in global forests are 88-152% more likely now than they were in pre-industrial times, driven by climate change.

...necessitating proactive measures to mitigate risks and adapt to extreme fire years.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I wonder how well the different recording platforms talk to each other? Evidence from freshwaters would suggest not very well

NBN: implication is that the network data are out of date. Info on Cardiff came from Moths of Glamorgan

If only we could more folk to submit records.,.

Isn’t that the case with many such maps? They illustrate the distribution of recorders and submissions rather than genuine distribution. The weaknesses are greatest for overlooked species - though models are now providing some valuable back-filling

Apparently some folk might not get there for this evening’s follow up because the railway tracks in the Valleys have warped