Richard Moyse

This great thread is about re/introductions, but habitat/species management approaches also applies to the issue that @jmbecologist.bsky.social raises, of populist 'gurus' subverting proper science and evidence in the conservation space. Debates need to be honest with the public and evidence-based 👇

A photograph of the cover of the Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Allies of Great Britain and Ireland.

It arrived today. Very proud to have been able to make a teeny-weeny contribution to this superb new book. #ukorthoptera #orthoptera

Top to bottom, from left to right: Red Dead-nettle, Dog's Mercury, Wood Avens, Daisy, Primrose, Barren Strawberry, female flower of Hazel, White Dead-nettle, Snowdrop, Common Field-speedwell.

#thewinter10 from a pleasant local constitutional on the North Kent Downs in yesterday's sunshine. Names in alt text. #wildflowerhour #KentNature @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Feb 14th. A day to reflect on things you love. So a little video to celebrate my coming out of hibernation on socials. Looking forward to the new season of all things arable plant and invert! #formerlyknownasweeds

Fipronil Waterway Pollution Europe Warning Fipronil Waterway Pollution Europe concerns grow as pet flea treatments contaminate rivers, threatening wildlife and drinking water safety.

Nice article on how pet flea & tick treatments end up in rivers:
the-european.eu/story-57030/...

The first common frog spawn this year in our garden pond. That's 10 days earlier than the previous three years. #spawnsurvey @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social #kentnature

A Tufty Club badge from the 1960s, with Tufty the red squirrel wearing blue jacket and yellow trousers.

Still a proud member ...

I was there at Leybourne (and so was my late mum).

Do we get a badge?

And thanking you for the additional info!

The remains of a rotten boat on the shore of the Swale.

A notice board explaining the restoration of 9 hectares of grazing marsh near Conyer village.

Empty galls of Myopites eximius on the dead flowerhead of Golden Samphire.

A dull day and squelchy underfoot, walking from Sittingbourne Station to Teynham Station via the Swale shoreline. Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler, Bl-tailed Godwit, Avocet, Greenshank, Grey Plover, Marsh Harrier, etc. Plus I have to look for galls of Myopites eximius when I spot Golden Samphire. #KentNature

... an agreed set of criteria - this would be the hard bit), and increased abundance of wild species. At the moment, like the pelican debate, we are discussing the processes, when we might be working on the broad-scale desired outcome. Apols for the inarticulate ramble (4 of 4).

... and could address some issues in other branches of this thread. Not least, if you have an agreed idea what recovery of nature looks like, you can monitor it. The hard bit is articulating this. It must surely involve increased diversity both within and between sites (but within ... (3 of 4)

... i.e. what was the end result meant to be, other than delivery of the listed actions. Is this regard, it is very like a reiterating of the old BAP. I do feel that having an idea of the desired outcome for nature as a whole (not just the priority spp and habs) is important ... (2 of 4)

OK, but I felt it was still prone to being an agglomeration of individual ideas - though the fact that so many people were involved helped ensure the ideas were wide-ranging. What I found frustrating is that there was no idea what the term 'nature recovery' actually meant ... (1 of 4)

YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take Mark Kermode reviews Melania

For those that haven't seen it youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?....

Also, check out @kermodemovie.bsky.social's reviews more widely - always excellent and interesting.

Just watched @kermodemovie.bsky.social's review of 'Melania': "it's not a film, it's a bribe for which Amazon paid $40m ... a piece of handsomely-mounted crypto-fascist propaganda".

Another reason to never, ever buy anything from Amazon.

#KentNature #Thanet #Margate #TurnerContemporary

A painting in Margate caves, with a bearded figure in red, and text reading 'God Blees the King - King George III "Farmer" 1798'

A view of the chalk cliffs at Cliftonville, under a cloudy, grey sky.

Sea and sky. In the white circle, a vague, dark smudge is a Fulmar flying over the sea.

Margate seafront, with the Turner Contemporary on the left and shops and other buildings on the right. On the seaward side of the wall, a bundle of Purple Sandpipers is sleeping out the high tide.

I ❤️ Margate. Up by train today to visit the excellent Margate caves. Then a walk along towards Cliftonville spotting Fulmars, ringed in pic (just trust me). Back via the Turner Contemporary (currently a free Bridget Riley exhibition) - Purple Sandpipers were huddled nearby on the sea wall.

Yes please! Can't wait for my copy to arrive!

The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Close-up image of a bug with black and red markings.

Bright example of Arocatus longiceps, found under loose bark on a local Plane tree yesterday. Appears to be a new hectad record whether treated as A. longiceps or A. roeselii (considered to probably be a single species). #KentNature #heteroptera

Nysius senecionis

Nysius senecionis metapleuron, matt area highlighted in yellow.

The Mysteries of the Metapleuron: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Lygaeidae

Yellow-green flowers in clusters at the base of broad, strap-shaped, deep-green leaves at the top of a stem.

Spurge-laurel in flower this week, here on the North Kent Downs. #KentNature #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Let's just say the Harris Hawk stuck out a bit ...

Is there a word for when you're watching a drama on film or TV, and some bird, plant or other species is so out of place or time that you can't think of anything else and the mood is ruined? Especially in a period drama when they appear to be trying make it look realistic?

Two dead flowerheads of golden samphire, with open-ended projections on the surface of the receptacle.

Galls formed by Myopites eximius/eximia on Golden Samphire. At the top of the shore at Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey earlier this week. #plantgalls #KentNature @galling.bsky.social

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Evidence shows PM’s plan to slash environmental protections is based on inaccuracies | The Wildlife Trusts MPs and environmental groups urge a rethink to avoid nature catastrophe

UK governments of all stripes have looked at cutting planning rules & 'red tape' to produce growth

Previous evidence-based reviews have contradicted this view

This UK govt is first one to take forward cutting of protections without bothering with evidence

www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/evidenc...

Thanks!