Keith Gittens

Hundreds of Small Red-eyed Damselflies at a private site in the Howardian Hills today. With many in tandem egg-laying sites were in high demand!!

Swimming emissions from dogs treated with spot‐on fipronil or imidacloprid: Assessing the environmental risk Background Fipronil and imidacloprid are increasingly recognised as contaminants of concern in aquatic environments. This study aimed to quantify swimming emissions from dogs treated with spot-on fi...

I've been arguing for many years that dogs bathing in ponds severely impact aquatic invertebrate communities, even where habitat quality appears good. The effects seem very persistent.
The journal article is here: bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Dogs pollute water with pesticides even weeks after flea treatment When dogs given spot treatments for fleas go swimming, they release levels of pesticides dangerous to aquatic life for at least a month after the treatment

Spot-on flea treatments: "even after 28 days, the amount of pesticide coming off a single large dog in this time frame would be enough to exceed safe levels if mixed into a 100-cubic-metre body of water"
www.newscientist.com/article/2482...

One of three very fresh Large Red Damselflies at Strensall Common today. First of the season.