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Stick happens!! #Woodlandbirds The Nuthatch has got a larva. #BirdsSeenin2026

Add defamation...

#MallardMonday colours.

Capitalist monopolies shut down the butchers, green grocers, and hardware stores to enrich shareholders.

Neoliberal governments and austerity defunded councils shut down the libraries, play areas, doctors and public transport to enrich wealth donors.

If reversing that is communist… sounds good. 🫡

Think I'll be a bit more careful around Goldinches. #AngryBirds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Rapid growth in medium-sized cities across Latin America & the Caribbean, combined with weak planning and rising climate risks calls for action. See how integrated planning and ecosystem-based adaptation are reducing runoff and more. thegef.org/sites/defaul...
@unep.org #ResultsInMotion #GEFresults

Chickweed,Red Dead Nettle and Groundsel flowers on the dam at Stanford Reservoir Leics/Northants border. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Naturalised at last ! We transplanted clumps of these from further North on the site #AshlawncuttingLNR but they've taken until now to show a few above ground. Tentatively posted @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Almost missed it! Naturalised Winter Heliotrope in flower on Dunchurch Rd. in Rugby. A schedule 9 invasive plant. #PlantAlert @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve found from across Britain & Ireland in the last week! Did you manage to spot #thewinter10? ☺️

Oh yes it does the big foot shuffle :-).

Should wildlife-conscious gardeners own cats? | Gardens Illustrated Cats can impact local wildlife. As planting designer Nigel Dunnett says he wouldn't have a cat, we look into whether cats are detrimental to a wildlife garden

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It's meat so doesn't appeal to me at all.Perhaps intra species competition will cause a decline in their numbers. I worry for Ashlawn's birds....they're under a lot of pressure anyway.

Grey squirrel the focus of festival burger-making contest How many squirrels does it take to make a quarter-pounder?

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Says 14 delieerate mistakes

Apparently squirrel is tasty. Perhaps one invasive species might eat the squirrels. i believe someone in Northumberland has a business in that line. keziefoods.co.uk/product/game...

Ashlawn Rd.bridge.

Under the bridge looking north towards Rugby

Redwing foraging among leaf litter

Redwing among berries

Morning stroll along the old trackbed at #AshlawncuttingLNR among te redwings that aer no longer flying over but now eating whatever they can find in the cutting. #BirdsSeenIn2026

@everyheron.bsky.social Little Egret was being assertive at #AshlawncuttingLNR

The flight periods for the butterflies of Northamptonshire — Northants Butterflies The flight periods for the butterflies of Northamptonshire

My website has a new page! I have combined five years of data to create charts showing the average flight periods for each butterfly species in Northants. I have also added them to their own page so they can be seen side by side.

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Intensity and colour of artificial light at night affect insect attraction in a taxon‐dependent manner We measured the phototactic responses of insects to light at night using LED traps emitting light at four narrowband wavelengths of three intensity levels of relatively equal photon emission. Our da...

Intensity and colour of artificial light at night affect insect attraction in a taxon‐dependent manner...

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Farage & co if they actually cared about migration would care about climate change. In fact, they see an opportunity:

Petro-populists deny the existence of climate change, do all they can to turbocharge it, desperate mass migration ensues & they use anti-migrant feeling to perpetuate their power.

Perhaps they'll predate Wood pigeon nests or each other...there could be a new world order ecology in invasive species .It looks like there's a lot of competition with other squirrels now numbers are so high. Nesting birds have enough pressures :-(.

Singing grey squirrels LOL!! Thanks for sharing that idea.
Someone had left this at #AshlwncuttingLNR . A visiting school group...a least they got outdoors for a while. Reds were also considered a pest in their heyday so it goes that we dn't know what we've got 'til it's gone....

@ukorchids.bsky.social . A visit to VC38 only known Man orchid site today was a bit disappointing. I could only ind 5 contenders. Hoping for a better show in flowering season,the colony is struggling! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

‘Landscaping for Bats, Biodiversity and People’. A talk by Jo Ferguson to be held online on Thursday, 5th February at 7.30 pm.

The link to this Zoom chat will be sent out to our members soon. Should you be a non-member and wish to attend please send me a DM! Jo Ferguson, the Built Environment Officer from the Bat Conservation Trust, delivers a talk showing how to design, plant and manage outdoor spaces that support bat populations, boost wider biodiversity, and create enjoyable, rich places for people.

‘Landscaping for Bats, Biodiversity and People’. A talk to be held online on Thurs 5th Feb at 7.30 pm.

The link to this Zoom chat will be sent out to our members soon. Should you be a non-member and wish to attend please send me a DM!

Greys seem to have had a poulation explosion!

I've seen these Redwings invading our English countryside freeloading off our berries. Happens every year

Shocking new report reveals high risk of some ecosystems collapsing. Unusual because it’s authored by Military Intelligence. The need to tackle the food, nature and climate crises together is pressing @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social

The annual UK Moth Recorders Meeting for 2026 is coming up on the 31st of this month. It’s a great opportunity to learn more about moths in the UK, no need to travel it is online. To book for this free event buff.ly/P04QNhk

YouTube video by Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland Winter Talk: Urban plants, with Trevor Dines

Urban plants, with Trevor Dines @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social
#Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #brightonwildlife

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